. Tom Slade with the boys over there . n theirr knees be-forre you make a treaty with em, boasted can see yourself theyrre no good when theyhavent got any commanderr—or any arrms. WhenUncle Sam makes a treaty with that gang, crab-apples, but I hope he gets the boat, too. I know what you mean, said Tom soberly. Ihave to laugh at the way you talk when you get reminds me of the country and Temple Camp. Thats one thing I learned from knockin aroundin Europe since this warr starrted, said botches, or whatever you call em, are nodarrned good when you get em alone. The of
. Tom Slade with the boys over there . n theirr knees be-forre you make a treaty with em, boasted can see yourself theyrre no good when theyhavent got any commanderr—or any arrms. WhenUncle Sam makes a treaty with that gang, crab-apples, but I hope he gets the boat, too. I know what you mean, said Tom soberly. Ihave to laugh at the way you talk when you get reminds me of the country and Temple Camp. Thats one thing I learned from knockin aroundin Europe since this warr starrted, said botches, or whatever you call em, are nodarrned good when you get em alone. The officersmay be all right, but the soldierrs are thick. If Icouldnt a knocked the bluff out o that lord-highcritturr, Id a rubbed his pie face in the mud! Tom laughed at his homely expletives and Archerbroke out laughing too, at his own expense. Butfor all that, Tom was destined to recall, and thatvery soon, what Archer had said about the he was shortly to use this knowledge in one ofthe most hazardous experiences of his ITS AGAINST TWO, SAID ARCHER. Page 153 MILITARY ETIQUETTE 157 They were now, thanks to their treaty, both dryclad in the field-gray uniforms of the German rankand file; and though they felt somewhat strange inthese habiliments they enjoyed a feeling of security,especially in view of the populated district they mustpass through. Of the purposes and fate of their late enemiesthey had no inkling and they did not greatly concernthemselves about this pair of fugitives who hadcrossed their path. They knew, from the gossip inSlops prison, that Germany was full of deserterswho were continually being rounded up because, asArcher blithely put it, they were punk scouts andhad no resourrce—or whatever you call it. Tomdid not altogether relish the implication that a de-serter might be a good scout or vice versa), but heagreed with Archer that the pair they had en-countered would probably not get away with it. If they had a couple o generral
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