The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-29
Wounded Turco Takes
aGermdn Head From
Trenches to Hospital

The drivers attention was fixed upon
the rough road BY and by It oc
CURED To- him that the two Germans
had stopped their groanIng He
turned To the round hole In the can
vas cover through which driver aud
patient may communicate.
Are you all right" he asked the
| Turco
But yes, scuor," said the Turco
81 would not bother you | fixed the
two Bosches myself"
lie had cut their throats.
In spite Of these rather sanguinary
traits the brown prisoners seem In
be genuine fayorites at the American
hospital at least with the drivers and
ordcrlirs The Americans each have
a favorte, and each day each boy
will manage 10 prowl his way into the
wnrds where the poor saddle Colored
chaps are lying listlelessly on their
cots. their dark and wasted faces seem.
ing oddly pathetic against the white
linen. II Is real treat to see their
eyes brigten and their white teeth
shine when the white patrons come
through the lines Of beds.
This Is Tommy" you are told.
Tommy, II appears, would not give
NJ his Carhine when he was wounded
/ II had saved his life two or three
times and with a bullet aching In
the bone Of his leg he was In no hu
NOR 10 take chances Neither would
he take an aneSthetlc. but sat up n
bed and watched the amptation OF hls
, leg with certain grave interest II,
, Is a bit NJ favorite because 49, al
though none but Algerlans can under
sand his disalect- he seems unvary
u ingly cheerful.
10, Tommy" his patron called.
"SavHde," smiled Tommy.
The Story Of the Turco Dog
The prize story " the American
g hospital is Of the Turco dog "Firefly.
Il one may be- Justified In doubling som
u NJ the details NJ the warn, hut In II
major aspects II seems worth belley
Il ing.
There are no regimental mascot
e. with the French army at the front
D, are there| the American drivers d,
mand. We'll, them as thoug
/ that proved something.
N This Turco dog is supposed To hav
N been chained mp by his master whe
+ that master started for war. froi
.r some place In the interior " whereye
II was he started from. The mastt
4, had Just climbed the gungplank Of III
steamer which was tu carry the Tu
= GO troops 10 France when the dog nj
peared, gaunt and sore footed, hI
happy. lie had trailed the man /
loved for 200 miles over desert sand
| so they smuggled him on shl
board the Americans tell you.
There isn't any doubt that a dog
dog, mind YOU which was 10 q
outer eye a sort Of setter and ma
have come from wherever the 1Nl
eos come from, bounded into n boo
of French troops, during one " Il
many battles Of this western front. 7
barked aud pulled soldiers by Il
skirts OF their coats. and general
behaved like one-ideaed dog wi
wanted something done for him. ri
Frenchmen helped him out, " cour,
At his direction they dug an unco
scious Tuco out Of hole In which
had been half buried by the explosl
NJ she'll One W the Turco's le
had been torn Oft
There isn't any doubt that the d
~ NJ the American hospital n
blessed minute and that one legg
Turco Is there, and that this sto
Is believed by every American
mChed to the hospital even hy Anne
cans who do not believe ANYTHING q
under the sun Persons who do !
believe n are not well liked at |
American hospital
"Stcffeus NJ Wllllnmstown'
licved To be Wlnlamstown. Pa. IA
driver for the American ambulan
This Steffrns Is the Boston Te
Steffcns. Maybe his friends {
Identify him In that way. This ~
fpns has slow pulse Nothing see
to excite Il The other day Stcff
went out 10 get load of woun'
on one " thcose dangerous roads N
Dmkrlt. lie filled his amhuln
- to the roof and had wounded .