Evening star., 1931-12-27

iioic, oV udyS from announcer pay Gay harvest and
bad took with the money blight, with Paris
10000 flames away
Soldier de tap is called" he announced in
an agonized whisper. DE wimmin folks forces
me-"
Dat whut Ole Man Adam done say, De
wlmmin folks forces me- Some is forced
some is foolish" elucidated The Shoutin' Elder
as he Tipped over his hidden nine of spades
"Slue Foot read 'em and weep. You is ovah-
TOOK wild ruin. Ole as whut you Is you oughter
know dat all females makes fumdiddles wild de
truf"
Amt dat de truf," mourned Slue Foot Dem
loan queens CANT beat straight flush Boy
loan me so francs, SOS us kin drown dis litter
OBJ trubles, whut us is accumulated deep in
gin gulley"
"Heah you is, Slue Foot. Spec you busts
youahself into de hoosegow. but dat youah pus-
sonal grief, does de M. P.'s glom YOU"
Slue Foot and Fiddle Face wended their
weary way through the low and forbidding
archway of THE Poisoned Pup" In this drink
ing den Sharp-eyed old dame, with the sus-
picion OF moustache that was almost a Ger
tainty furtively dispensed forbidden liquors
which were warranted to get boy badly balled
up in his thinking business. To the downcast
duo she carried an assortment Of LIQUORS that
caused her to click her two teeth with aston
ishment
"Sistah Clemantine," ldered Slue Foot, with
drunken dignity, bring us fightin' fools litter
w eoohyac 10 SorIa taper on on. When us
wraps ouahselves eroun dat us Is gone"
"Slue Foot" protested Fiddle Face you is
done gone-crazy. Does you tangle dat quart
OBJ coonyac up wild all dem benedctines an
champagney waters, an hot rums an gins
de explosion whut follers is boun to blow you
into de guard house"
GIFTS erlong all right" declared the slue-
footed soldier and, elevating the bottle, he
shifted his Adams apple slightly to one side
and allowed the force of gravity to do its stuff
GLUE FOOT lacked his floating ribs back into
place and carefully from his chair
He wove his way toward the door and suddenly
Strengthened up and surveyed his surroundings
with bleary eye The surroundings seemed
to consist mostly of high barbed wire fence,
festooned with mean looking lads toting bay
oneted rifles
rs us in Paris?" he croaked, through cracked
lips.
mo, oh no, no, us amt zackly in Paris"
said Fiddle Face eyeing his befuddled buddy
with look of acute disfavor. Nigh as All
kin fgger it out, us in one guard house, two
court-martials an firin' squad ON de wrong
side OBJ Paris.
boy, whut you ravin' erbout? You means
me an dat coonyac cuts us few capers? All
CANT seem to 'membah hit. Whut happen?"
Amt nothin' happen" elucidated Fiddle
Face. You does things Pulls you gran
pahty, you an dat coonyac. Matches you a
brawl wild Sargint Midnight Mooney ovah a ar
giment bout why he talkin' wild youah gal when
dey amt no gals closer dan Paris Ole white
military police corporal bust up de Drawn wild
club. Ole Capnt comes chargn out to see whut
all is de ruckus, an you drapes youah triflin'
carcass eroun' his neck an weeps in his
moustache Emmy how, heah us is, in de hoose-
gow.'
Slue Foot gave vent to q mournful moan,
and shook a head that was mostly all ache.
"All right, you two gin hounds" announced
. green-eyed boy with red rag on his arm,
and tough look on his face, "hist yourselves
up on that truck in two military counts. You're
gonna wrasse a little swill SEEM the booze
throwed you for loss"
Slowly and painfully the dusky duo mounted
the old work wagon. There was clash Of
gears and they rolled out through the gates Of
the bull pen. Then began q weary grind of
lifting and dumping heavy, smelly barrels of
swill into the truck
The truck stopped in front Of Ole Cap'n's
quarters. One guard went inside The other
leaned up against the company bulletin board
and regarded his charges balefully. Fiddle
Faces eyes, seeking to avoid the hard eyes Of
the guard fell upon q new bulletin among the
faded ones fluttering in the free wind.
What dat new papah say?" he demanded
suspiciously.
Slue Foot read the bulletin slowly, pausing
frequently to spell out the big words.
Hot dam! Fiddle Face, dey's a chance yet
foah us to go to Paris" he CALCULATED excitedly
"Ole bull con done say Ole Cap'n, hisself, gwina
endow all de boys whut brings in a Bush pris-
oner wild five thousand francs an three weeks
leave to Paris. Kin see mahself in Paris right
now"
"The captain desires an interview at the
present junction with Private Opiate Coins and
Pvt Efaptnr hr0ko iy, fho
clerk. ... -... ..