Show r AR LITTLE FIGHT ON THE SIDE American Soldiers In Trenches B Before foro Santiago Stop Firing to Witness Most Amusing Scrap A scrap between an Irishman and anda a In the American trenches before before before be be- fore Santiago Sanitago while the battle was on was so funny that the soldiers stopp stopped d firing at the Spaniards to watch the dissension In their own ranks saya says saysa a volunteer in an exchange Private Cassidy of ot company E E. E Six Sixt U. U S S. S infantry Private Mueller and Corporal were facing the foe side by side when Cassidy was hit lilt by a Spanish dons don's bullet and sent to that bourne whence no traveler returns was so busy pumping lead tow toward rd Santiago that he failed to note his comrades comrade's death until the poor fellow was being removed removed removed re re- moved from the firing line Then he saw Mueller In the act of appropriate ing Ing two wo cartridge belts one filled and the other almost empty Now ammu ammu- ninon was to be had In abut abundance dance that morning Every soldier in the regiment was supposed to have haye all the cartridges lie he ne could shoot away regardless regardless re reo of accuracy of at aim so It galled Corporal to see another an other other and and a German at that that taking taking possession of ot what once b belonged longed to his chum If It ye had anny respect for the dead lave thim alone said with a scowl on his face that would have s scared ared a Spaniard into surrender It isn't the likes of ot ye Dutch duffer that can fall faU heir to I me the i friend Cassidy's belongings Ill I'll thank ye an with a bad grace at that to pass me thim belts before I take a punch at your face Dot vas all right replied Mueller defiantly his phlegmatic blood stirred by the heat of battle Cassidy vas a good feller feUer all right andt he me I could haf hat dose ammunitions ven yen he be vas vas vas- Ye lie He y ye Dutch robber cried l dropping his rifle and shaking shaking shak shak- ing his fist under Mueller's nose Yell put thim down this minnit or Ill I'll make ez wish a Mauser had ye of ot me fist I vas no noliar liar retorted Mueller also dropping his rifle I can can vip any Irish dog robber who who who- This pointed pointed allusion to to the fact tact that had once been a striker striker striker er for his captain was more than cared to stand and his brawny arm straightened with stun stun- stunning ning effect on Mueller's cheek Almost Al Al- Almost most as quickly the Germans German's fist landed on 1 s nose and then to the wonder of their comrades des on either side the two men went down together striking kicking and d biting with complete Ind Indifference for the fierce battle bahle in progress Before eith either either er combatant had inflicted any particular particular par par- harm up upon n his opponent nt ayoung a ayoung young lieutenant interfered Interfered and O ordered or orr dered the men back bacle to to their places s. s with the assurance that each would suffer severely for such a flagrant breach of discipline For a few minutes s both men pull pulled d their triggers with a fair degree of regularity notwithstanding the con constant constant constant stant exchange of civilities which they could not forego but changed the situation suddenly when he discovered that no commissioned om officers ers were n near ar enough to balk his scheme of vengeance If It yere yer not a coward yell roll roil down the hill a bit of a ways ways behind the tho trench muttered to his foe an I meet ye at the bottom may may hev hey mercy on yo ye before Im I'm Im trough wid ye Mueller looked to the rear and saw sawa a steep slope of ot nearly fifty f feet et and a tangled growth of shrubbery at the bottom He He glanced along the linein line lineIn lineIn In both directions and saw no shoulder shoulder shoulder der straps nearer than a dozen files and then accepted the challenge b by casting himself out of ot th the trench and swiftly rolling tow toward rd the shrubbery Before he had traversed travers d half the distance distance distance dis dis- tance was descending in the same fashion and a resumption of hostilities ensued Immediately upon his arrival at the foot toot of the slope It might be be stated p parenthetically that a big captain separated and Mueller and sent them back once more to their places on the tho firing line where they acted like good soldiers the rest of the day After the fighting lighting was over lost his chevrons and several months months' pay and Mueller ButTered suffered even worse punishment nt |