Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-04
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No Time for Serqeants

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It, 50 went on to bed And went to sleep
In just few minutes after that because
that's what mixing a lot OF drinks usually
does to me. Makes me go to sleep in no time
after get in bed
On the Job Early
! didn't sleep long, though. was up
again before day and Sergeant King and
them still hadn't showed up. and I begun to
get q little worried about them. But had the
latrine to clean up, so went ahead and got
the mops and rags and soap and bucket,
and really got it to shining too. never seen
it look so nice. was through with it before
the rest of them got up, and then I closed
the door because didn't want them in there
messing it up none. At first some of them
wanted to use it anyhow, but told them how
had cleaned it up and all; but some of them
kept on about it, but after I explained to
them what would do if any of them went
in there, they acted real nice about it and
went over and used the one next door, all Of
them but this one fellow who didn't act so
decent about it, He come up and kept jab-
bering about taking medicine of some kind.
and said. well, go over next door and take
1t If you want to" but he stood there saying,
Il already took it, took 1t last night Look,
got to get in there. mean it!' tried to
explain to him but he got to talking louder
and louder about the place next door being
all full. and then he got right blue in the
face, twisting around and whining and not
making much sense at all, SO finally had to
shove him away little bit. And he even
kept on it a while after that. but didn't pay
no attention to him, so finally he Just
started crying and left
Anyhow, / begun to get right anxious
about Sergeant King and them because
didn't want him to miss how had fixed up
things this time. We went to breakfast and
come back and they still warnt there. ] went
ahead and Strengthened up their beds for
them and made everything square, which was
good bit Of work being as had to keep my
eye on the latrine all the time, and when they
hadn't showed up after that. I got kind Of
anxious about it. And then some fellow looked
out the window and said he seen the Colonel
and the other officers next door, and said, TT
wont be long now. They'll be here next It's
just too bad about King. guess"
yeah, was kind of hoping he would
make it" said THE way got everything
fixed up for him."
And no sooner said it than this fellow
called out, Here they GOMEZ Here they come!
And looked around ready to come to atten-
ton, but then I seen it warnt the officers he
meant-it was Sergeant King and Polettie
and P.J. and Chris. just coming in through
the door. They come dragging in, water
still squirting out of their shoes every step
they took their clothes still wet and their
hair hanging down in their eyes. Sergeant
King had one sleeve torn off his shirt and one
of his eyes black and the rest of them looked
about the same-I guess about the worst
looking bunch ever seen in my life. They
stopped in the middle of the barracks, water
dripping in little puddles on the floor, looking
around at all the hunks and things and then
Sergeant King looked up all of a sudden and
said, "Aint inspection over with yet? Amt :"
Here They Come
But about that time the door opened and
somebody called out, Attention." and the
Colonel and the Captain and the Lieutenants
come walking in. Sergeant Kings head kind of
snatched back and his eyes kind of popped
but then he snatched himself up to attention
and stood there like the others done; and
then the officers stopped right still too. They
stood there right quiet, looking at Sergeant
King and them. and for few minutes it was
so quiet that all you could hear was little
drops Of water dripping off their clothes and
patterng on the floor.
Anyhow, I was standing there in the door
with the wire around my foot and they come
walking on back to where Sergeant King and
them were standing, and I could see they was
right disappointed in everything. Sergeant
King and them stood real stiff, looking like
tramps; and the Colonel first walked up to
Sergeant King and looked him over, up and
down while Sergeant King stood there so stiff
he didn't even seem to be breathing, and the
Colonels face looked all droopy and every
thing. Then he looked up and down Chris and
P. J. and Polettie, and then he went back to
Sergeant King and started all over again.
Then the other officers done the same, and
then the Colonel looked at the Captain and
the Captain looked at the LieutenantS and
none of them even said word And I was
right glad then had gone to all the trouble
Of fixing up that latrine too I f1ggered at
least that warnt going to disappoint them.
And it didn't, neither. You ought to have
seen their faces when I give that wire a
snatch! The Colonel finally come walking on
back, Just like knowed he would, everything
still quiet, and then he come poking his face
in the door, and about that time yelled out,
'"Ten-shun!' just as loud as I could He
warnt standing but about two feet off at the
time and l guess it kind Of surprised him
because he jumped back into one of the Lieu
tenants because it was such surprise for
him-anyhow, yelled out that way and
he jumped back and then I jerked up real
straight and snatched my foot with the wire
tied to it. and those seats popped up in the
air just as nice as they could They really
banged too-they slammed up against the side
of the wall 50 loud 1t sounded like the place
was coming down.
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