Williston graphic., 1919-02-13

the dine. Tor thls reason: thsfs were
quite few Germans intsrned IN Zu.
rich, and they went about In uniform.
Now, when saw one Of these birds
and remembered what had been hap
pening to me Just short time before
ny hands began to itch. Believe me.
Il was not good morning that I
said to them. I enjoyed It all right;
they were not In squads and had no
arms, 20 It was hand to hand, and pie
for me.
But Mt. Keene did not IKE Il, I
guess. for he called mo to his once
one morning and bawlsd me out for Q
while. and I promised to bs good.
"You're supposed to bs neutral" hs
said. And said, ''Yes, and when I
was itorpedoed and taken prisoner, I
was supposed to be neutral. too" But
! said would not look for trouble any
more. and started back to the hotel.
But no sooner was I underway than
. Hun private came along and began
TO laugh at me. My hands itched
again, and I could not help but slam
him few. We went round and round
for q while. and then the Hun ~
versed and went down instead. Mr..
Keene saw ~. or heard about 1t. 20 he
told me I had better 60 to Berne.
So of went, with my passport. But
the same thing happened In Berne. I
tried very hard. but I Just could not
keep my hands of the Germans. So
guess everybody thought it was a good
thing to tell me good.by-anyway I
was shipped into France, going direct
to st. Nazaire and from there to
Brest.
made a short trip to Hull, England.
with q letter from q man at Branden.
burg to his wife. She was not at home.
but left the letter and returned to
France. was in France altogether
about three weeks, and then went to
Barcelona. Spain.
Then l took passage for the Statea
on the c. Lopez Lopez, . Spanish
merchantman. We had mostly "Spigs"
on board. which Is navy slang for
Spaniards. Almost every one Of them
had large family Of children and .
raft Of pets. We sailed down through
Valencia, Almeria. Malaga. Cadis and
Las Palmas In the Canary islands.
When we left Las Palmas we had Q
regular menagerie aboard-parrotA.
canary birds, dogs, monkeys and ".
rious beasts. The steerage Of that
boat was some sight. believe me.
We had boat drill all the way across
Of course, and from the way those
Spigs rushed about knew that II .
submarine got US the only thing that
would be saved would be monkeys. But
We did not even have q false alarm all
the way over.
I arrived in New York during the
month Of July, 1917-twO years and q
half from the time I decided to 60
abroad to the war zone to get some ex.
citement. l got 1t, and no mistake.
New York harbor and the old statue of
Liberty looked mighty good to me, you
can bet. 49, .-s ,t,..-...,s. i
80 here I am, and sometimes have
to pinch myself to be sure Of 1t. GER
tainly enjoy the food and warmth !
get here. and except for an occasional
pro-German I have no trouble with
anybody. My wounds break open once
In while, and I am often bothered
inside, on account Of the gas I swal
lowed. They say 1 cannot get back
into the service. It is tough to be
knocked out before our own boys &c:
into the scrap. =
But I do not know. am twenty.
three year old, and probably have q
lot to live for yet. ought to set.
tie down and be quiet for while. but
comfortable as l am, think I will
have to so to sea again. think o1 Il
many times, and each u,ns It 70 hAI6D
20 stay ashore.
T1lN END Il