The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-22
Horrors!
1t Was the Colonel Who
Came Out From Behind
the Brush.

comes to an end today, and
prizes of so and IS for the
tWO best stories Of the week
lCiU be dUdrded Wednesday,.
The response to the call for
3Odr stories has been greUt.
Every mail has brought IN q
fock Of tales Of the great con-
fict and there hare been some
gems among the number.
Keep 'em rolling.
More letters were received this
week than could be published. All
that aft the space" were printed
and most of the others will show
up in columns of The Times next
week. There's no time limit on the
contest. Your letter this week may
get in next week, and have the
same chance at the money. Make
'em as short as possible, and still
tell your story with the old punch.
The curtain raiser today
goes to HOlC0rd II. Bates, 700
Fletcher Trust building, and
the colonel comes ont aCinner:
IN March, 1919, the writer's COM
L pany arrived in Brest, France,
en- route 70 -Ne states, and the
commandin ificer instructed me
to report to ne officer in charge OF
the area conce ming the number OF
men to be fed nd quartered-
Feeling very happy and "cocky"
at the thought Of going home, 1
went to the small wooden two-rOOm
barTack used as an Office for the
area commander. Upon entering
the front office room 1 found it I'M
occupied, so I proceeded to bang my
hOb-nailed shoes against the wall.
In a few minutes a man appeared
from the rear room with lather on
his face and a razor in his hand.
He was CARRIED In regulation enlist
ed mems breecheS, hob-nailed shoes,
wrap leggings and an enlisted mans
shirt. Supposing him to be some
sergeant or company clerk. l in
CURED. when will His Majesty, the
colonel in charge of this blankety-
bIankety- blank place, come to life
and be in?"
Very meekly, the man replied:
The colonel will appear in few
minutes, sergeant"
"All right, buddy" 7 replied.
Don't cut your throat with that
razor"
After this brilliant sally, COM
posed my soul in patience and
waited
Imagine my surprise and utter
humiliation a few minutes later
when the same very meek individual
appeared from the back room with
a Sam Browne belt and a blouse
with silver eagles on the shoulders.
Sergeant" he said, "the colonel
has come to life"
Fl. L. PBkStOn, 2124 Let
inqt0n aUenue, chimes IN a0ith
his thrills, as f0lIOVs::
r STAYED a short time in the
l United States. then went to
England and France. 1 was with
the First division, Sixteenth in
fantry.
one night the sergeant called us
about midnight. We went to the
st. Mihiel sector. My first night in
the front line I laid under a five
hour barrage. At daybreak We went
over the top and were successful.
Airplanes looked like so many birds
flying around.
We kept moving forward until We
hit Argonne, took that sector with
heavy loss. I was caught in the
pocket where Fritz could fire point
blank at us. I was gaSSed. but
couldn't 60 to the hospital, for my
company was shot to pieces and we
couldn't get requirements. lost
my buddy. We were automatic
gunners.
lnen we LOON lllt OSQdIl oCSOOl.
It wasn't so bad, for Fritz was on
the run.
When the armistice was signed I
came home with the last troops. 1
sure was glad that I had one little
American girl waiting for me.
William Easter, 159 Blake
street, sends along another
good one:
DRIVATE B of Company E
L infantry was in the best of
hunor at one stage OF the battle OF
the Argonne Forest War had
ceased to worry him. Bullets with
out number we're tipping around his
head.
He began hopping up and down.
first on one foot and then the other,
shouting, Listen to the humming
birdS!"
Suddenly he graSped his neck with
both hands. A "humming bird had
inflicted a slight wound.
There you are" he said; III I
hadn't been hopping up and down,
the bullet would have bumped me
off sure
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