"Fogerty came bearing down on me in a cloud of dust" 58

"For the most part, however, he sat quietly on my lap and sniffed"
59

"I carried all the flour to-day that was raised last year in the
southern section of the State of Montana" 76

"'Oh,' said Tony, 'I thought this was a restaurant'" 77

"'I would still remain in a dense fog,' I gasped in a low voice" 82

"'Buddy' I came in and 'Buddy' I go out" 83



BILTMORE OSWALD

_The Diary of A Hapless Recruit_


_Feb. 23d._ "And what," asked the enlisting officer, regarding me as
if I had insulted him, his family and his live stock, "leads you to
believe that you are remotely qualified to join the Navy?"

At this I almost dropped my cane, which in the stress of my patriotic
preoccupation I had forgotten to leave home.

"Nothing," I replied, making a hasty calculation of my numerous