The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-19

The .wu mCL were SO eugrosscd IN
their conN crsation that they did not
notice 900" at all. They probably
thought tnat they were entirely alone
on the deck o. the great steamer ys
il was roal'y getting late.
"FaulKEsr' LeGan the first sneak
cr did yru even Int a man when he
was down.
II hope net" answered a quiet
voice by his side.
"IAsteLl" resumed the other: 81 m
going o tell YOU the whole story and
See IL can get II out OF my system,
IL hurt5, ~, hanks, don't care 10
smoke now. When the war broke
out enns,ui aLd was sent over with
the first contingent OF Canadian vol
uutcers. on. yes, there were bands
playing, fIaga flying, children shout
ing. AMI thc women, yes, | guess "A
good many OF them were crying; but
we wcr' marching off to war then,
and none Of US thought Of anything
nut "a good tine. The boys did have
good time. toO-eo!nS oNer-and
Ia have got something out OF the
trip myself II Liel tenant McMann
had seen ~ to treat me like any oth-
er private instead uf "A dog.
ITS ne Old story over again. Ne
were bo,n so.ns with the same girl.
/ They were ogging everyone to get
married. We weren't even engaged
then. but | asked Jennie what my
chances would be II should come
back whole. She said the chances
were mighty good, 30 | let well
enough a,one. " hats the use of get
ting eng CARED tC a girl when YOU don't
know tnat you can protect yourself?
We'll, McMann rs no fool and he
! AI Ia
, knew II only one OF US were to come
back ana that happened to be him
self he'd have easy sailing And,
tuy! II hc Oiiu't make II miserable
I tor me figh' from the start. II there
/ was any dIfty work tu Dee done, / did
| IT, but I'll give him credit for manag
| ing It so neatly that the other Off
/ GERS never caught on, one day he
! got me INTO a corner
| 'Fariand he said, I'm getting
| tired fOuLuy with YOU, When give
! you an order you jump, understand
| You've got continual crouch, but II
I over near a word OF back talk itN
be a hot day Tor YOU
= salutCd hut | ttChed to sprins
! forward and choke the brute
You whining coward. he Kissed
then turned on his heel ana walked
! away.
An the way cross got Just that
kind OF treatment, and nobody ever
heard ne yap yet when We landed
In England it didn't take us long &C
shoot across the channel into F'rcnct
territory. or course we we're toe
late for Chatieroi and Mons and bl
that time the fighting had developed
into a trench warfare, Now, I'm no
going TO tel! you all about life I'm tn,
trenches, bu. I'll say This. No regi
mcnt ever raE up against II hardeI
than ours Lack OF sleep is what 20
me. The mon became so desperat,
they didn't care II they were hit o
not, one day ] was stln1ing up II
the pits so tired | could hardly se'
to sight my rifle. when suddenly
felt a cut across my shoulders.
wheeled atQut to see L!eutenan
MacMann adurt ssing our colonel
who happened to be inspecting tn
line.
"'Colonsl.' he lied, this man ha
been sticking ~ his hand in the hop
OF getting wounded so that he ma
be sent To the rear. What do yol
want done With him?
Il staRkeTe, forward; for "A mo
ment | could not speak. 'Lieutcnan
MaCMann is mistaken. sir. hay
done no such thing--I--'
"'Are you hit" demanded tn
colonel
No, sir and l don't intend to b
II | can help 1t
That's the first true word w
heard him say observed MacManr
The COlCue, shrugged his shoul
ders. | expect he saw the tears well
ing up Iu ru" eyes. Well he gruut
ed, he won't do as any good In tn
guard house, ana We certainly can
spare men fIom the line; let hin
stay
The weeks passed like q hideou
nightmare. MacManu watched M
, like "a buzzard for he had resolved I
, get me II nc could II there wa
one par. OF IN, line more expose
tNan the reyt hC saw to II that Prl
, yate Farl'nd got IN that niche.
"BiNy Esins was operating one q
our machine guns, and hecaus
Rains AMI | hailed from the sar
town, We sort OF naturally fell In 7
gcthcr. lie taught me how TO oper
, ate the tR ng. and that was the be
Gining OF the ord. Two days late
d as Rains was coming in through IN
commun!ca ton trench n hand gre
, made with its smoking fuse fell a
I his feet. Quick as an otter h
grabbed the thing up and hurled
back before it went off In any 9th
20 er war dat ac' would have won IN
Victoria cross Well, the next day
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