Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30
! By ARTHUR /
/ GUY EMPEY /

hs went, Huston with him, but was soor
UP, his left arm dangling and swinging
al his side. Turning to Huston, who was
lying on his back. he said: i am hard
hits your life or mine We're only
ten yards from our tench. try 10 make e.
on your own. You ought to be able TO
But Huston answered: Burton. don't !
leave me here-I am bleeding TO death. !,
For tho love of God, get me in You car.
have y--money--anything have. II
is all yours-just save my life. Answer :
me. man. answer
You want my answer. do you? Well.
take II and damn you " With that Ginger
slapped the officer in the face; then. grab
hing him by the collar with his right arm.
the blood soaking his tunic from the she'll
wound in his left Ginger slowly dragged
Huston to the trench and tainted A.
mighty cheer went up from our lines =
Stretcher bearers took them both to an
advanced first aid post, and their Journey
to biighty and Betty was started
.Du the trip over Ginger never regained
consciousness. They landed In hospital
III England and were put in beds next to
each other. Ginger taken up into tiIs
pictures Operating theater), where his,
arm amputated at the shoulder.
Illusions wound was slight-bullet through
the calf Of leg
While Ginger was coming out Of ether
he told all he knew. A Red Cross nurse.
with tear-dlmmed eyes was holding his
hand. Occasionally she would look across
at Huston in the next bed; he would
slowly nod his head at each questioning
glance of hers. while the red blood or
shame mounted his temples.
Then Ginger came TO. He a beau--
tiful vision and thought he was dreaming.
Sitting by his bed. dressed in a Red Cross
nurses uniform was Betty-Hus,on's
Bodybuilding his hand Betty. with
tears in her eyes, but this time tears ot
fore hon
it couldn't be true lie gasped out the ono
word Betty.
Shopping over the vision kissed him on
the lips, and nurmured, Ny Ginger, YOU
have come back to Betty.
Then he slept. Next morning the col~
onel of the hospital came to Ginger's bed
side and congratulated him. telling him
that he had been recommended for the
Y. &. Ginger refused the V. C. from the
government: said he had not earned II.
would not give the reasons. but per-
sisted in his refusal They can't force
you to take n V. G.
Five months later Ginger and Betty
were married. She cuts his meat for
him now; says that all his faults were
contained in his left arm. He lost that
SO. you see Ginger was somewhat of a
man after all. wasn't he, mates?'
We agreed that he was. | asked
Happy how he came to know these de-
tails He answered:
We'll. Yank, Betty happens to be my
sister Gimme a flag, some one. ! am
about talked out, and. anyway. We've
only got a few minutes before stand
TO-"
Just then the voice of our sergeant
sounded from the mouth of the dug
out: Equipment on, Stand to-
SO it was A case of turn out and mount
our gun on the parapet 1t was just
getting dark. We would dismount il
at stand down" in the morning. Tommy
IS like owl. sleeps in the day and
watches at night. 1t was a miserable
night. rainy and chilly. The mud in the
trenches in some places was up to our
knees. We knew we were in for II and
wished we were back in blighty, where
one can at least change his clothes
when they get wet, instead of waiting
for sunny day to dry them. At times
we have been wet for fortnight
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