Show O See Here L Private Hargrove by Marion Marton Hargrove SE I E i y J STon TORI so FAR Private Marton Marlon feature edl former no ne per grove Inducted Into the arm army bas been een r of basle basic his con Is Id b Fort Fott Bragg C N C He fie has linin at cook and In add lion as classified ed isa aster some of the Fonda funda to n faro training hay ha hae e a resulted 0 tats als l oI of army etra hI duty points for Wm Wms of s also leuned the liner finer points bricking and shooting the breeze hU become ed tor of a sect on grove Dve and these duties have bave Pe camp paper fro Iro n a lecture series away It him the stOry his sergeant ergeant Is pick up twe moro more to RP KP for tins thIs g lu hi r once HargrO e Is tr try ng to explain action speaks CD MV ergeant for days I round up i from battery reporters There lIttle lIttlen ways too m ch or too n there IS too little I have to toe Is needed When there e what oo much I hive hwe to choose which ry reporter IS go ng to horse horse- horsep horsep p me for leaving his hs copy out oute e chaplain Is right up the thet thet t t the sergeant said en I have to ed t all the copy aU all class classified e and take out all nasty cracks st sergeants Then I have to nes for all the stories lace them in ID whatever space find for them Then I 1 must w everything up into pretty little es eI Thus IS tedious and nerve g work e chaplain will give you n a c ear the sergeant said ilL give you only KP Does g you are saying relate to towe we re talking why about you t In the mess hall yesterday oon I r ras as gettIng around to that ser serOn On the day before the paper 1 sued I have to go into Fayette C to keep a careful watch over Inters to see that they don t rd Regiment news on the Regiment page It If I am amere amere ere they may even mIX head and put church notices under t ce cc Club Act vitres It IS at I be there i sergeant coughed I feel t Private Hargrove I deeply 2 I wouldn t think of put 11 ou au on KP- KP I F u wouldn t I gasped eager n nt t Interrupt the sergeant As I was saying I wouldn t of putting you on KP KP-J you committed a breach of etI by falling failIng to RSVP the p You didn t tell us you t tOr tN N Or why r a aas a as dozing peacefullY at my ter the other morning when to me ame a knock on my elbow bright young vOice shouted at me I looked up the cheerful and unquenchably I face of the boss daugh daughs s Sidney Winkel age four foura a a 6 d I 1 i be reasonable J tp aid IId As you yon know I am amon amon on Capt WInkle s ret jet a el was dressed like the thed II d looked entirely too ener Such uch a drizzly morning liiA be the Valentine she Johnny s 5 going to take takee e and you re to take me Service Club and carry yr things for h m and walt wait get there so you d bet your jacket and cap and i r to have my picture r Spud Parker she add Parker Is the general s 1st considered qUite an eligi for lor by the younger set setA A Tom in the cafeteria ii E Let Lets S go see Tom James Montgomery Mul was apparently makIng grounds g rounds m in search of was at the moment en enIs enis Is dally daily research in the b s a toast and coffee coffees s he said Hello Mc up a chair McGee get getS I S drink Something tall P l Such as a chocolate m milk k LI deal sis r be the Valentine she JOhnny a going to take spa spar r r rand and old Hargrove has to toof tY of Johnny II a stuff untIl sr ea and I don t lire lIke him pt cause he makes faces and to 8 tongue and says sticks and puppy dog ta s litt andle le girls are made of stia l of at my boy bor frIend any I 1 said I wag adds myer myar arB ara and stuck out my I er ar lime I come she said to bring some soap and he sticks out his tongue I Put soap on It because It isn sn t n ce cc to st at ck out your tongue She emphasized her state statement statement ment by ng my Wrist wIth her fist and st d ck ng her tongue out at me meLet Let s hire hl no unnecessary tons t ons McGee said the as look ng up reproachfully 0 o er h s glas es cs Coffee IS five cents tl ti e cup He beamed at her She SheI I beamed back at h m mI mI I mI I have seven bo boy fr ends she said ra s rig ng one forefinger del cate Cately Ily ly and