Crittenden record-press., 1917-10-04

Ni,l caml.r with. ON ur tyr anything.
french pools u>rl to le very popular
About ten fe'nwS gt tose her ami
each pat ~ fIaurs IN POOL just he
fore they went Into action, They left
this mOnrr with solc one behind the
lines. for they would lie In action any
where from six Gavs to three weeks.
The idea of the ICUl was this Those
who lived 30 get hack would take the
money ana split it evenly among them
selves II only one lived he would
have the whole lot Sometimes the
pools would H. fairly h'g and some
times the reverse, but whatever they
had went in.
Il was the Only gamble ever saw
where you couldn't lose. If 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.
rics. rats, mice. dogs. cats, goats and
even PIGS, and they win - hungry
themselves rather than see the object
of their affections want for anything
On the march il they get tired they
may throw their equipment away, but
| never heard Of one yet who would
give up his mascot.
During the winter there was lot OF
talk about the mad major' He was
an artillery officer who was just abou,
the biggest daredevil ever heard OF
He kept an aey,plane himself, and Il
I lie wanted 80 correct a range he would
90 and diop SmuSe bombs over the
point he wanted to get. lie was abso
! lutcly fearless and would fly So low
that they would lee putting ut him with
revolverS, but ii didn't seem to bother
! him.
have heard that he did more dam
aGS with his battery than 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 u big seventeen
inch howltzer doing us an awful lot OF
damage II was out Of range Of our
guns, and We were much put about as
to how to get II odt OF action.
The mad ma IOr" went out alone In
his aeroplane and took with him Just
one bomb, a hundred FOUNDER He To-
Gated the gun he wanted while flying
aI, - T.
right over the position and stopped his
engine He did nose dive to within
400 feet OF the gun. Then he dropped
his bomb and blew the thing to atoms
lie got back safely, but the planes VI
his machine We're riddled with bullets
Soon after this We were on the move
and, as 1t happened. We went from bad
to worse. The first day we entered a
little place that was unoccupied by
troops. aud 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 | was driving was with
me at the tine 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 ull In heap on the door.
The officer decided that we would get
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 field am.
bulance. We found that they had some
spare stretchcrs. so We decided 10 stay
there. The officers servant carried
stretchers in for all Of us, and after
having something TO eat we went right
/ 10 sleep. IA We were tired out.
don't believe We had been asleep
! more than an hour when a shell landed
in that field ambulance @. II tore through
! the roof and burst IN the room next to
us. killing and woundlng eighteen r.rn
Who had already been wounded once
got up In hurry. but found that the
officer was before me. ard when
reached the car he was making himself
/ ''iuA'l Adult w lht lphithh A'Nh ib.
waterproof sheet and blankets and
made myself Led on the cobbestones
under the ear. ! slept like log until
It began 10 rain. and then got up IN
disgust and sat up the rest Of the night
In the driving seat.
The next day we stopped IN little
village called rradcllcS. tie place
where the Germans had stood priest
up against the wall of bis own church
and shot him because lie wouldn't give
hem the information they wanted
Across from this church was little
"cstamlnet," whore went to buy a
bottle OF wine to have with mydinner.
You can imagine my surprise when the
Frcnchwoman In CHARGE called me an
English PIC" aud said that she would
sell nothing to the English. | told her
what thought Of her. aud she told me
~ hat She thought Of me. .
She sail the English were thieves
murlcrc"s md ether nice things and
Informed ur H'a' f.0' - oaly true
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