Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-02-21

the whole family thanks you" And II
was hard not 70 laugh. Also II seemed
funny 10 me. because I did not rightly
know just what they were giving me
the medal for-thougn II was for a
Of two things-and I DO not know to
this day. But I thought It would not
be polite 10 ask, 80 l let II 20 at that.
There were twelve other naval OH
GERS who were present and they and
all the other people did n lot OF cheer
Ing and vived me to a fare-you-well.
II was great stun. altogether. and I
should have liked TO get n medal every
day.
One day I received n letter from a
man who had been In my company In
the Foreign Legion and with whom 1
had been pretty chummy. His letter
was partly In French and partly In
English. II was all about who had
been killed and who had been wound
ed. He also mentioned Murrny's
death, which he had heard about. and
about my receiving the Crolx do
Guerre. l was wishing he had said
something about Brown. whom I had
not heard from and who I knew would
visit me II he had the chance.
But two or three days later I got
another letter from the same man and
when / opened II out tumbled a photo
graph. At FIRST ali I saw was that II
was the photograph of n man cruclied
with bayonets. but when ! looked ut
II closely l saw II was Brown. I
tainted then. just like n girl.
When I came to I could hardly make
myself think about II. Two OF my
pals gonei II hurt me 80 much TO
think OF II that I crushed the letter
up In my hand. but later on l could
read parts Of II. II said they had
found Brown this way near Dlxmude
about two days after he had been re-
ported missing. So three of vi went
over and two stayed there. II seems
very strange TO me that both Of my
pals should be cruclhed and II l were
superstitious l do not know what l
would think about II. II made me
sick and kept me from recovering rs
fast as I would have done otherwise.
doth Brown and Murray were good
pals and very good men In q fight.
l often think OF them both and about
the things we did together. but lately
I have tried not to think about them
much because II Is very sad TO think
what torture they must have had to
stand. They we're both OF great credit
to this country.
The American consul visited me
quite often and I pot TO calling him
Sherlock because he asked so many
questions. We played lots Of games
together. mostly with dice, and had a
great time generally After l became
convalescent he argued with me that
I had seen enough. and though I really
did think so-however much l dlsliked
what had seen-he got my diseharge
from the service GA account OF phys
ical Inability TO discharge the usual
duties. After I had been at the hos
pltal for a little over a month l wai
discharged from II. after a little party
In my ward with everyone taking part
and all the horns blowing and all the
records except my fovorire dirgs
played u after another.
Sherlock arranged everything FOL
me-my passage to New York, clolA
Ing. etc. I ran up to ST. Nazaire anc
saw my grandmother. loafed around
a while and also visited Lyons.
After q short time l returned I,
Brest and got my passage on thu
Georgia for New York. l had tire,
trunks with me full Of things I has
picked up around Europe and haC
been keeping with my grandmother
Among my belongings were sewers
things l should like to show by pho
tographs In this book. but no one bu
mermaids cnn see them now. for dow
TO the locker Of Davy Jones they went
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