rubbing the other agi It n a h Jeer ng gesture I has ha hae haI e I seven boy fr ends and you re not one of them and you re not anybody s boy friend She h t me th s t me on the elbo v and I made a horrible face at her I said Who wants I to be your boy friend anyway I I wish you wouldn t blo smoke she said It makes me cough and It s not nice Dice to smoke anyway Old c garettes I wearily crushed my last cIga cIgarette cigarette rette In the ash tray Women the eternal reformer I 1 sighed It wasn t 1 ke th s m in the Old Army M ss Sidney took off her sailor cap and arranged her big red redhair hair ribbon You re a nasty old thing and you re not nice like Johnny and Tom and Lieutenant Meek and Captain Wilson and all my other boy friends she said After n a pause she added airily And Ma MaJor Maor Jor or Long and Captain Quillen too I 1 sighed wrinkling my nose more vIolently Oh there s Johnny she sudden suddenly suddenly ly cried and he s going to take my picture and and- She trIpped oft off With Witha a bewitch ng smile for Bushemi and anda a running lIne of babble No punctuation I said to Mul It s a v woman oman s world McGee McGeehe he be said reachIng for another slice of toast A AGet Get him away from me Bu Bushemi roared Private Thomas James Montgomery He s got that gleam m in his eye Get him away 1 Iou ou re Just being d difficult Lieu thomas I told him Just Sit down and rela relax The laid hIs enormous frame on the bunk and started slapping h s knees in ID utter despa despair Ir What kind of deal are you try mg to swindle thiS t me men he asked Let s be reasonable Private Mul I said patting hum him reassuringly on tile the shoulder As you know I am now working on Captain Winkel s es to get a fur furlough laugh lough me m in February the first half haIt of February I know what s comIng he screamed And I won t do iti I 1 Ican can t do It Now as you know furloughs are laden wIth little expenses sary 1 expenses To help me along With the load Sergeant Sher and PrIvate Bushemi have already made ph philanthropic 1 loans I have your name on my honor roll here What s the do donation donation nation The cr and edged away What do you need from me Well I estimated I should say that ten dollars Great gods and refugee ch 1 dress dren he gasped Ten dollars he says yeti Why don t you ask me for formy formy my lice hIe s blood SIX dollars he owes me already and now he s asking asking- oh I can t stand it I can t stand It Take him away My l life e s blood he moaned Where s the SIX I lent you two months ago That was only five weeks ago I rem him gently and I ye ve already paid two of that back Three weeks ago I paid It back Yeah he protested but you borrowed It back the next day He rose and paced the floor door What are they doing to me My life s blood they would draw from my ye ve ns Thirty SIX measly little dollars a month I make and he wants ten dollars Maybe I m W n Rockefeller I 1 should lend out outten outten ten dollars a cl p Thirty SIX dol lars and You see a sad and work worn creature creature-an Alice AIIce sit by bythe bythe the fire whose only hope for the fu future tare ture IS In the faint glimmering hope of a furlough Day after day week m in and week out I 1 have worked my fra I 1 fingers to the shoulder blade to tomake tomake make things pleasant for you Bushemi and Bishop I have patched your quarrels with the mess ser sergeant sergeant geant I have saved you from the terrible wrath of provoked Rebels I 1 have sat here bere at night sewing but buttons buttons tons on my blouse so that you wouldn t have to wear it hanging open on your merry jaunts to town Money could not pay for the things I have done for you and Bushemi And now thiS Ten dollars between me and spiritual starvation and no noten noten ten dollars How sharper than a serpent s tooth Don t talk like that that Hargrove he said hIS voice cracking Put me down for ten tenI I There F-There was a lIttle note stuck in my typewriter when I came back from prowling for news It looked lIke Private One Shot Bushemi s typIng The stockholders of the Union of Hargrove s Creditors it read will hold a business meeting this evenIng about seven o 0 clock In Inthe