The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-05-15

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Then I swan hard and caught up to
the Limeys who had Jumped nrst. They
were asking each ether II they were
dewnhearted and answering. "Not .
BIT Of II, me lada.s and trying to sing.
Pack up your troubles In your old kit
bag" only they could not do much
singing on account Of the waves that
slipped into their mouths every time
they opened them. That was Just like
Lmsys, though.
Some Of the boys were just climbing
up the Jacobs ladder ON the Aoewe
when the old George let out an awful
roar and up went the deck and the
matches high In the air In splinters.
One fellow let 20 ms hold on the lad
der and went down and he never came
mp. The Germans were making for the
Moewe In the ifeboat and we reached
1t just before they did. Up the ladder
We went and over the side and the
first thing w caught siEht Of was the
German revolvers In our faces drilling
NJ all into line.
The Nfeboat brought back the ships
papers from tho George and We had
roll call. They kept n mp on deck In
our wet underwear and 1t was very
cold indeed. Then the first mate and
the old man and one Of the German
officers called OF the names and We
found W had fifty missing.
The Boche commander had gall
enough to say that he was not there
O.. ksn vn>~, ksuA - ~AMHr an ahev&n That
were supplying tie aIliesi He said
England was trying to starvs Germany.
but that they would never succeed and
that Germany would starvs the allies
very soon.
Afte ron cal some Of ~ asked the
Germans for clothes, or at least .
place 10 dry ourselves in, but Fritz
could not $50 N for the dust ON the
ocean and We Just had to stand there
and shivef TIL We shook the deck, al
most. Then went and sat down ON
the pipes that feed the deck winchea
They had quite Q head Of steam In
them and I was beginning to feel more
comfortable when got Q good clout
alongside Of the head for sitting there
and trying to keep warm. It was q
German garby and he started calling
mo all the various kinds Of schwein-
hunde ho could think Of and he could
think Of Q lot.
Finally they mustered - al on
another part Of the deck. then drilled
n down into the forecastle and read
the martial law Of Germany to u.
At least I guess that u what II was.
It might have been the Help Wanted
Dog Catchsfss column from the Ber-
LIN Lokal Taggabble for al most Of ~
knew or cared. Il shows what cards
the Germans are-reading an those
four-to-the-pound words to ~ shiver.
ing earbies, who did not give q dime
Q dozen whether we heard them or not.
Fritz II like some other hot sketches-
he II funniest when he does not mean
to be. Every German u . vaudeville
s1Eit when he acts natural
There were hammochs there and W
Jumped into them to got warm. but the
Germans came down with their 70
volvers and bayonets and took the
away and poured water On
the decks and told N to sleep there.
They could not have done . worse
trick than that
Then they put loc1s o. he portfolios
and told N that anyone caught hddling
with the locks would be shot at once.
This was because wo might sight .
British or French man-of-war at any
time and ~ the Noews was sailing I'M
der the British nag and trying to keep
out Of trouble they did not want NJ
at the ports Signalling our own war
ships for hslp. Il they had bucked
any Of the allied ships and had fight
W would have died down there like
rats.
The Nosws had already captured
the voltaire, Mount Temple Cambrian
Range and the King George and had
the crews Of these vessels between
decks with N. These men told us
how the Germans were treating them
and It looked to me ~ though the eve
ming would be spent In playing games
and q pleasant time would be had BY
all-not.
Tho crew Of the Mount Temple were
on deck working when the raider sud-
denly opened ire ON them Two or
three men jumped into the water and
the Germans turned . gun on them
while they were swimming and killed
them. That was just . sample Of what
had happened to them.
The men now began running up and
down In . line to keep warm. but I
took q little run ON my own hook and
treated myself to ~ much q . once
over Of the ship - could do not
believe the Noewe had more than .
three a1mor plate. but BE-
hind that she had three rows Of pig
iron, which made about foot In thick
ness. There was nothing but cable
strung along the deck and when saw
that I would have given anything 10
havn had n ernek nt hnr Nth n ll-lnch