Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-02-18


pietely round, then fell in IL II up. The
Germans fire was so ini;rtlerUus that
his comrades. reaching ii d, preston in
the earth. dropped while myriads of
all sorts of missiles passed over them.
Then re-enforcements anne, passed on
and We're driven ba * to the allies
trenches, leaving their dead and
wounded behind them
That night Glover lay on the battle
field. Now and again the glare of
selrchlights fell on objects about him.
giving z CHASTITY hue to everything and
intensitying that on the faces of his
dead and wounded companions. To
ward morning there was lull in the
firing of cannon, and after daylight
another dash was made from the al
lies lines, and the ground captured was
held long enough to remove some of
the wounded But Glover was not
among the number.
During the day many things were
running through his brain, among
others his words to the gentleman who
had ridden with him in the cab from
Oxford circus to Downing street The
wounded man remembered the flip
pant way in which he had spoken of
war and the experience it would give
him. Experience! Call it rather
taste of inferno.
During the day the field on which
Glover was lying was fought over,
being lost and retaken by each side
half dozen times. On one of these
advances by the English he was car
ried back to their trenches and in due
time sent to England with load of
wounded comrades. Arriving III Lon
don he was placed in a hospital, where
his life hung in the balance for awhile;
| then he began slowly to mend.
| One of the strangest features of war
is that one who has experienced it's
| it has an unconquerable desire to get
back to it again. Though Glover was
as comfortable as wounded man
could be made, though he received fire.
quent visits from his sweetheart, he
| was constantly making inquiries OF
| be able to return to the front
| One morning he was told that dur
| ing the day the hospital would be hon
ored by visit from member of the
cabinet. Thinking it about time he
| tidied himself up, he asked his nurse
for Il basin in which to wash his hands
and face. and when the barber came
| ~, In l,i
ceived the first shave since he was
wounded.
| At 3 o'clock in the afternoon there
was Il stir among the attendants, the
| door of the ward in which Glover was
| lying was thrown open. and i tall man
with black mustache attended by Il
number of officers aud citizens entered.
| Advancing to the nearest cot, he spoke
| a few words to the invalid. then Went
| down the aisle between the beds, adj
dressing Il word here and Il word there.
till he reached Glover. The Canadian
looked at him. feeling sure that he
had seen him before Then it flashed
! had ridden with him in Il cab when
| he was seeing the sights OF London.
| BY this time Glover had learned the
| difference between private and an
officer and the difference between a
subaltern and Il general. While the
stranger was advancing he had asked
who he was and was told that he was
Lord Kitchener, secretary for war and
acknowledged to be the greatest living
| organizer of an army. Glover, remem-
| bering how he had talked Familiarity
| with one so far above him in rank
would have pulled the covers up ovel
his face to avoid recognition. but he
realized that this would not be allow
able The secretary for war approach
ed his bedside, spoke to him and passed
on. He had been too preoccupied by
the mighty task before him when rid
ing in the cab ~ Glover's company tC
recognize him on meeting him again
Glover was more thankful than if he
had missed an exploding shell.
Not long after this Glover was in
formed that he was to be discharged
| from the service on account OF diSabi
ity. He was as much disgruntled as
his fancee was pleased. AS soon as
he was Well enough he was removed
to her home. where he received hel
constant attention. He had spoken tt
her of having met one who knew her
but she could not identify the person
by his description. He was so EN-
barrassed ut having conversed famil
iarly with the secretary for war thai
lie could not bring himself to tell hel
of the episode. At any rate, he put of
doing 50.
AS soon as Glover was as well as ht
would ever be-he'd lost an arm;
wedding day was fixed for his an(
Gladys, marriage One day when TIL,
pair were shopping together in London
they met on the street the man who
had shared a cab with Glover-in othel
words. the secretary for war. He stop
ped to speak to Gladys and to tell hel
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