U.S.A_ - John Dos Passos [208]
and Del looked like she wanted to crown him al
through the service. When it was over Joe found he'd wilted his col ar and Del's old man began pul ing a lot of jokes and her sisters giggled so much in their white organdy dresses, he could have choked 'em. They went back to the Matthews) house and everybody was awful stiff except Wil Stirp and his friends who brought in a bottle of whiskey and got old man Matthews cockeyed. Mrs. Matthews ran 'em al out of the house and al the old cats from the Ladies Aid rol ed their eyes up and said,
"Could you imagine it?" And Joe and Del left in a taxicab a fel er he knew drove and everybody threw rice at them and Joe found he had a sign reading Newlywed
-68-pinned on the tail of his coat and Del cried and cried and when they got to their apartment Del locked herself in the bathroom and wouldn't answer when he cal ed and he was afraid she'd fainted.
Joe took off his new blue serge coat and his col ar and necktie and walked up and down not knowing what to
do. It was six o'clock in the evening. He had to be aboard ship at midnight because they were sailing for France as soon as it was day. He didn't know what to do. He thought maybe she'd want something to eat so he cooked up some bacon and eggs on the stove. By the time every-thing was cold and Joe was walking up and down cussing under his breath, Del came out of the bathroom looking al fresh and pink like nothing had happened. She said she couldn't eat anything but let's go to a movie . . .
"But, honeybug," said Joe, "I've got to pul out at twelve." She began to cry again and he flushed and felt awful fussed. She snuggled up to him and said, "We won't stay for the feature. We'l come back in time." He grabbed her and started hugging her but she held him off firmly and said, "Later."
Joe couldn't look at the picture. When they got back to the apartment it was ten o'clock. She let him pul off her clothes but she jumped into bed and wrapped the bedclothes around her and whimpered that she was afraid of having a baby, that he must wait til she found out what to do to keep from having a baby. Al she let him do was rub up against her through the bedclothes and then sud-denly it was ten of twelve and he had to jump into his clothes and run down to the wharf. An old colored man rowed him out to where his ship lay at anchor. It was a sweetsmel ing spring night without any moon. He heard honking overhead and tried to squint up his eyes to see the birds passing against the pale stars. "Them's geese, boss," said the old colored man in a soft voice. When he climbed onboard everybody started kidding him and de--69-clared he looked al wore out. Joe didn't know what to say so he talked big and kidded back and lied like a fish. NEWSREEL XXI
Goodby Broadway
Hello France
We're ten million strong
8 YEAR OLD BOY SHOT BY LAD WITH
RIFLE
the police have already notified us that any entertainment in Paris must be brief and quietly conducted and not in public view and that we have already had more dances than we ought capitalization grown 104% while business expands 520%
HAWAIIAN SUGAR CONTROL LOST BY
GERMANS
efforts of the Bolshevik Government to discuss the with-drawal of the U. S. and al ied forces from Russia through negotiation for an armistice are attracting no serious attention BRITISH AIRMAN FIGHTS SIXTY FOES
SERBIANS ADVANCE 10 MILES; TAKE 10 TOWNS;
MENACE PRILEP
Good morning
Mr. Zip Zip Zip
You're surely looking fine
Good morning
Mr. Zip Zip Zip
With your hair cut just as short as
With your hair cut just as short as
With your hair cut just as short as mine
-70-LENINE REPORTED ALIVE
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