Crittenden record-press., 1917-10-04

But All tho Time I Had Miro Never
Saw Another sign Of Gas
me suddenly that Il was the gas. The
officer who had lrll a few minutes he
fore pokcd him head down aud shouted.
Run like h: t., the gns''
By this time cnrl hardly see. AUD
| was doing some tail oil stramOling
TO get out Of that place | would hold
my breath as Ions us could, aud then
Id take another breath through my
Ihaki handkerchief When got out
side found that everything was GOV.
cred with lrccnish yellow haze. AMI
| couldn't see three feet In front Of me.
ran IN the direction ~ the place
had LEFT my car and | struck II the
FIRST shot Perhaps wasn't thankful
| had lrft the engine running! jump
ed IN aud starred down that road for
all | WAS worth. aud before | had gone
100 yards | was of the ruad and stuck
In n plowcd field | was clear Of the
gas. though. and that was all ] cared
about
waited there f0r two hours before
any one apiclrci, and when fatigue
party Hnall, rumr along the road had
them hrlp u.c srt the cur out They
got eight horses. and We hltched them
on 10 the back. | raced my machine.
and the horses pulled. and after half
-. Ia. l..RL Kta
the road again
No sooner had they gone than my
officer showed up safe and sound and
We started back for camp
II was terrible experience. aud we
were absolutely helpless. as We had
not hccn furnished with the rrsrirntors
aud gns helmets at that time We -.
rurcd these things soon after. lu, all
the time | bad mine never saw an-
other siru of gas
found ont nf'crwurl that those tvr
officers Who had been in the dusnvt
were both Killed Us the gas
The officer who was with re NJ ih'
time of the eas atinrk was on' ~ $50
most remarkable men ever met. Tor
several ycar, ncforc the war hc had
been IN tbc British secret service "a
Gcrm.uy. so hc spoke German almost
As well ~ hc lii Enrllsh
one dlv rc stopped ~ hospital In
Bnillcul. md one ~ the orlrrlrs told
us tl1t there were s'mc German
wounded there The o.Iircr us.cl mr
II ! would Ike to - iu AMI sec them
said wou'd Hike It very much. sn w.
went IN There was enc poor dr,ll all
hy himself anon; snuc English pn.
tcnts 1h' ull.cr went over ard sit
on The edge of his he'd aud began e.
talk o. h'u
II yo1 rord have srcn HAT poor frl
lows face when hc lclr1 h'ns,lf AL
dressed In Dis own lauuaeo, Ill.
whole ,ouu,cuau.c lighted ru pui hc
began &. tllt ryclt, s..u che tr1rs
began 10 uu down M, chccr,. nul
fclt nw'U.ly sorry fur the poor ch1p.
who was away nom 900 bis own pen
pie. severed vouu}rl
lie said that he lul Iu,t been rnr-
ricd before the l,giuHug ~ the war
and hr and his wife bad slych ol th"S
could Uul tvu da,s h,'.rr hr was
called up ~, 'ad hnulh' 'ov. Tie
was MS worried as he oou'l o., tor tcag
som,lhjns hu1 happened o. tie cow.
The lpm'ar'mwt NJ Yp-r, lrsan ~
night o' Tho Np,l dn, We experienced
the gps and with the bomhsilm.ul Ire.
gan Tie mHuip u,lBDk was ny nt n
little r.uc, called Rhrumshrs,. aud
could hear The rllr, nnd,Ml.hInr gins
at II fnf en- t'cy were w,gti wls
thanking ~ l1chy stars that va, ~
nay la, M'nll uf mot r.yrlc ms.
chine sul Whom ma oydJrly rod' ur rnl
told wc that was tn report az h,al
quarter, ~ once
Al tAr way back H. camp had ~
feeling tint something was going To-
hnp',u nul when | HU'"rl t'rp
was toll e. r'ro.l my,c'f t. the f,Hp'
company 'pr jaiy WiJt m muiofw, ,'D
Then knew That I va. o. carry ia
pntchc, through ii' romiH 'u'tN.
wish t. make ptlirultr un,r ot tire
fact ',a' At I've hrguulus ~ ti'S Vat.
tie, which lasted three vr.ts. we tJ
rntch riders mm' ,r,d tll',y IN ~.
for "ur yorlS l'al an aUui ia,rr "''
werc lully clui, rrd nrd O:l nur w1y -
Tie advanced tcguii ccrtc-. w'lt
would lc t'lr ~ enc - ulr rpilv'l "a
hutll the llgll was nvcr
Nr were RhoL, 500 yards 10 the fc,r
y The CrG lnc of t,rlchvs and wcr,