inthe the latrine of Barracks No 2 Head quarters Battery Please be present I or we Win will beat yo it Ir head m in mIt It was the d iy before my furlough so I got the general drIft The vultures vultures tures who were contrIbutors to the furlough would probably stand around frowning and figure out some sort of budget for my on I could picture tl ti e a blue nosed demons slash ng I 1 vay at my enjoyment The meeting had an unexpectedly small smal attendance hury 1 Sher mess sergeant of Battery D of the Th rd and chairman of tl e a ways and means committee of the Un on vate Bushemi princ pal stockholder and pres dent and Private First Class Thomas James Montgomery ll II chaplain Private eh Il 11 beamed Ser Sergeant Sergeant geant Hart sends h s regrets He has a heavy heavy m in Lill He HeIs Heis Is With us In sp rIt nit though Come In drIp saId Bushemi Sergeant Sher got do to buss busl ness I ye ve got to hand It to you son he said Gone through th s much of the month and st ll 11 haven t trIed to get any of your furlough money back from the chaplain We re an all proud of you Shucks I blushed t I was able to bum a ciga cigarette rette here and there McGee said clearing his throat you leave tomorrow for New York where there are many snares to trap the unwary Don t buy any gold watches m in the park or any stolen furs anywhere You know I presume about bUYing the Brooklyn Br dge Now we don t have bave any restrictions about the way you use your said Bushemi Only last tune time you spent too much money on i r v- v vi Little man she said will you please ask the waiter for more wa- wa water water ter taxicabs You ll 11 have to use the buses and subway more thus trip All the shows you want to see all the books you can buy but taXIcabs only for very special dates Somebody has been exaggerating wg ing thiS taxicab taxicab- I began Taxicabs Sher broke manly in only for very special dates You may go goto goto to the opera once li J you sit st do stairs and twice J if you Sit m in the Famile Circle You are not to buy more than sIx theater tIckets In un tin form you can see aU all the movies you want for two bits each And be conservative In t the walters waiters said tapping his glasses on the window sill Very conservatIve Short change them If necessary Tell hum him about the budget said Bushemi With unnecessary impatience tience As the matter stands on the fur furlough furlough lough deal said Sher you owe Bushemi 22 dollars me 10 bill hIlI 10 Hart 10 That s 52 dollars Count ng the ten you U 11 wire for before the week s over It s 62 With what money we have taken from you and given to the chaplain during the past few weeks you should make out all rIght Must I 1 be treated as a child lashed I asked When you get back broke Mc McGee McGee Gee said you are not notto notto to eat breakfast at the Service Club You are not to take out any post exchange books You will get your cigarettes from Sergeant Sher who will ration them out to you as per budget r Sergeant Sher PrIVate Bushemi and the other members of the Un on of Hargrove s Creditors would have been quite pleased at the sight In Instead Instead stead of spending their money lavish lavishly lavishly ly on taxicab sightseeing triPS and ye ve shows I 1 was d ning qUIet quiet- quietly ly Iy m in a conservative grillroom wIth the Redhead We t even d s cussing ways to spend their hard earned money Little man she sa d will you please ask the walter waiter for more water I beg your pardon he said rather unctuously There Is a fit teen mIllion gallon shortage In wa water water ter at this very instant On the other hand madame all supplY ships to Great Britain use Scotch whisky as ballast for the return triP Perhaps madame would lIke a glass of Scotch whisky The Redhead lifted an eyebrow I wonder she said what they bowls rub here use In the finger bang alcohol I do not want Scotch win ky I want water It IS as madame WIshes the walter waiter said bowing from the knees He walked away and returned agaIn to lean agaInst a post The Red Redhead Redhead head drummed her fingers on the tablecloth Dor t be afraId of h m said the tho Red Redhead ead Call his bluff cro TO BD CONTINUED |