Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-22

] 'iNo'N ''iN'''' WIG "'''' "''
through the hand. lie had hao no
atteution except the original field Dress
- 1T, -. ,,;,,,.oic r,be broken
'"e "Il''u ~
bones were pro'ruuIhs' anu ne wa" ''i
fering agony. | got permission to see
ono Of the doctors and. by means Of
-, ,,i,, 40 ,his
sIsn' CIV , ,,Is ,,.o,,na. dressed
,',a" 'u"t' Nv, W, 10 IT.. ,,a hu, u.o,,.
re sa'u nc u.' no. ,''.," n, "a, aoo,or, Iio
ask the ,n'.' nN' ,ar,,, ,nsu To-, ,ho, ,ho
returned WIN 'nt ,''lui ''i''.'o,, .,as ,r,
man "ounu ooui" nv. ,.,so,,,,' ~, haa
ne got 10 hosP''aI - "e IT. nH
not YET arr'Neu no" W. "ta ~ ha,o5s
huns ana WISH we "e'e '' wv ''''
Oh our own ooos"' ,,, u,oras .,;rv
me curiously. and at length he came up
and extended n small pocket mirror !
glanced into II ana theh reaiiIeu 'he
reason for his interest. Will never
forget the sight tnat met my gaze my
face was one mass ot clotted blood anu
mud. I removed my steel helmet and
felt my head. ] couldn't separate my
hair from the cake which covered II,
and I was glad that no one who loved
me (tf there were any could see me
at that particular minute. My mind ran
back to the moment when 7 recovered
consciousness after being hit by the tim
her from the mine remembered fnd-
ing my steel helmet lying beside me.
and automatically jamming II AS II was,
full of dirt, on my bleeding head. ]
felt an overwhelming desire to wash
my head. and asked for "warmes Was
ser" twarm water). but the guard
thought this privilege only for Ger
l.. lNz
password from the doctor so told him
I wanted to see the Chef Arzt, This
seemed to have the required effect. !
was taken 10 nun ana ne re'urtah,'y
aaair ino,,irod about having the mans
80 .,,N,,sad hu, w.s toId the Same
80. as before
BEAN SOUP AND BLACK BREAD
Ahoutr o'clock we were each given
a lin how, OF bean scum and chunk
os black bread The soup was quite
,h,cI, and uourishins and we soon nut
!, In ~, safe nlace. as this was the first
ne,I wa had had all day. A nail of
acorr coffee ,vas nassed around. and
with "A tin mug we dipped out what we
required. The cigars and liquors were
dispensed with for that evening. After
we had finished eating we settled back
on the stretcherS Tor much-needed
sleep. Up til then we had felt too tired
and hungry to sleep, but at last the
wonderful feeling of drowsiness was
coming over us all.
We almost succeeded in forgetting our
troubles for a little while. but shortly
after the meal n German doctor and
,yro assietapts came around and exam
med the tags ON each man. Very few
had had an inJecton against tetanus,
and were given " then' Inc quaht'ty
OF serum in,ected ana 'he oa'e were
added to the Information OF tne Tag
DIEEIcI-IT CONVERSATION
Wnile TINS was so'"s on "au ca. ,.os.
peculiar CONVERSION WIN nea E
orderly re hne" i.W woios Va ,"e
llsh ana frehci'' anu ie" wo'as y,
rrshch ana Eer'l'ah' apne 's
Slowly 10 eaeh o''ei
DID not unnerstahu we wouIu Wy woia r,i
IN one OF the othe' iahSu"s.S. in's
system succeeoeu ueau..lu"si "a" seo
MN now' OF, one hhee' pes'ue my
stretcher' ana can recall some Oh INC
conversation Which, ra" so'ne'h'"e nhe
TINS!
"Row much years haben Sie?"
(How old are you.)
"Seben und-zwanzig."
tTwenty-seven.)
"You are verhelratet?"
Care you MARKEDLY
"Ich verstebe nicht."
q don't understand)
you are marie?" (married.)
"Oh, nein."
ooh, MOI
"You are versagt?"
(Are YOU engagedO