iccoughs

Updated: May 25, 2025

Trees are falling, buildings crumbling, the landscape heaving, and Bert says, "Alf we'll miss this old war wen it's over!" As the shells strike nearer and nearer and a great crater yawns at their feet they crawl into it, are all but buried alive by the dirt from another shell, and Bert exclaims, "Say, Alf, scare me I got the 'iccoughs!"

William Allen White - The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me