Well old pal I was standing there looking out over Nobodyâs Land that night and I couldnât think of nothing only poor Simon and listening to hear if I couldnât maybe hear him call from somewheres out there and I donât know how long I had been standing there when I heard a kind of a noise like somebody scrunching and at the same time they was a flare throwed up from our side and I seen a figure out there cralling on the ground quite a ways beyond our wire. Well Al I didnât wait to look twice but I called Corp. Evans and told him. So he says who did I think it was and I said it must be Simon. So he says âWell Keefe its up to 1 of us to go get him.â So I said âWell Corp. I guess its my job.â So he says âAll right Keefe if you feel that way about it.â So I says all right and Iâll say Al that he give up his claims without a struggle. Well I started and I was going without my riffle but the Corp. stopped me and says take it along and I says âWhat for, do you think I am going to pick Simon up with a bayonet.â So he says who told me it was Simon out there. Well Al thatâs the 1st time I stopped to think it might maybe be somebody else.
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