Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-27

He disappeared and returned shortly
with a length Of heavy wood.
Had to borry his outta his barn. he
stated.
Well, hurry up. That bird1l hear US"
Carefully Delmonico inserted the stick
between two bars. and wrenched. 1t left
an opening wide enough for their pur-
pose.
Now see can yuh reach It,"
Clark's hand and arm disappeared into
the aperture. His fingers touched some
feathers, but the bird sided away.
TIL damn things pullin' back" Clark
groaned.
Well, don't make no noise"
Damn that
Clark made a sudden lunge n
grasped what proved to be a chickens
tail. The chicken emitted a prolonged
scream.
"oh. my Gawdl Now yuh done It,"
Delmonico snorted.
TIL damn"
Clark sprang from the window, the
thrashing chicken in his hand shatter-
ing the still night with its agonized
shrieks.
Grab it by tn ~neck-grab it by tn
neck"
Abruptly the piercing blasts stopped,
and with antelope bounds they tore back
across the road and flung themselves
prone through the soggy hedge.
Lay still a minute" Clark cautioned
as the peasants door crashed open. Il
got tn chicken. Lay still SOS he dom
see us runnin'."
Across the way the bearded French
mans voice rose to a whistle yell.
"Sacre bleu! Sacre matin!" he bawled
Gre nom de dieu-de dieul Sacre
cochoni"
Mad, amt hel' quoth Clark.
Suddenly the Frenchman's screams
stopped.
What's the matterP" Clark wondered
aloud. Has he give upP"
"Listen!"
From across the road they could barely
hear a voice talking / n ordinary conver-
~sational ones.
He's talkin' to somebody, Murphy"
20, Gawdl Merry Sunshine. l bet
Maybe not. Maybe an M. p"
Again the F~renchman's voice lifted:
"Ah, oui, m'sieur; je YOU suis tres
The rest was lost.
Come on, Murphy" Clark advised
Lets get back to tn kitchen"
Not our kitchen. Whoever that isl
be lookin' around our kitchen. Com,
on-Well go over to A company's. Spike1
let us cook it there"
Here, you take tn poultry, then. In
goin' by an get my wang roodge."
Noiselessly they crept away, and ter
minutes later Clark found Delmonico OF
the point of relieving the chicken of it
head in the kitchen of Company A.
It's aWright," Delmonico greeted
Spike just turned in. but he says g
ahead. This amt tn chicken we go
!, before; it's a little bigger
An I'm gonna eat, after all! I'm 81
hungry I'm shakin'! Clark sighed. How
l longs it gonna take yuh to get 1T ready?
mot so long-hey, where's your hat?
Mechanically Clark ran his hand owe
his head.
Il dunno" he said, carelessly. "Yul
can't keep these here little go-to-hel
caps on. Maybe it's back in u kitchen
5 Main thing is to get that chicken
| carved.
Yeah, an maybe yuh lost it over t
that Frawg's henhouse. Swell thing fe
Merry Sunshine to find! Did yuh hav
7 yer name in it?"
Yeah. Sure"
F., Delmonico paused to scan Clark dis
gustedly.
An you was talkin' to me about beir
q snappy workerl" he scoffed. AN yol
go an lose yer hat with yer name in it!
Listen, Murphy, there's plenty NOR
hats, but they amt plenty more chick
ems. Like l said before, the main thin
is to get that there poulet in shape t
eat"
! "Oh, youn get tn chicken, all right,
Delmonico growled. Don't IVORY. Al
that amt all you'll get"
How do yuh mean?"
81 mean it's all as clear as chickei
| gn11n nnW Dplmnnirn stated Hnn VII
remember how that Frawg quit hollerin'
Well, what do yuh think he quit for
Because he found III hat-an' the
what happens? Merry Sunshine sees
swell chance for a court martial so h
shuts tn Frawg up. What else you &c
out of it is o bust-an' maybe me, too
you go back to sojerin' in the ranks, al
maybe a couple a months in tn Jug
just to be a example. Merry Sunshin
loves examples"
Clark merely stared. A bust" NEAR
the loss of those stripes earned at til
cost of a frozen hand.
do yuh s'pose 1t was Merry Sur
sinner" he asked.
Sure it was. Who else'd be snoopil
around?" Delmonico paused. well, wins
, do yuh say? Yuh wanna Stay this hei
fowl an go to tn iuu or do yuh wann
take it back an cook up a lie about he
= We caught some one stealin' it?"
Clark sat down suddenly and lit a Gig
, aret.
well, whatcha say2" Delmonico pei
sisted. tits your hat; it amt mine"
18th dirty bum" Clark snapped
What for, do yuh knowP"
wait a minute, Murphy; wait a mir
I ute. / gotta think"
The big first sergeant thought. Occs
~sionally his eyes wandered over to til
: chicken In Delmonico's hands.
' 20, Gawd?" he breathed. II amt ha
nothin' but Excellent on my servit
record since I been q noncom. I ain
= done a trick in tn guardhouse since
been q corporal. Murphy. I've sojere
with tn best Of EN-, an l never bee
broke"
' Yeah" Delmonico helped "Yo
: oughta thought a that before yuh wer
, chicken stealin'. You was the one ha
q clear consciousl"
4 We'll. wasn't it Just as good as o,
: : ~chicken?" Clark exploded.
= "Oh, / amt tryin' to talk yuh QUIT
= tn hen" Delmonico sneered. I'm on
tellin' yuh. Well, what do yuh sa
d sodjer?'
Clark stood up.
"Gawd. I'm hungry. Murphy I ain
ct since"
II know, since breakfast"
. you don't know nothin'. You nev,
been as hungry as I am. Nobody
!" never been as hungry as I am right no'