The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-29

Man can do most anything. from patch
In up busted matrlm0niee to PUTIN
Ice In the family refrit. Carl Wall
burger was busfed mp when he heard
ho was a-goin' to lose the little house
he an his frau had most paid Tor.
cause they couldn't dig up the interest
The Red Cross Man wrote 20 somebody
an one day Carl was a-smilin' al over
bis Dutch phis. cause he'd got letter
sayin' he could pay the interest when
he'd cracked Kaiser Bits strong box.
Carts United States II he Is Dutch. He
wuzn't aroun' when they picked his
name. Motors don't 60 dead when he's
given them the once over"
There's that Red Cross on that um-
orella.''
"Bet y'ur neck. The NJ. Ps wuz get
tin their kukus dried up. standin' out
IN the sun keepin' the trucks from
a-gettin' jammed at the crossin's. The
Red Cross Man got umbrellas an put
'em on those platforms, an now the
n. Ps amt afraid o. loosin' their think
boxes an are all scrappin' for shady
cr0ssin' job. He's always doin' some
thin for the boys. Last winter. when
sand blankets. an sweaters. an. muf-
Hers, am gloves. an soxz to keep ~
warm. They say no worked four days
an nights fore he got us warm and
feelfn' timber. Last Xmas he give us
dandy boxes OF stun. candy an the
makin's, an a lot OF stun. Made M
feel like ole Santa hadn't passed rs
up but had come a-slidin' down our
tent pole"
Helped Him Out Then.
Where'd you learn to know hint"
Him and me got real chummy last
spring when / wuz In the hospital aft
er that propeller blade mussed me up
some. He'd come aroun' to see me
most every day. Always had some
thin to say that made me feel better.
Why, the nurse'd get SO shed bring
me that damned hospital cocktail when
he wuz there, cause she knowed I'd
take 1t without cussin'."
IA cocktail. an you cussin'? Quit
your kiddin'!"
There you go again, shown what
you don't know. Mike, my boy, hos
pital cocktail is just plain straight
castor oil, without any water as q
chaser. Take it from me an stay
AWAY from them docs at the hos
pital or you'll get one o. them cock
tails. The nurse toIe me they most
run out OF the burned stuff one day.
nm the next batch had got tied up with
red tape an couldn't get in. She said
the patients wuz all a-gettin' sick.
cause they get well to keep from get
- H. A>~A \. ID
Man went out an bought q hogshead
or two and the patients began to get
well again, SOS they could do without
their toddy. She tole me mustn't hold
1t agin the Red Cross Man tho. cause
the docs tole him to get 1t, an that
he gave right smart nicer things to the
hospital than them burned cocktails
It makes me cuss to think about 'em.
Well, wuz a-tellin' you how me and
him got chummy. He saw I couldn't
write, account my bum wing, an he
asked me IL didn't want L:m to write
my letters. had him write to moth
er, an, after we'd got acquainted,
asked him to write to Nellie, my best
girl back home. reckon he thought
wux some mush on her all right, but
he never said nothin'; just put it down
like I tole him. He looked funny
aroun' the eyes sometimes, but
reckon he wuz happy cause we wu2
writin' to my Nellie. When the doci
let's me 60, wun't good for nothin
an wanted to 60 home till I got strong
but didn't have the coin for the fare
all the way up to Indiana. But darr
my cats, that Red Cross Man got me 9
leave an then loaned me the cash t
go.
Paying Back Loan.
HE didn't charge me no interest
neither. / got 1t most all paid back
now, but he amt pushin' me none fos
1t. Nell says she's a-goin' to kiss the
Red Cross Man first chance she gets
Well, / reckon he's the only bird about
this post she's got my o. x. to kiss II
she's got the nerve. The Red Cross
Man says he can stand 1t, IL she can
That's his quarters over there with the
got card In the door that says, Come
In an You don't have to stand at a'ten
shun when You talk to him. He pushe
out d chair, passes the smokes, an
first thing you know you're tellin' hin
all about yourself and all your trou
bles. It don't make no diff what's soi
your goat, he'll sure find somethin' te
make you feel better or forget 1t. Il
You ever get the blues, or the williea
60 see him; he's better than six doci
an ten hospital cocktails-darn 'em
Here he comes back again. Beer
helpin' some bird In the 73rd, 81
reckon He's 4uln' to stop"
'sHello. Thompson. how's the shoul
der1"
aFine. sir. Gettin' limbered up al
right"
ssWho's your buddiefs