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Evenings they gather round a campfire and, to a jingly, woodsy brand of folk music, sing "come-all-yez" and tell tall tales of the timberland. Favorites are "The Breaking of the Northwest Boom" and "The Days of Paddy Gillis." Best line in "Paddy Gillis" runs: "They who spat upon their hands and pushed the forest back...
...with war cripples who hobbled along as best they could, made imploring gestures, or "crouched against the cold, damp walls as though ashamed for the stranger to see their distorted leg and arm stumps, their dead eyes, or their faces scarred almost beyond recognition. . . ." The Germans were savage. They spat whenever the name of Matthias Erzberger, who signed the Armistice, was mentioned...
...continued pensively: "Johnny's in New York." "Now, Johnny," interrupted Mrs. Williams, "you know what happened to Johnny. Why, he died. You know that." "Oh, that's right," agreed John L. vaguely. He spat wide of the bucket again, glanced at the ceiling, where a square foot of plaster was missing. "I don't remember much about Paper Doll, but I did most of the writing on Dardanella. I gave it to him and said take it and go along with...
...reasons unknown, the Germans did not attack that night. Next morning artillery thundered in the distance, a relief column appeared under German fire, and the battalion 105s spat their hoarded ammunition. Cabled Correspondent Lang...
...loud explosion lit the tracks and started a spat of rifle fire. Shadowy figures ran crouching through the tall kaoliang grass and the southbound express whistled in the distance. The Japanese blamed the Chinese and said the blast had torn up 31 inches of track. Nevertheless, the train passed over the spot at full speed without mishap...