Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-12-20
CHAPTER XlII-Continued.

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Coming back along the same road we
halted to let another convoy of mules
go past. and an officer of the Royal
naval division came up and began
talking to our officers. He was telling
them how he and his men had landed
at TX" beach, and how they had to
wade ashore through barbed wire.
And, you know" he said in a sur
prised way. as if he himself could
hardly believe it, "the beggars were
actually firing On us!' That is just
like the Limeys, though. Their idea
is not to appear excited about any
thing at any time, but to act as though
they were playing Notwithstanding
around on a lawn with paddles in their
hands, half asleep. The Limeys are
certainly cool under fire, though, and
l think that because the Anzacs did
so we'll at Gallipoli people have not
given enough credit to the British
regulars and r. N. DIS, who were
there too, and did their share of the
work, and did it as we'll as any men
could.
After a while this officer started on
his way again, and as he cut across
the road a French officer came up.
The Limey wore a monocle, which
caused the, French officer to stare at
him minute before he saluted. After
the Englishman had passed hins the
Frenchman took large French penny
out of his pocket, screwed it into his
eye and turned toward us so that we
) could see it, but the Limey could not
That was not the right thing to do
especially before enlisted men, so ou1
officers did not laugh, but the men did
and so loud that Limey turned around
and caught sight of the Frenchman
He started back toward him and
thought sure there would be a fight
or that, more likely, the Limey would
report him. Our officers should hav'
placed the Frenchman under arrest
Mt that.
. The Frenchman expected trouble
too, for he pulled up very straight am
stiff, but he left the penny in his eye
y The Limey came up to him, halted
few PAGES off and, without sayin
. a word, took the monocle out of hi
eye, twibbled it three or four feet i
the air and caught it in his other ey
when it came down.
,, do that, you blighter," he said an
faced about and was on his way dow
q the road They had it on the French
! man after that.
( This Philippe Pierre, of whom
8 have spoken, told me a story abou
! two Limey officers that I hardly b.
:, lieved, yet Philippe swore it was til
truth. He had been in America befo1
= the war, and he said he had seen on
q of the officers that the story is abol
d many times in New York.
t He said there were two Limey of
= GERS going along the road arguin
= about the German shells which tt
a Turks were using. One of the office
d said they were no good because the
/. did not burst. Just about that tin
d shell came along and they pickle
r themselves up quite a distance fro
), where they had been standing. A
& other shell whizzed by and landed fl
- on the side of the road. The offic
It walked over, dug it out of the groun
g and took away the detonator and flu
q to prove that they did not explod
The only thing that would NAL
It me believe that story is that Phillip
u Pierre said they were Limey Officer
No one but a Limey would remel
- Der such an argument after bell
r knocked galley west by a shell co
~ cussion. do not doubt that a Linn
.. would do it If it could be done, thong