Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-03-07

half an hour. Then up TO full speed
agaln.
Pretty soon there was a tramp
steamer on the ~starboard bow, and al
most before I saw II. there we're two
more sentries on each side OF me,
~prodding mo with their revolvers and
warning M to keep on the course.
They had civilian clothes on.
Then we went through the skager
Rack and C~attegnt, which are narrow
strips OF water leading to the Baltic,
and we were only a mile from shore
with vessels all about US. II would
have been an easy thing for me TO
signal what ship was and who
were aboard, but they had six sentries
on my neck all the time to keep me
from II. l never wanted to do any
thing worse In my life than jump
overheard or signal. But l would
have been shot down before l had
more than started to do either, 70 l
Just stayed with the wheel.
We we're nearing one OF the DAN
lsh islands In the Baltic when we
sighted n tug. She began TO smoke
up and blow her siren. The sailors got
very excited and ran around In crazy
STYLE, and Bndewltz began shouting
more orders than they could get away
with. The sentrles left me and ran
with the rest Of the Frltzies to the
boat deck and started to lower one Of
the lifeboats. But Badewltz was right
on their heels and kicked the whole
bunch around In great shape. roaring
like n bull all the time.
/ left the wheel and ran to the end
Of the bridge, to jump overheard. But
the minute l let go OF the wheel the
vessel fell of Of the course, and they
noticed It, and Badewltz sent Ave OF
them up on the bridge and three
others to the side with their revolvers
to shoot me II / should reach the wa
ter. l think II l had had any rope to
lash the wheel with l could have got
away and they would not have known
II.
When the Ave sailors reached the
bridge one of them jumped for the
cord and gave u siren five long
blasts In answer to the tug. The tug
vas about to launch n torpedo. and
We MnlnAitu Junl III NAAnts OHt VI OII
men was looking from the fddley, ana
he saw the Huns making for the life
boats. 30 he got two or three others
and they all yelled together, Don't
let them get away !" thinking that
they would get the boat over and
leave the ship, and trying to yell loud
enough for the tug to hear them.
Badewitz took this man and two or
three others, whether they were the
ones who yelled or not. and beat them
up and put them In irons. l thought
there was going to be n mutiny
aboard, but 1t did not come OF. and
l am not sure what the Huns were so
excited about.
The other four sailors who came up
on the bridge did not touch me, but
just kept me covered with their re-
volvers. That was the way with them
they would not touch us unless
Badewltz was there or they had bayo-
nets. The old bull himself came up
on the bridge after he had beaten up
a few men, threw me around quite n
bit and kicked me down from the
bridge and slammed me into the coal
bunkers. l felt pretty sore. as you
can Imagine, and disappointed and
pretty low generally.
After n while we heard the nnchor
chains rnttllng through on their way
to get wet, ana we pulled up. Then
every German ship In the Battle came
up to look us over, | guess. They
opened up the hatch covers, and the
Hun garblos and gold-stripes came
aboard and looked down mt us. and
spit all they could on us, and called
us all the different kinds OF swine In
creation. They had them lined up
and filing past the hn~tchways-all OF
them giving us the once over In turn.
Maybe they sold tickets for this show
1t would be like the Huns.
At first w were milling around trg-
ing 10 get out from under the hatch
openings and the shower Of spit, hut
some Limey officer sang out. Brit
lshers all Don't give way |" and we
stood still and let them spit their
damned German lungs out before we
would move for them, and some Cor
nishmen began singing their song
upoul lFeNhMncA. 30 we nluue out
that we did not know such n thing as
n German ever lived.
We got better acquainted with Ger
man splitting later on. and believe me,
they are great little spltters. not much
on distance or accuracy, but quick In
action ana well supplied with ammu-
milton. Splitting on prisoners is the
favorlte indoor and outdoor sport for
Germans. men and women alike.
When the show was over, they
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