Charlevoix county herald., 1919-10-24

wac Oniy q Ma Wnen he Left the
Great Lakes to Go to Sea and Has
Made Ten R'und Trips to France
Ten Times He Has Been Refused
Permission to Land-Has ExtraordI.
nary Appetite for Lead Pencil Shaw.
ings.
When the trophy ship" Santa Rosa
made fast to her pier at Hoboken, the
nj st member of the crew to start down
the gangplank was Dinny, who was
bred In northern Illinois, and was only
kid when he left the Great Lakes
naval training station to go to sea.
The soldier guard ut the bottom of the
gangplank held up forbidding hand.
Dinny, being a sailor, disdained the
landlubber's command, writes George
G. Briggs In the Chicago News. The
immediate result was an encounter
about the middle of the inclined way,
and the soldier retired precipitately
to the pier while BOsn's Mate Claude
Smith and others of the Santa Rosa
crew dragged the Obstreperous Dinny
back on shipbOard, placating him with
promises that he should have a large
meal of pencil shavings.
This incident led to a discovery Of
twofold interest. For one thing II dis
closed that Dinny will do almost any
thing-waive his shore leave; wave
his short tail-anything for a mouth
full of pencil shavings. Lieut.. Com
mander Horace L. Hall, executive Of
ficer of the Santa Rosa, confessed that
1t has kept him busy grinding up pen
ellis in the pencil sharpener so that
sawdust might be supplied to appease
Dinnys inordinate appetite.
It's Army Versus Navy.
The other thing of interest is that
an extensive controversy has arisen
between Uncle Sans army on the one
hand and the navy on the other, as to
whether Dinny shall be allowed to land
on the shores Of his native country or
whether, like the man without a coun-
try, he must remain forever an ex-
patriate and sail the briny sea till 1t
gets his goat.
. "Nope; he dasn't come ashore" was
the translated mandate Of port Of en-
barkatiOn officials, communicated by
an orderly to Lieutenant Commander
Hall when sailors of the Santa Rosa
took up the argument In Dinny's be-
half with soldiers at the bottom Of the
gangplank-where the jurisdiction of
lie lot hx,
land forces begins.
1t was the tenth time permission for
Dinny to land had been refused by the
army.
I'm sorry about Dinny," said the ex-
ecutive officer. "He is the best mar
liner on the ship. He has made ten
round trips to France-every one since
the ship went into commission as q
transport last March. And he never
gets seasick, although he eats matches,
cigarettes and all the pencil sharpen
ings we can supply. He is a native
born American and still the army
won't let him land. The situation is
getting serious now, for this Is our
last trip. The ship Is to be turned
over to the shipping board and some
thing will have to be done about
Dinny."
Suspicion FaIIs on plnny.
At this juncture Of the conversation
an officer Of the port appeared at the
door Of the ex-office.
"Fm instructed to locate 1900 blue
denim suits which were delivered to
this ship and have them put ashore
at once" he told Lieutenant Comman.
der Hall.
Haven't seen them, captain. Don't
know where they are" said the execu-
tive officer. Maybe Dinny-no, j
don't think he'd go that far, though
he'll eat anything"
Zone thousand nine hundred blue |
jumpers are charged to the Ship" the
army captain was repeating, when he
was interrupted by clatter of hoofs
and q weird apparition appeared In the |
doorway behind him. There was goat
with a pair Of boxing gloves strapped
over his horns.
"Dinny, have you been eating any
blue denim suits?" the lieutenant com
mander demanded gravely.
"Aah-aa ~ was all Dinny said, but
he was looking wistfully, eloquently
at the pencil sharpener above the desk
Of the lieutenant commander.
Just then the bosn's mate raced
along the gangway and tried to pull
the intruding animal out of the door.
Hes been boxing again, sir-stand.
ing on his hind legs like he does and
butting with the gloves on. And. sir,
We located the blue denim suits, sir
They're packed between the captured
cannon and tanks In the hold to keep
that artillery from rolling around.
Come along, Dinny."
"Aa-ah," said Dinny.