Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-13

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USED to hang OUT
Yeah, and he can take me back
to that ole rathskeller too-sweet if
he wants to. JUS so he don't put
no knockout drops in my beer,
that's all"
Wont be any beer when you get
back there, Slim. All be drinkin'
prune juice or somethin.' "
Tell yuh what I bet about these
Goiman," said a little black-eycd
soldier with curly black hair and a
high curved nose. Bet yuh they've
been told to try to get in good with
the American army so people won't
believe these stories about KILN
babies an boinin' choiches."
We'll, they gotta do somethin'
more'n bow to get in good with me.
Cap'r says don't frat-nize with 'em,
and y amt going to see me frat
Min with EN-
II wouldn't trust ole Slim if one
of 'em says Slim, come on in an
have stein O Pils'ner beer"
We'll, now, mebbe"-Slim began,
and then they were out of earshot
and heading toward postcard shop
that had a window full of pictures
of Virton.
Put German Out Of Billet.
If the orders in the, retreatine
German army babe those left be-
hind to try to get in good" with
the American army, they were GER
tainly useless orders so far as the
Rainbow Division was concerned.
In Virton an American second lieu
tenant put a German medical lieu
tenant out of his billet. The Ger
man had lived there nearly four
years-as long as the hospital had
been in operation. He had German
pictures on the walls; scenes of the
''Fatherland," groups of soldiers,
girls, and so on, and he had made
a homelike place of the room, with
an electric light at the head of the
bed and reading lamp on the table
and all his books and records in
orderly cabinets around the walls.
But the town major having in
charge the listing and distribution
of the billets did not take into &C
count the fact that any part of the
German army was still in Virton.
SO far as he was concerned, the
German army had gone away from
there and was still going. So this
billet in the home of a French
woman came to be listed among
the billets available for officers Of
the Rainbow Division.
They tell me the German was
scribbling away at his table telling
the folks he'd be home soon, or
something, when an American SOL
der, the lieutenant's orderly, came
humping through the door, bending
under a bedding roll as big as a
piano and dumped it down on the
floor with an awful thud. Behind
him came the young American Of
ficer with a musette bag over his
shoulder and suitcase. Behind the
American officer came the lady of
the house.
German Plainly Astonished.
The German rose, dropping his
inky pen on the paper-plainly as
founded.
II think this is my billet" said
the American, coolly picking a
corner occupied by the Germans
spare boots to deposit his bag and
suitcase and removing the boots in
the process.
"Yes?' said the German. He
spoke English we'll He hesitated
a second. Il have lived here for
four years." he said.
"Yes?" said the American. Then
to his orderly, "Any water in that
pitcher, Harry? If there isn't, ask
the madam to get some, will you?
| want to wash up
Without another word the Ger
man left, ard came back with his
own orderly, and they both proceed
ed to move out the Germans house
furnishings, while the American
sloshed his face and head and neck
in the cold water, brushed his teeth
and hair and distributed his razor
and toilet articles around on the
washstand. Not a word of CONVEX
sation passed between the Amer
lean and the German until, as the
latter was leaving with the last of
his stuff, the American looked up
from a manicuring operation and
said, Sorry, old scout" The Ger
man closed the door softly, with
never a reply.
Francs Delight Shopkeepers.
Wads of francs from the parts Of