Gunnison news-champion., 1917-12-28

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them to halt all right, and they start.
ed yelling Friend At the top. Of their
voices ! twisted the searrhlight On
my car around until the lil0t shone full
On them. aud then ! called TO them to
keep their iIands In the air and come
back Oh the road
They didn't seem very anxious about
Il. but ! assured them n they didn't
would all them full OF holes Ger.
tainly felt uerce enough to dot They
came up on to the rlad. and ! made
them stand one ou each side OF the
car Then I noriced that ope of them
had on q pair OF German soldiers
boots. and hen ! knew that ! bnd
tish for sure. got out aud searched
them. but they were uliarmcd
What WAS worrying me was the fact
that In taking them back one Of them
would have to sit behind me In the
car, ! took on my spare tires and put
them In the back OF the car. and with
the straps ! hound one fellows feet
and hands piled him into the ton
mean and made the other sit In front
with me assured him II he made .
single move didn't like ! would
pump him full OF lead r. DO
In this way I took them into camp
without accident. They were shot as
spies two days later. Our haul for the
twenty four hours WAS thirty one spies
ind every one OF them was German
One Of the most terrible things l
ever witnessed was the destruction Of
The chateau at Hooge The chui eau
was In a very peculiar Ipsition. i~ina
es and the Germans Sometimes we
wouid hold II aud sometimes they
would. and II ofrerei great chances to
both for snipinR.
Sometimes we held part Of II. and
they would hold the other 1prt. Ther
there was some great hanJ to hand
lighting. Onr fellows In one room
wall to not at Germans In the next
II was 10 close to our trenches that
we did not dare to shell II. and the
same thing applied to the Germana
II was decided to mine the thing and
blow II Oh, the face Of the earth. I
think the Germans had decided the
same thing. and Il was simply . case
Of who would get their mines laid drst
We rot the jump on them. and when
everything was ready our boys enticed
the Germans into II. and then the work
Of destruction started. vas sitting
on horseback behind some sta6 ofBcerA
We were about half . mile from the
place. buf ~ had our ears stuffed
with cotton to prevent the sxpiosioe
from injurins our hearing
When the mines were 81 o(i We NV
sight such ~ one ob~erves only oncs
In . lifetime. The earth trembled. Q
low. growing rumble ensued. then Q
mighty crash. and the air vas tilled
with smoke. lame. bricks, dust, dytns
bodies, heads. legs and arms Our fl.
lows let out mighty cheer and chars-
I'd acroaa the crater formed By the ex.
plosioa. Ths Gssmans seemed stunned
BY the awful sight they had witnessed.
ind We took several lipes Of TRENCHES
from them With very little trouble. Ths
losses On the Gefmas side were terr1-
Die. and We lost heavily ourselves. Ths
chateau at Hooge Win always b -
membered By thoss who mw Il.
His majesty the hing paid his armies
. visit In the fail, and % had never
seen King George was much inter.
ested had neen the. king Of neln
um and als6 President Poincxre of
France. but mp to this time had nev.
er seen the king for whom was dght
ing.
We wers warned the day before.
and every one had to be bright and
shining for the big event The king
drove up In I ear hearing the royai
standard on Il snd Won may he SURE
sAat car vas given the right & nay
over everything. Two dispatch rideFs
had dashed along the road ahead Of
the car. clearing the way 20 nat moth
Ing should delay the royal party. l
was one Of Q large detail Of mountad
men who acted - escort to his maj
esty.
When b. Beft the car be mounted the
beautiful horse that was waiting for
him, and. escorted BY the guard, ~
rods ont to the reviewing stand He
made . peech 70 the men. who wesD
formed up On the parade. and bs thank.
- them Tor their loyalty and dsvotioo
20 England In Aer dine of need.
cpuld only hear . few words g
n address. - I was stationed quite
Q distance away from him ~ h. -
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lsvs threw their hats Into ths ais aal
u II . 1lGtfy eheee. sWhea To-
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