Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-07-27

mouths. The last heard of Carson he was
prodding the government like the very devil to
put venom into their blows at ye and more power
to his elbow while he's at that work, say
AS for home rule, we mean to have it, and we'll
get it, please God when we're licked! Put that
in yer pipes and smoke it'
The two names for the Germans in among
the Irish troops "Gerrys" and Ga corruption of
the French "Allemand" for Germany "Alleymans"
Brief informal truces are not infrequently come
to between the opposing forces at particular sec
lions of the lines so that one or other, or both,
may bring in, after raid, their wounded and
their slain One of the most uplifting stories
have heard was told me by captain of the Royal
Irish Fusiers.
Out there in front of the trench held by his
company lay figure in khaki writing in pain and
wailing for help. "Will no one come to me?" he
cried, in a voice broken with anguish He had
been disabled in the course of raid on the Ger
man trenches made the night before by battalion
which relieved in the morning.
These appeals of his like stabs to the COM
passionate hearts of the Irish Fusiliers. Several
of them told the captain they could stand 1t no
longer and must go out to the wounded man. If
they shot in the attempt, what matter!
1t happened that a. little dog was then making
himself quite at home in both the British and
German trenches at this part of the line. He was
a neutral; he took sides; he regularly crossed
from one to the other and found in both friends
the head. The happy thought came to the cap
tain to make messenger of the dog. SO he
wrote: MAY take wounded man inT tied
the note to the dogs tail, and sent him to the
German trenches. The message In English,
for the captain did not know German, and had to
trust to the chance of the enemy being able to
read 1t.
In short time the dog returned with the an
swer. 1t in English, and it ran: Yes; you
can have five minutes" So the captain and a
man went out with stretcher and brought the
poor fellow back to lines.
Then standing on the top of the parapet, the
captain took off his hat and called out: "Give the
Germans three hearty cheers, boys" The re-
Spouse was most enthusiastic. With the cheers
were mingled such cries :"Sure, the Gerrys
not all bad chaps, after ALL" and MAY the
heavens be the bed of those of them we may
kill" More than that the incident brought tears
to many mans eyes the Irish side and, it
may be, on the German side, too. Certainly an
swering cheers came from their trenches.
l have had from French officer, who was
wounded In cavalry charge early in the war, an
account of pathetic incident which took place
close to where he lay. Among his companions In
affection were two who were far gone the way
of death. One private In the Uhans and
the other private In the Royal Irish Dragons.
The Irishman got with painful effort from an
inside pocket of his tunic rosary of beads which
to mutter to himself the invocations to the Blessed
Virgin, of which the rosary Is composed.
"Hail Mary, full Of grace, the Lord is with
thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus"
The German, lying huddled close by, stirred
with the uneasy movements of a man weak from
pain and loss of blood on hearing the murmur Of
prayer, and, looking round In dazed condition,
the sight of the beads in the hands of his fellow
in distress seemed to recall to his mind other
times and different ircumstances-family prayers
at home somewhere In Bavaria, and Sunday eve
ming devotions in churcf-for he made, in his
own tongue the response to the Invocation: "Holy
Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners Aow at
the hour of our death. Amen
So the voices intermingled in address and
prayer-the wrapt calculations of the Irshman,
the deep cultural of the German-getting weak
err and weaker in the process of dissolution until
they were hushed on earth forever