Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-13

nest in DEVILS Wood, had finally
cleared II out with a bayonet charge
only to find that in the ebb and flow
of the battle they had been cut off.
Not commissioned officer had been
left, and Tomlinson, rallying his sur
vivors, many OF whom were wounded,
mad held out for seven days against
terrible odds and exhaustion from
lack OF food and water, and taken
fearful toll of the enemy, until the
tide had turned again and sea Of
khaki had swept in upon and around
them. Tomlinson, who three DAYS be-
lore had been founded in the head by
a sniper's bullet, had then collapsed
ana when the streatcher bearers ap-
peared upon the scene his fellow
heroes learned to their amazement
that he was blind. The bullet had cut
the optic nerve of the right eye and
the other had become affected in
sympathy. How with their first-aid
pahdages swathed around his head
could they have known? He had never
said word about it but suffering
himself the torments of the inferno
mad continued 10 keep up the spirits
or his men and direct the defense
Looking at him now / could hardly
believe he was blind. His eyes were
the calm gray eyes of the English and
they seemed to gaze full upon me Al
rlrst glance no one would have sus-
pected that they were sightless. espe
cially as tn Illusion was heightened
py ms nrmness OF step and sureness
of movement.
/ told him that I belonged TO the
A. b.. F. b. permanent blind reIef
war FUND and won his interest incon-
tinently. Again the red flush suffused
MS face, deeply bronzed by long SOL
dlerlng in India and in the trenches
or France, and II took on an express
sion or animation that seemcnd TO
transfer il.
DO you, tho BY Jove, that's fine,v
ne said warmly. Your American
people are splendid and / have often
wished that / could thank somebodv
for what your society has done for
me--for us Won't you come over To
the house and meet my wife and have
cup Of tea with us? She's a great
little woman and will be delighted TO
see you"
! declined Tell me about your-
self" | requested. IL mean how our
fund has helped you.'''
Has Been Benefited.
well, ! happen to know that I
was one of those who benefited from
the 10000 your fund sent to help
the work or the British section. They
told us about It at the home. And II
your Americans who gave so gener
ousIy could only see what they have
done for our blinded Tommies they
would feel happy to the end OF their
days, as hope they will in any case.
God bless them. whoever they are. and
wherever they may be.
There isn't much to tell. When il |
dawned on me that my sight was gone
for good ] figured that there was only |
one thing left for me to do-finish !
what the Huns had begun. The most
Cheerful of my visions of the future |
was picture of myself standing limp |
ly at street corner with little dog |
and tin cup, and my gorge rose at |
that The kind souls who look after |
us chaps soon proved to me, however. |
that was good for something better.
had been In the army ever since |
was old enough to enlist and being a |
city NANNY folks live in London-I |
had always dreamed OF little home |
in the country when retired from the |
service. To cut 1t short, I married q |
girl of this place whom | had been
counting before the war and here / am,
a poultry farmer and doing fairly
we'll They taught me how to do IL at |
the home and your American money
helped TO set me up. ] started with |
II hens which gave me about fiftyl