Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
THE COMPETE BEST SELLER
No Time for Sergeants
By MAC HYMAN
Copyright, 1854. By Mac lyman
CHAPTER KIN

CHAPTER XIII
But then he yelled out by God, don't
you get smart with mel"
What do you mean? ! amt getting
smart, and why does it worry you II don't
60 on KIP because they gonna get the dishes
washed If amt there just like they are II
am. and it don't make any difference to me
whether they do or not. as far as that goes.
And If they want to send me on back home.
that's all right with me to. I never wanted
no trouble abost it,"
And YOU should have heered him after
that. He stood there with his face getting
red and then he started carrying on 90
much you wouldn't have thought 1t was the
same man. He begun pointing his finger In
my face and calling me cuss words that
hadn't even heered before. You couldn't sleep
If you tried with him taking on that way.
and didn't see much sense IN 1t. 30 nnalv
got up Of the bunk and told him, Nov there
amt no sense in making all that noise and
taking on like that. Sergeant King. There
amt any sense in 1t at all"
And he backed off, saying. "Stockdale.
you take q swing at me and you won't ever
hear the rest of it as long as you live"
But warnt going to hit him If he would
Just shut up. but all the time he kept backing
OF and then he started that cussing again.
so I stopped because warnt going to chase
him to hit him. and just so he left me alone
was ali I wanted, 50 said, "You know you
ought not to act like that. What makes you
GUS me that way? ! don't think you got
any business acting that way"
Look. Stockdale. think 1t will be many
day before you ever learn enough about
the Air Force to know what anybody's busi-
ness U.s. You better find out what you are
talking about first"
So said, well, that's all right. That's
what I'll do. I'll go UP and ask the Captain
II you can cuss me that way and lin ne says
you can, hit might be all right for little
while. but i'm he says you cant. me and you
are going to tangle up together"
He stood there looking at me for while.
and started to say something. and stopped,
and finally said. We'll, you ought TO know
you cant talk to a noncom that way"
81 amt talked no way talked just as
nice as know. II I said anything that didn't
sound nice, you tell me what 1t Is and
wont say 1t any more"
So he talked around some more. but
begun settling down real nice. and said. "Wny
don't you want to go on KIP anyhow"
Because my stomach aches and I don't
feel up to it."
So he looked at me some more and then
turned around and looked at the others and
nodded his head and then grinned and saio,
why didn't you say so in the first place? II
you're going on sick call, you don't have TO
60 on KIP. If you're going on sick call
II warnt going on sick call" said. !
Just don't feel so good
No KIP for the Sick
And he kind Of grinned around at the
others again. settling down some more. and
then he chuckled and said, He thought II
you went on sick call you had to go on kF
anyhow" Then he laughed and said. You
ever heard anything like that before?' and
laughed some more like 1t was real funny ana
like he hadn't heered nothing more comical
fv, III hit Of
only looked at him; and then he chuckled
some more and wiped the tears out OF his eyes
and stopped and said right quick. well. you
better be sure to get your name on the sick
book In the morning then. understand"
"Sho. I'll go on sick call II you want
me TO-"
And then he kind Of drawed himself UP
and yelled out, "And next time you go on sick
call. you let me know. want to be notified
in advanced" And then he turned around
real quick and stomped out and slammed the
door, like he was pretty mad again.
He acted awful peculiar that way. and 1t
was surprise to everybody. They got out
of his way and nobody said thing until the
door had slammed. and then they got to
taking on like they didn't have good sense.
They whooped and hollered like crazy people
and one of them drawed himself UP and
yelled out IT want to be notified IN advanced!
and they whooped and hollered some more.
And then one of them come over and started
slapping me on the back. and i'm he hadn't
been such fool. wouldn't have liked 1t none.
He yelled out, Il wouldn't have took nothing
for it! Not nothing in the world" and
slapped me again on the back. but ! just
ignored him; didn't want to sound mean
or nothing. but when he slapped me again.
told him. IF your stomach hurt like mtne
you wouldn't think 1t was 30 funny. don't
see nothing funny about man having q
stomach ache nohow."
Anyhow, they took on that way good
while. Giggling and everything. and got
undressed and got in to bed. and didn't pay
no more attention to them. / was wore out.
and guess I must have gone to sleep in
few minutes after that.
The Needles Again
! had good nights sleep that night but
when woke up the next morning. still felt
ornery somehow. / went and had breakfast
and then went on sick call like Sergeant King
wanted me to do and got in the wrong line
and got shot with the needles again. and
then l got out Of that line and got in the
right one, and this time when / come UP to
the desk the fellow said, Haven't you already
been on sick call?" and said had but that
they had shot me with the needles again
and what had come for was stomach ache.
but he said, We'll, you cant go on sick call
but once at time. You better come back
tomorrow So l left because didn't have
no stomach ache anyhow by that time, and
didn't care much, but I still felt down some
how. and just couldn't get out OF 1t.
It warnt that had nothing against Ser
geant King neither because he was nice as he
could be the next morning. He said how he
didn't mean to talk to me like he did and all
like that and I've never been one to hold
little something like that against nobody, and
I told him So When come back from sick
call he got I'D off the bunk and asked how
felt and all like that, and then said, "One
thing don't like is for my boys to be sick.
And If you don't like KIP, I'll just see about
finding another job for you"
told him it warnt that. though. I said.
Its just that they are always having potatoes
and carrots and things and / get to eating
too much :"
yeah, I heard" he said. II was talking to
the mess sergeant about 1t. In fact. he come