The Arvada enterprise., 1919-01-30
lLBERT II. DEPEW
CHAPTER xx,I-cert,nssd.
cs,,.ssA. is,s. sy Rs.,,y ..d sr,.aos {

lI3100oy9910>vuSoo9SSs9oS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHAPTER xxii-continved
H.
The day We were transferred to the
regular prison barracks four hundred
Russians and Belgians were buried.
Most Of them had died from cholera.
typhoid and inoculations. We heard
from the prisoners there before rs that
the Germans had come through the
camps with word that there was an
epidemic Of black typhus and cholera
and that the only thing for the men to
do was to take the serum treatment to
avoid catching these diseases. Most Of
the four hundred men had died from
the inoculations. They had taken the
Germans word, had been inoculated
and had died within nine hours. Which
shows how foolish It IL to believe .
German. None Of % had any doubt
but what tAe serum WAS poisonous.
The second day that We were in the
regular camp the Germans strung
barbsd wire an around our barracks.
They told % We had case Of black
typhus among ~. This was nothing
moro nor les than blum. for not one
Of - had typhus. but they put up the
wire. nevertheless. and We were not
allowed to 20 out.
One day when was loal1ng around
our barracks door and not having any
thing particularly important to do. I
packed nice hard SNOWFALL and land.
ed II neatly behind the ear Of 4 little
seotIy not far away. When he looked
around he d3d not blow his whistle but
begnA hunting for the thrower. This
was strange In Q German sentry and !
thought he must bs pretty good stun.
Whoo ~ looked around. however, all
- saW was . man staggering around
% II - Weee drunk. The man was
the oos Who had done the throwing. all
right but - sentry could not BE- sure
Of II. for surely no man would stay
out n ths open and invite accidents
liks that But still. who had done IT.
- ! INST kept staggssing around.
an1 the sentry came up b mo and
locked ne over pretty hard. Then l
theught for ths Arst time that things
might 20 hard on me. but I figured
that u ] quit the play acting It would
b. all ovee. % ! staggered right mp
to the sentry and looked At him drunk
saly. expecting every moment to get
oes from the bayonet.
But he was 70 surprised that all he
coald do was stare. 30 I stared back.
prstsnding that saw two Of him. and
otherwise acting foolish. Then guess
he realized for the nrst time that the
chances Of anybody being drunk in
that camp were small-at least for the
psisooefs. He was rubbing his ear
sll the time. but finally the thought
Seepsd through the ivory aud he began
to laugh. laughed. too. and the nrst
thing yOu know he had me doing II
again-that II. the imitation. One
soowball was enough. figured.
] uaed to talk to him quite often
aftsr that. We had no particular
love for each other. but be was gamer
than the other sentries. and he did not
call me schweinhund every time he saw
me, 10 We got on very well together.
His name must have been Schwartz,
guess, but II sounded like "Swatts" to
me. 10 Swatts he was, and was
"Chink" te him. - everybody else
called me that.
One day he asked me II could
speak French, and said yes. Italian:
yes. Russian: yes. No matter what
language he might have mentioned
would have said yes. because could
tsH Ind 4
was curious. Then he told me that n
! went to the hospital and worked
there. might get better meals and
would not have to 60 NO far for them.
and that my knowing all the languages
! said did would help me 4 great
ways toward getting the job.
Evidently he had been told to get
nun for the place. because he ap-
pointed me TO II then and there. He
put me to work right away. We went
over to one Of the barracks. where
case Of sickness had been reported.
and found that the invalid was = big
Barbadoex negro named Jim. \ nrc-
man from the voltaire. Al one time
Jim must have weighed 30 pounds.
Uut ny tuh time ne WIS uDout TWO
pounds lighter than u straw hnt. hut
stlll black and full Of pep. Light M
he WAS. ] wns no "whitc hope" and II
was all I could do to carry him to tho
hospital. Swatts kept right nlong be.
hind me. and every time I would stop
to rest. he would poke me- with
lbroom--thc only broom I saw In Ger.
tmany-and laugh and point TO his cnr.
Then ! thought Il was u frams~up
and that he wns getting even with me.
hut was In for II then. nnd the best
! could do was to 60 through with Il.
Hut ] wAs nll In when we reached the
hospital. The drst thing I saw when
Wa Eot In the door wins another negro.
also frUm Bsrbndoes nnd ~ tall and
hin ~ JiD had ooce been short sad
fat. This 6eack boy and l made =
great team. bat I never knew what
bis name way. I always called him
Kate. because night end day he was
-. I'D