Adventure Magazine, Mid-September 1917 — page 181: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

The Camp-Fire A MEETING-PLACE for READERS ,WRITERS and ADVENTURERS LETTER from our comrade, M. Logie, with the Saloniki forces, a letter con- siderably the worse for wear because of the censor’s blue pencil and black crayon which cut out a page or so in which, presumably, too much was said about the writer’s geo- graphical location: Received your welcome note of February 26, 1917, always glad to hear from civilization and ‘‘God’s Country.”” Am certainly glad to hear that the U. S. has finally decided to come in this affair, better late than never. E ALL know that she has been given plenty reason for doing the thing proper; we have the press news occasionally up here amongst the hills of Macedonia. Am more than pleased to hear that Joffre and Balfour have arrived in the States for a conference regarding munitions and troops. Also the cooperation of the U. S. N., with the Allied fleets which will be a great help, if the Sausage Kat- ers ever come out of their “‘hole” at Kiel, etc. I wish to say that I have applied for transfer back to the U. S. N. where I’ll be of more use, there being such a shortage of trained personnel in that branch of the American service. Undoubtedly you remem- ber I was serving in that outfit before taking this leap. Some leap and a “bob a day wallah” (buck private and a whole two-bit piece per day.) Never- theless, all for a good cause, I guess. Have received several editions of the N. Y. Times from my folks in Fordham, N. Y. And I notice that old Teddy still has a good punch left, more power to him. No doubt he will have success raising his diviston for Flanders. Haven’t forgot his speech at Montreal to the Canucks re- garding his views, etc. Well! Mr. Hoffman I am Am thinking Ill be the first Yank to back up against “‘Johnny Bulgar.” Since the breaking off of relations am intending to wear a small “Old Glory” on my tunic. So stand clear! Am a Bri- gade Bomber, so no doubt I’ll see something lively, etc. Will try and write you again in the near future providing all pans out well with me in this coming event.—PTE. M. LOGIE. P. S.—Hope to be strolling up Broadway soon. Will be a big day for me. WORD from William Dudley Pelley on his story in this issue: A Incidentally I’m sending you another Hooty story. I’m sending it on the chance you won’t think this one the better of the two (the one on Vermont’s water-power which you are now consid- ering) and fire back the other. The plot for this ““A Case at Law” story actually took place at , a few years ago. A young fellow pulled himself out of the gutter, got nicely going and then the barkeep, who thought he wasn’t spending enough money for booze—got him. The thing, just as I have depicted it, was fought out in real life and just as I have ended it—except that I have made it into a Western story. If you should happen to take this yarn and mention this anecdote in the Camp- Fire don’t give the name ——- because the fellow I’ve called Sanders I believe still lives there and I don’t know that he would take it kindly to be located for the Nation’s benefit. THe old-timers among you will remem- ber a former Camp-Fire discussion con- cerning the Hector Macdonald mystery. The following from the Detroit Free Press of June oth discusses the rumor that the Russian General Brussiloff is Macdonald. The Free Press, after what is given here, quotes from Ludovic Naudeau writing about Brussiloff in the London Daily Tele- graph and states that Naudeau’s descrip- tion of the Russian’s personal appearance and account of his life make ‘‘nonsense of the Macdonald identification yarn.” But the rumor that General Sir Hector Macdonald is stil] alive under some other name will not die down. Again and again it arises in various and contradictory forms. Never is it proved. And yet I frankly con- fess I am among the credulous, though heaven knows I can’t back up my childlike and trusting opinion. I’ve gota hunch, but I’d hate to bet on it. The Free Press article was sent to us by 179 Ghoo =