The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-17

where a squad of naval reserve sailors
were drilling. A new light came into
his eye.
Cars for Him.
"See dem sailors?" he asked, "over
dere in de park. I'll nevah see sail
ors on the oshun any mo- Dem sail
ors dey know sumpfin. Aim gwine to
Boston same way dey go. I'm gwine
in de cabs"
"What were you doing when the
U-boat hove in sight Daniel?"
"'Twas on a Sunday aft'noon, about
fo' o'clock, boss, an was gettin' dinner
ready for de crew. / done kill fo' chick
ems and / was gwine to have fried
chicken fo' de sailors. De stove in de
galley was red hot. An de cap'n put
his face down in the companyun way,
and seq to muh: 'Yo' done got ten
minutes ter leave de bowt.'
'De cap'n done used to kid me often;
but when / done look up dey was no
lie on dat face in de do. / see de
cap'n he amt kiddin' muh dis time, an
clum on deck. Suah huff. boss, der
was uN C-bONt liShl oil Jul boNS
a little rowboat a-comin' for us. I just
don couldn' berlieve muh eyes. OATS
all. / dun run down de ladder quick
again and All shut my eyes and put
muh finger on de red hot stove.
"Den All know 'twasn't no dream. I
run up the cOmpanyun way to de deck,
and den de rowbowt came nongside
and de cap'n he jumped on deck, and
says to muh in English just as good as
/ spoke: Yer done got ten minutes
ter get off de bowt,' and he held up his
ten fingers.
"'All want is two. mistahr All
done tole him, an held up two fin
gers. Den de sailors came over de side
and dey all he'd bomms. Dey tole muh
ter go down in the fo-castle and get
muh buds. l looked at dem bomms,
and don tole 'em All he'd all de close
/ needed right dere on de deck.
"No, sub, done get right in de life
boat wild de cap'n, and de German
sailors put de bomms down on de deck
two in de front of de schoonah an
two in de back. We was right be-
tween de schoonah and de U-bowt.
Say, boss, doan let 'em tole yo' dose
U-bowts am little. Dat U-bowt was
suah the biggest thing All ever saw In
my life. nevah pulled an oah In nah
life.
Saw Another Sunk.
"We was off de schoonah bout five
minutes when de bomms went off and
de schoonah, wit all her sails ND,
sailed right to de bottom of de oshun.
Den we knowed we was gwine ter
get 1t mex, but we jess KEEP pullin' on
de oahs. Den we see smoke on de
horyzon. and de U-bOwt, he seen 1t,
too. Foo de fust time we felt safe.
De U-bowt put right To- de smoke. an
twenty minutes later, by de cap'n's
watch, we saw de steamer turn up an
go down, jes like our own schoonah.
"We was picked up by a steamah
about eight o'clock dat night, an we
was mighty happy when de cap'n done
tole us we was bound TO- New York.
Den he tole us dey was short of stok-
abs. Say. boss, All doan nevar shuv.
vel coal in all nah life. but All was
the fust ter volunteer nah services.
An de whole crew follered muh to de
stokehole. An ever time l dom open
de furnace do All don see dat U-bowt.
an All shuvveled coal like coal neb-
Der was shuvveled befoh.
mo mo- bowt TO- me, boss. wanna
get back to Maine. ter see nah folks
pow'ful bad, but not by de bowt, boss.
not by de bowt. All wanna 90 by de
cabs. An All nevah want to see no mo-
sailors on de sea, nevah mo-. like de
sailors on de land. like dem sailors
Dvah dere. Dey know sumhn. bossy
ley know suman."