Gunnison news-champion., 1917-11-02

sHe DFNAtN emmy WIN WIN
On or For Anything.
wide. ana by the time We got TO the
bottom Of the hill We were doing about
fifty miles an hour. and couldn't see
not use any lights,
didn't know what was waiting for
Us at the top OF the hill. but ! did
know that n there was anything there
We were going right through II. even
if We didn't go any farther, The ride
uIou> nart OF Il was that we went right
through and never saw thing Abso
lutell uOihin. happened. but ! don't
ever want to feel again the way ! felt
GoinG ~ that hiil
Shortly after this ! learned that d
British Tommy is great gambler and
will gamble with. ON or for anything
Trench pools used to be very popular
About ten fellows got together. sud
each put 10 francs In pool J:st be
fore they went into action They left
this money with some one behind the
lines tor they would be In action any
where from six days to three weeks
The idea OF the pool was this Those
who lived TO get back would take the
money and split IL evenly among them
selves II only one lived he would
have the whole lot Sometimes the
pools would be fairly big and some
times the reverse. but whatever they
had went in.
II was the only gamble ever saw
where you couldn't lose II you came
out safely you were bound to get your
own money back at least
The TOmmics are strong for carrying
pets with them too. They keep cana
ries. rats. mice. dogs. cats. goats and
even pigs. and they will 60 hungry
themselves rather than see the object
OF their affections want for anything.
On the march II they get tired they
may throw their equipment away. but
] never heard OF one vet who would
give up his mascot
During the winter there was a lot of
talk about the mad major" He was
an artillery officer who was Just aboua
the biggest daredevil | ever heard OF
He KEEP an aeroplane himself and if
he wanted TO correct range he would
go and drop smoke bombs over the
point he wanted to get. He was abso
lntely fearless and would fly SO low
that they would be potting at him with
revolvars. but II didn't seem to bother
him
j have heard that he did more dam.
age with his, battery than a whole bri.
gade OF ordinary artillery could under
ordinary circumstances. don't know
what became OF him in the end. but the
last OF his stunts that | heard about
was this: There was a big. seventeen
inch howitzer doing us an awful lot of
damage 1t was out OF range of our
guns. and We were much put about a.
to how to get II cut Of sctiop,;,
The mad ma jor.' went. out saione In
his aeropiane and took with him Just
one bomb a hundred pounder He To-
Gated the gun be wanted while flying
1t an altitude Of 5000; feet He got
right over the rs.ition and stopped MS
engine. He did a nose dive TO within
400 feet OF the gun. Then he dropped
his bomb and bfew the thing to atoms
He gvi back safeiy. but the planes OF
his machine were riddled with bullets.
Soon after this We were on the move.
and. us'ir hapitened. we went from bad
to worse. The trst day, we entered a
little place that was unoccupied by
troops. and We decided to spend the
night there The Germans must have
heard Of our arrival promptly. for be-
fore we had been there an hour shells
began to drop in on US.
The officer I was driving was with
me at the time the first one burst II
landed In the back yard Of the house
we were In. and the force Of the explo-
sion sent us all in heap on the floor
out OF the place and find some nice,
quiet spot to spend the night We left
at once and went about five miles down
the road until we came to q field am
bulance. We found that they had some
spare stretchers. SO we decided to stay
there The officers servant carried
stretchers in for all of US. and after
having something TO eat we went right
to sleep. as We were tired out
] don't believe We bad been asleep
more than an hour when shell landed
ln that field ambulancel 1t tore through
the roof and burst in the room next to
Us. killing and wounding eighteen men
who had already been wounded once
] got up in Q hurry. but found that the
oGcer was before me. and when i
reached the car he was making himsel.
comfortable in the tonneau. I took m,
waterproof sheet and blankets an,
made myself . bed on the cobblestone
under the car slept like . log unit.
II began to rain. and then ! got up In