The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-16
CHAPTER v

mander, Lieutenant Heel, and
calls us together. An order
has come through that rep
resentativeS are to be elected
from the ranks. We are as
founded. No one has ever
heard of such q thing before.
Then Max We'll appears in the
courtyard, waving q newspaper
and shouting. There's revolu-
ton in Berlin!"
Heel swings around. Rub
bish" he says sharply. There
are disturbances in Berlin"
But We'll has not done yet.
1.-THE Kaiser'S fled to Holland"
That wakes us up. We'll must
be mad surely. Heel turns
fiery red. Damned liar!" he
roars.
Well hands him the paper.
Heel screws it UP and glares
furiously at We'll. He cannot
bear We'll, for We'll is a Jew,
O quiet fellow, who is always
sitting about reading. But
Heel is a fire-eater.
DiSquieting News
"All talk" he growls and
looks at We'll as if he would
choke him.
Max unbuttons his tunic and
produces yet another Special
Edition, Heel glances at it. tears
1t to bits and gathers up the
shreds of his newspaper, pieces
them together and reads us the
news. And we just sit there
like a row of sotted hens. This
is clean beyond our comprehen-
sion.
"It says, he wanted to avoid
o civil war;" says We'll.
What rot!" snaps Kosole.
"Supposing we had said that a
while back, Ell? So that's what
we've been holding out here
fort"
"Jupp," says Bethke. shaking
his head, "just give me a dig
in the ribs, will you, and see II
I'm still here" Jupp estab-
fishes the fact. Then it must
be so, no doubt" continues
Bethke. '"All the same, don't
quite catch on to the idea.
Why, If one Of us had done that,
they would have stood him up
against the walln
Best not to think of Wess-
ling and Schroeder now" NUT
tiers Kosole, clenching his fists.
"else I'll run amok. Poor little
Schroeder, a mere kid, and there
he lay all dashed to a jelly
and the man he died for just
cuts and runs! Dirty scum"
Suddenly he sends heels crash
ing against a beer cask.
Done With Him
Willy FIomeyer makes a geS-
ture of dismissal. Les talk
about something else" he then
suggests. For my part, I've
done with the fellow, abso-
lutely."
We'll starts to explain how
Soldiers Councils have already
been set up in a number OF the
regiments. The officers are
not the leaders any more.
Many of them have even had
their shoulder straps ripped off.
He would have us set up a
Soldiers Council, too. But he
does not get much encourage
ment. We don't want to set up
anything any more. We want
to go home. And we can do
that quite well as We are.
In the end we elect three rep
resentatives: Adolf Bethke, We'll
and Ludwig Breyer.
We'll wants Ludwig to take
down his shoulder straps.
Here" says Ludwig YEARLY,
lightly smoothing his forehead.
But Bethke shoves We'll back.
Ludwig belongs to u.s." he says
CURLY.
Breyer came to our company
as q volunteer and was after
ward given a commission. It Is
not only with Trosske, Ho-
meyer, Broger and me that he
talks famililarly - that goes
without saying, Of course, we
were former schoolfellowS-
but, when no other officer is
about, he Is the same with all
his old mates in the ranks. And
his credit stands high in con.
sequence.
'Well, Heel, then" insists
We'll.
Not Their Business
That is easier to understand.
We'll has ofen been ridiculed
by Heel. so what wonder then
If he now means to SAVIOUR his
triumph. That, we feel. l. no
business of ours. Heel was
rather harsh, it is true, but he
did go for them: he was always
up and coming when there was
trouble. And a soldier gives
credit for that.
well, you can ask him, Of
course" says Bethke.
''But take a few bandageS
along with you," Tjaden ;alls
after him.
The event takes another turn,
however. Heel issues from the
office just as We'll is about to
enter. He has some message
forms in his hand. He points
to them. You're right" he says
to Max.