Gunnison news-champion., 1917-12-07

rurr.t from F-are. .H-r. a. t-as0on
Gu4rtsFnsn. cls9s'ch rider and motor
car driver - s-rr -: fourteen months
under tn. BRUSH rag Out OF thirty
or. motorcycle Dispatch riders he wn
enc Of rCur sUrsISOra
back The car was an0Gf - yards
ahead II u-. and / lei him keep about
fnar much ahead all the wAy Up 10 the
outskirts u' ~" ,try A. We got nearer
the ru.." team d"a'eUlng aud the
smoke r-rau Ia l"'hr- u- too
Hr'Dre uue cutters the city pro'"r one
rlusr rrn-. O aruUI- uue Of railroad
tra a. IN. uu. 'iE- ahead ~ - hAi
'u-f ,.ru--,.I rN,-~,. " hen a bi- u''"cn
ln,h -n,.I. rrnil,.d over and burst just
fc,d tn, car rr front From where
We w"r" ~ h-,h',i as L n" car and i'S
n,nu,gur- must u9,e h..'H wiped OF
the IA e ~ the earth
s'ur,.aF u'lr car 10 val uutiI the
,u.ua,. ,r,-a -,-i ava, before going on
II s-,.ul.1 Ms" hours before We saw
the si-r again but when the smoke
N4, ..all5 gone yUl CHu imagine our
-.T'.~.-- ~ seeing the Hr tLrlrL com
l.r;,I, around ind ,vI.!lg toward Us
Tie chauffeur WE- g.Earr.ag slr.i
all tie time. aud WHEN Ar .s-~rI u ll'
-ff Ms -ulLE at fairly De- eur pace
Nr LnI tim enough 'hUIEA 10 See
"n' - ~" most L"ir'nlr sights that !
Witnessed a .rra. the "L.lr time NJ
az '..r f1naI
H." ,ar lt-.' was N aWfuI roudl
I.u Ia- two r"nr d"o-- were roru
ava, rar l.'y vas f.II 81 Jus-r-i
D..lr, rn" 'r".i aud rrar mud -yur'.
p,dI' r.sr Iu. ruArl "n oa" side we're
torn - lnI tine wind screen h,d l..eu
-""1f HwN
Th" ura."r WHO was si'rng with the
Ir,"f nuI nl> head uIi the " hole side
81 ni. r.-ly torn nwny. md the rest OF
nam NA. Uranug On the driver. who
Na- U,lu- CIl"r,-d with the hlOud
vAirn Mas gu~hIuI from this swful
thin. b,.>lIe tim The colonel who
had h,,.u sitting IN the back Of the car
was Curlcd over on the seat ahd his
head and part OF his shoulder were iy
Ing In pool Of blood In the bottom Of
the car To me the most terrible part
OF II was the driver He WAS as white
as a ghost and his eyes seemed to be
sticking an inch out OF their sockets
His teeth were barred. and his whole
face was twisted into the most hellish
expression one could imagine
Good God he's gone mad" cried my
pWiCar And | Wns sure NJ II Tho OH
Ger ordered me to turn around and fol
low him and to catch him II possible
The car was away down the road by
the time | got turned apund but | set
out after him for all | was worth |
gained on him. too. but as | went
through Vlamcrtinghe he was Just
stopping In front OF the field dressing
station there
The orderly rushed ont when he
heard the car. and | heard that driver
say. For Gods sake take this thing
away from me-"
II was horrible beyond description
saw that poor fellow couple OF weeks
later. and he was bad enough to look
at even then. He was walking around
continually twisting and twitching hor
ribly. His nerve WAS completely gone.
and he was discharged almost at once
For all the shock he had his was a mi
raculous escape.
As We got nearer the city seemed to
have lost all feeling OF fear. and In fac,
didn't have any feeling at all
tried to think about what was 20.
Ing to happen to us. for 1t worried ms
that ! didn't seem to have q nerve
In my body. kept telling myself tina,
! was going TO my death and that In a
few minutes | would be lying some
where in those smoking ruins. But 1,
was no use. | didn't care one way OF
the other. Before one comes to the
railway track just outside Ypres there
is q road which branches OF to the left
and leads to the village OF Elverdinghe
Before We came to where this road
branches OF the officer spoke
Il think 1t would be worth while try.
ing to get to the canal bank through
Elverdinghe." he said. "and from thers
We would perhaps be able to leave the
car. swim the canal and get through to
Pottjze on foot-lt will take longer,
Of course. but the main thing for US to
DO Is to get there safely. no matter Il
1t takes a great deal longer Let III
/ try that way. anyway"
was willing to try anything. and x
We turned OF the road and headed 70,
Elverdinghe- II was only q few kilo
metres. and We didn't take long gettins
there. but when We arrived We found
that We had jumped out Of the fryins
pan into the DIRE. for Elverddnghs VA
getting It bot and heavy from the Gsr
man Geld batteries.
We rushed into the town, and - y,
swung into the village proper We came
very near having one grand smashup
A neld ambulance was moving out ol
(! the place, and the road was blocked