The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-23

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gambols and grimaces and apish evouions wv
astounded and delighted the patients H->%
1D" @ the ? M os diagnosis And he explained that this
joyful exutaon simply disturbance in his
which created kind of rapid short circuit inside the victims
They must have been dev them
they packed him off back to the front
WHEN lid Che had nearly
caused the road by playing the acrobat on station
PLATFORM the chaps observed "e cracked and voiced the opinion
would wiser send him Bcetre where they patch
'em up"
But they weren't sorry Martins
whimsical ouursts provided better entertainment now for his
trench and He laughed and fairly drove others to
laughter Fee though he had thanks to the telling too
he exuded diversion More than now he counter
acted fnheartedness and valued by his chiefs as mascot
Whereas Joel than fed up with looked for all the world
like horrid are-crow And besides Martin thanks to his new
of strength made quite respectable soldier
WE'LL made night, Martin found himself going
the friend Joel at his sde rifle in hand swearing black
and blue he went forward at the double
battalion had and craclpaed
Johnny exploding shell closing heard the terrible
his brain refused duty He took fright
could heard somewhat less of the show
THE dead failure had been carried out in defiance
without premnaries without proper
the of the brigader general At last
the third of the battalion that left pouring headong back
into the attacking trenches.
Martin did not his He reported missing
night patrol found him in his hehOle; he making
faces at the stars The patrol sergeant led him in by the ear On his
back quarters he hoped and skipped and played Tom Fool
this had led unpleasant
misfortune would have it that the Head Office had got wind the
he course, blame bad of his
leaders worked ALL decided to
take the steps to punish defaulters.
Martin under confinement because he had hrked his
trench put too though gone only
back with the rest because he held responsible in connection
with the bad morale of troops in that sector.
Doth courtmara What with Jos stiff hostility and
acid replies even something
Martins laughter military
presidents not favoray inclined But does this Martin
know what he's dOng? quered the youngest them Ye the
others cried to But for equiys sake they called the
erals table every day sa certainly shanmng"
They both condemned to death For the matter that the court
connection with this amentabe attack so conspcuouslv lacking in
forehoug Besides example always makes excellent
And is also well known that for four good this
put before
questions policy before the paltry details life,
Martin didn't know what to make of all He played Jacka-
quite hard the converted danea where the
sitting when they leading the back the cells after
their sentence, he did the
Yet while this happening the expression Martins face
underwent change before For the first time life he
seemed be looking beyond the thing about him. and asking why
distress.
ONLY one was present to witness this the two condemned men had
v been left alone together
They had always been bad terms with each
already heard Joel raised his rebels and that Martins
gaey changing a terror.
Martin spoke him. "Whats game it."
flash of genius dartsd through the anarchists soul and he
swered, "Why, can't you see it's all blooming oke?"
him. ado mouth CAPPED wide;
tongue felt for jes-and the danger of disaster
"Why shut in 2"
"Wel, it's true looks like prison. said Joel bantering
he had the the with little laugh
"But surely know it's to keep of trouble?"
And that quite enough confidence for the time being
to the heart of the of TESTERS little than child
AND guided by impulse devoted hi sas
"a hours of life the mother
wreck driven there by mans justice founder at his SIDE
To this end he desperately bent his will watched his
guless and seeing he only lived the
and blind
Feeble Martins reasoning quite capable
play out the comedy small sublime
in this little of the War of Filth and Slime.
Next morning they brought them They
with the two in the
what all these chaps doing full
feeling suspicious and headong nightmares
"There's beano today Can't you bind?"
Martin stared all the harder
cts show speaking
(bu cenchng fss to convince him
thoroughly
In field the whole regiment drawn facing posts
there stood the colonel Eenfeder
and sprack for the great days work.
whats that they're reading?"
cts speech lad"
"They're talking about can't you hear?"
(To be Cortnued)