The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-29
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AJJABLE
DOG
- MARTHA "A, Y, MONROE

/ ~ MARTHA ! v, MONROE
WhiA Stsphen Yardley returned from
yleope ~ brought q dog With him.
~ saimaI was evidently not Of q
bres6 that would enable him to take
= psias n q dog show. and since
iyar1le5 was rich and always had the
best that money could buy there was
soula curlosity among BIZ friends to
know Why the beast had taken biz
fancy. This was enhanced b. noticing
mat YardIey led the dog down the
6angway himself and on leaving the
dock toek him with him into the car.
Ilage.
what did you pay for himr' asked
Z friend.
Five thousand dollan."
Five thousand doliarsf'
-Yes. and ten thousand wouldn't buy
him"
There must be something about him
that b not discernibie to the eye. What
bitr
-rll tell you. was in Paris when
the great European war broke out. In
deed. for the past few years I'VE been
more In Paris than at home. Well, you
know we Americans in Paris organized
an American corps to Join in the dis
pute between the allies and Germans.
J enlisted-why | don't exactly know.
The United States remained neutral,
and ] suppose we should have remain
cd neutral. but we didn't. We went into
Il the way most men volunteer in war
time-to be In the excitement.
Anyway. we formed CORPS aud
after certain amount Of training
were marched to the front. You re-
member that there was lot Of lighting
In a wood near the center of the line.
] was fighting one day in the wood
when We suddenly came upon lot Of
Germans, and lively scrimmage fol-
lowed. Our fellows were driven back,
and l, shot In the body. was left on
the field. The Germans didn't know
that they bad licked Us or, fearing an
ambush or something. retreated.
well. there l was, deserted By
friend and foe. left to bleed to death
IN wood. Night came On. and the
horror and loneliness were enough to
I'LL . man without his dying Of q
wound Fortunately the cold weather
had not yet come on. and didn't suffer
With the cold. It was 4 relief TO ses
the day coming. for II brought 4 hone
mt there would be more lighting In
the wood and would b within the
lines Of either one side or the other.
But the firing that began with
dawn seemed ~ recede rather than ap-
Droach ! had nothing to sustain me
either Of food OF drink. I crawled TO-
Wara the nearest dead body-a Ger
man -and tried to 6nd some austenance
- hin. but there was neither q crust
OF bread nor swallow of water. |
cTamied GU little farther to a dead
Jssneh0an and found some bread and
0ask of wine. @
~ \ hadn't been for these would
have Desbhed, for I lay there all that
Gay and another night. l had stuffed
2 part OF my shirt into my wound, and
y cboked up the bleeding. but didn't
care draw q long breath for fear Of
Starting the bem0rrhage again. While
J was Intent on myself and my dread.
~ condition incidents about me were
ever present. The birds that had been
frightened away By the 6ring returned
and were lifting in the branches above
me. Insects were buxxing. attending
% their daily affairs, unmindful that
z human being was gradually sinking
TO death.
Finally ! fell into stupor. didn't
know whether II was night or day and
J didn't care. heard distant boom.
ins. but that was going ON all the
while. ] heard the bark Of q dog and
had ! been in better condition might
Aave especially noticed II. The bark
sounding nearer. made an effort to
arouse myself. When It was close by
Ne J opened my eyes and there was
he dog hooking at me and barking.
Pretty soon he scampered Oh, bark.
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