The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-05-01
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Cunning hack along the same road W
Aaltsd b let smother convoy Of mules
10 po0t, and an officer Of the Royal
naval division came up and began
tnIA1ng b our oncers. He was telling
tham how he and his men had landed
1t .X' beach. and how they had 10
wAds eshore through barbed wire.
.And, you Know" he said In q sur
pElDsd way. ~ II he himself could
hardly bslisve it. "the begyars were
actually firing ON usi" That II Just
hhs the Limeys. though. Their idea
- not - appear excited about any
thing at any time. but to act ~ though
tAay Wers playing cricket standing
arsand On lawn with paddles In their
hands. half asieep. The Limeys are
cGtAinly cool under IRE. though. and
I tnaAk that because the Anxacs did
% Ven at Gallipoli people have not
gfv0 enough credit 10 the Bxitiah
regulars and b. N. D.'s. who were
th3o too, and did their share Of the
wsek, and d1d it - ven - any men
couRl
Afer Q while this t@eR started on
his vay again. and a. be cut across
eho road q yfsneA odieef came up.
Ths Ltmsy wore Q aemonocls. which
esnDsd the French omcer to stare at
I'm 0 minute befsrs he saluted. After
ths Dngiishman had passed him the
Jfsnchman took q large French penny
cot Of his pocket screwed 1t into his
eyo and turned toward a % that We
could So It, but the Limey could not.
That was not the right thing 10 do,
especially before enlisted men, 70 our
o6lcsrs did not Laugh. but the men did,
and % loud that Limey turned around
and caught sight Of the Frenchman.
He started back toward him and ]
thought sure there would be . nght.
or that. more likely. the Umey would
report him. Our officers should have
plaeed the Trenchman under arrest.
at that
Ths Trenchman expected trouble.
/, too. for he pulled mp very straight and
stt6, but he left the penny Id his eya.
The Limey came up to him. halted .
few PAGES OF and. without saying
Q word, took the monocle out Of his
eyA twibbled It three OF four fest In
the air and caught It IN his other -
when It came down.
do that. you blighter!" he said and
faced about and was on his way down
the road. They had It O ths French
man after that
This Philippe Pierre, Of whom
have spoken, told me q story about
two Limey ofnesrs that hardly be-
lisvsd, yet Philippe swors It was the
truth. He had besn In America before
The war, and hs said he had seen one
Of The of8cors that the story u about
many times In New York.
Hs said thsre were two Limey on
cses going along the road arguing
ahs1t the German ahells which the
Turau were using. One o6 the omcers
sala thsy Wsfe no eood because they
did not bursk Just about that time
q ebell came along and they picked
thskDGavas up quits q distance from
wAGs thay had bssn standing. An
othsr sAsTl vhisssd by and landed nat
On ths ode oe the road Ths o@cef
wsIled over. dug Il out Of the ground.
and took away The detonator and fuss
to provo that thsy did not explode
The sply tAins that would make
me believe that story u that Philippe
PiRrs said thay were Amsy onesfs'
Ne enc but O IAmey would remem-
/, ber such an argument after being
nocked galley west By . sAen con
cumion. I Do not doubt that Limsy
would do II II It could be dona. though.