Licking Valley courier., 1918-10-31
LOOK OUT FOR
PETER PERKINS
HE Story Of Man Who Came To.
y BY Abby Mcguire Roach.

It was nearly nine o'clock when Pc
ter got in from the field that night
They were saving hay and daylight,
and he was tired. Noon to nine was
some stretch to go without taking on
any fuel. Besides he was grouchy.
Jim had had to go off with The draft
that day
Mamie, who was watching, had his
meal on the table by the time he
was ready. She had had hard day
herself, what with jim and the house
and re babies. But she was there
WITH ycie- .goods--hot stuff land she
shore gave man some plateful Pc
ter felt the comforting effects of that
meal before he had gotten at it.
And still he had to have his growl !!
"Fine time O. day t. be settin' down
T superb he said. "Niight as well
be some O. them Moo York swells-
dinner at nine and then on t show
an dance"
"Well, one more job t. tn good"
Mamie smiled. IT'S like the service
flag painted on the big, white barn
would have another star put on it.,
tn lady said t'day-we are th' folks t
practice whut folks like her are
preachin'; and she said she didn't
know but whut Ourn wus tn hardest
part.
II went in with jim, y know, and
afterwards / stopped by and heerd
b tnat lady from tn other side that tn
Governments sendin round. My, but
1t makes y understand a lot better
and brings things closter t y, t hear
somebody talk like that, that's edu-
Gated, an as been there, and en- make
is all so clear!
"She says tn war hasn't really
touched this country yit; we don't
know nothin' about smoke er blood er
havin t. do without, not really. Why,
she says in her country tn little chill
dren have been savin' their sugar fer
their soldiers and in BOoshia and a
lot O. them other places over there
they're livin' on stuff that we wouldn't
think was fit fer much of anything but
tn pigs.
"She says we sent ten million tons
o food over last year, but this year
It's got T. be fifteen million. We fed
million an half O. our soldiers,
hut naxt yaor Il will ha ty,;ot a g ,nopu
besides all them other people behind
IN lines.
"She says we've just got t cut out
--snore-waste an all these luxuries
and extrys, er we will want, even ef
we haven't done 1t yit, an everybody
else willard git licked, too-yit-
with Jim in it-ef we don't do our
part in every way"
"Where's that half O. pie that was
~ from dnner?" Peter inquired,
x just about demolished all Op-
,,oA and looking for fresh terrain
bsttenss r.
''Cl, feter, you can't haSeNdeSsert
Dict dayl Whut was I just tellin
" Pie takes sugar and pie takes
nour ana PIE takes shortehih, ana y
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