The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-10
Finds the Work as interesting and
More Profitable Than Paint
ing Pictures in
Paris.
WHEN HE GOT ENOUGH
Baked on the Job When They Used
His Car to Carry a Spy
Out to be Exc
euted.
UNITED Press Correspondence]

UNITED Press Correspondence
PARIS, Oct. 2 (by maiD-A young
American, who has for years past
lived in the Latin quarter, in q vain
attempt to become an artist. recently
abandoned his flowing black tic and
his corduroy suit to adopt a khaki
uniform Of the American ambulance.
He was sent with car to northern
France, and there became so accus-
toned to the business of transporting
the wounded that he decided that no
had quite as strong a calling in life
as chauffeur as he had as painter
OF cnvasses. At times, he said, he
found the work very acceptable to
his artistic temperament, especially
when he had been called to lead a
bass drum, snare drum, and some
brass horns on the roof Of his ambu-
lance, to put the musicians inside, and
so to aid in moving a military band to
point the general Of the division
was about to visit. Equally congenial
was q trip he made with five hundred
litres Of red wine.
The other day he revolted. He said
his artistic temperament was too fine
for the task and he appealed 10 the
authorities to give him nothing to do
in the future except regular ambu-
lance work.
After three days and nights OF hard
work in Belgium, he returned to his
quarters in barn just out Of range
Of the Smelling, thrown himself down
on the hay and this is the story he
told:
He had been called upon to assist
ut murder-he was certain 1t was
murder. Completely tired out and
just about to turn in at four O'Clock
in the morning, he had received call
and reported with his car at point
two or three miles distant, where
someone. he did not see who. was put
in the back of his ambulance. A
captain-doctor took the drivers seat
and directed him to a nearby field.
There awaited regiment OF Turcos,
| drawn up in square formation and
| facing a hole in the ground that
looked like miniature trench. Here
he deposited his passenger. and as
the man stepped from the car into
the hole he noticed for the first time
that his hands were bound behind
him and his eyes were bandaged. The
! surface Of the ground was about even
with his belt.
The artist drove his car to a posi-
LlOu Dc1lAO tuo III Soo oAN 90 "
! them level their rifles and fire. He
saw the man in the hole topple and
fall face downward on the ground.
81 was Just rubbing my eyes and
wondering whether it could be true
he said, when the doctor ordered me
to drive up there again.
IT did it, and let the doctor out be
side the fellow they had shot. The
poor devil had at least a million bull
let holes in him, but what did the
doctor do, when l thought he was go
ing to feel the mans pulse, but pull
his revolver from the hostler and put
another bullet through the dead man !
temple.
That's when got enough" he
said 81 called to the doctor and said
See here, I'm through with this
| $50 am l. the doctor answered
Wen take the ambulance and hurry
home. If they don't think that hole
is good enough for him they can car
ry him off on their shoulders to an
other one"
| The artist did not know whether he
had assisted at the execution of q
spy or deserter, but he was sure
that such work was not in keeping
with his artistic temperament and in
sisted to the authorities that he was
! going to resign il they used him for
anything but Red Cross purposes
again.