New-York tribune., 1918-05-26


Because one dog is friendly sh.ss !.
sign the next one won't bite, | W..
hlm, and we makes our way on nm - ..
place where we're going.
DUTY before pleasure" is afvavs =
motto; so we finished up our little a.
and found that we had three hours :. -
good before our train pulled out.
We were standing in front Of thu o,x-
Comique figuring out what kind - sssa -
gramme was on for the afternoon whsr ~. y,
calls my attention to an M. p. ss,...s.
sauntering along our side of the str.ss s-@'
you won't see this sergeant Iett;,s..
get by as easy as that other guy did > ~.
Red. "Guess / better fish out nv n,.. - "
Hello, fellows; goin' to take i, i.
show?" this NJ. P sergeant saws. ana r..a. =
on down the street.
"Well, WE'LL" Red says. "What soas,s.
pass to US anywayT
1t Didn't Matter ANYWAY
When the show was about half ove, r.s
lets a little squeal out of his throat tAat
attracts the attention of the entire rua.
ence. He starts breathing hard and dSvin.
from pocket to pocket like he'd maSe !.
sudden discovery that some one had rolI.i
him for his wad of francs.
"Been robbed" 1 asks him.
"What'd l do with that pass anyway,
Did l give it to you?"
NO." | says, "you didn't give it to ma
Pourq1oi?"
IT'S gone, or I'm a liar!"
We got up and went out In the daylisst
where we could see better. But nowhsrs
could we find that slip of paper.
"Oh, WE'LL" 1 says, after we'd looked
some more, at don't matter much. n.
won't need it anyway"
About that time somebody taps ma On
the shoulder, and here's an M. P. standing
over me. He looked as though be riieht
have come from down Texas way, or frcn
somewhere else where men grow biz and
tall.
You got to show your pass in this town."
he says in a gruff voice, cor else you're in
dutch. It's lots of bother" he gees on like
he wanted to apologize, ''but you know reg
ulations require it. Of course it only takes
minute or so, anyway"
~ guess we're in dutch, then" uN
and looks at Red Reds going through ID
pockets and making mighty brave stall.
but / could see his fruitless search M
telling on him.
"Ain't you got no pass" this M. p asks
Had one minute ago." Red says
s'Well, amt got all day." says the MP.
81 know you ain't," Red tells him; Abus
give me time. Give me time to look. gk
right to hunt till find it, amt II"
The M. P. didn't say anything, but ~
he's growing suspicious.
Maybe it's in your pocket" Red sar
"You better look"
I looked, but at the end of five minuts
the pass was still missing article Of our
equipment. So l started in at the begin
ming and told the M. P. all about it.
Tough, but It's Rules
eThat's tough, all right" he says. With
a doubtful ring in his voice. "You knW
what we're supposed to do with guys With
out passes 2"
"Well, you can call up our commands
for that matter" l tells him, 'and bel
/ straighten us out. We amt trying to m
away; all we want now is to get back
Finally he tells us confdentialiy thst
although he's not supposed to do it, he'll lA
US get to the train without saying anything
about it to the sergeant, but for US to mats
tracks for home tout de suite or well =
wishing we was on, the outside looking b
instead of on the inside looking out.
"Merci, beaucoup," says Reds and ~
takes roundabout: way to the station.
We're jake now." SAYS Red. "Thss|
wasn't single M. P. at the depot when N
got off, and We can make it easy. ].
Damn it; can't masine what in the vcfa|
I did with that pass"
didn't count theIh, but when we walkt|
in at the depot there was about fifteen u
P.'s surrounded US all at once, just hn|
they'd been in ambush and expecting rs /
"This way" says corporal, and be N
US into little room that he called NJ
Office.
Again l told the same story and prsssat
ed the same argument as did to the o3s
M. P. up by the Opera Comique. But ~
corporal was strictly on the job. BE ~
to booth and called our commanderH
long distance.
you're doin' fine," Red says to me ~
the corporal was securing the necessas! =
formation. "That's the way to do It; -
on talkin' to 'em!"
"Sure," says. "When my wind gives ~
got good pair Of legs if thatI -
any,"
"It's long way home," says Bed
you'd better stick to the CAB as long
possible"
The corporal finally satisfied himself
we were all right and gave US . litsle g,
slip Of paper which he said would fcpm
the pass. We boarded the trsin and ~
our getaway. IN
At one place we had ia change ears
here was another NJ. =. corporal vss1
for US.
"My names Schefier," says Red -
was born in 81 or '92, forget whte9 1S
the best X-ray man in France, if g
1t myself, and my mother was irish ~ Fl
father was regular American Yankses
present occupation is soldering. buf
get home, you can put down there g
book, I'm going to get job as So
Broadway. Every time see one
guys comm along my beat that's ea
NJ. P. over here in France I'm goin, y &
him just on general principles. IN
After we'd got home Red was locss
his cigarettes and pulled out ,
looking slip of paper. s.
Whats that you got?" asks hI
Damned if it amt that passi u.
kind of surprised. ~ plum foxge
that pocket. These here madsyove M
80 n.