Gunnison news-champion., 1917-12-28
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went OVER b the Royal Enslneeu9
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home Was feeling happy. ~ ] knev
that this was ny last day at the eBee&
and was hopin6 to b. hc0s -
Christmas OF course told everybody
I met an about ny good luck. an0 ~
wsre having . regular uttle faroWe4
dinner. only We had tea instead -
champagne After Il was an over ooano
Of the boys went away. and ! prucoo4p
"a to make myself comfortable - O
couch the fellows had built up = -
corner.
I bad been thess about 1fteen nfn-
utss when for some reason OF othsR !
got up and went over and sat down ~
the bfaxjes. I hadn't been 81 tat
couch three minutes when Q shsapaso
shell burst directly over the hut ard I
should say fully twenty pieces eamo
through the roof They went thfo0gh
the door - II II had been % mnch ~
per. and about half dozen pieces pear
etrated the couch had been lying -
not nvs minutes before. There were
thres Of u IN the hut at the time. and
not one Of W was 20 much ~ scratched.
The shells were coming over pretty
thick then. SO we went for the dug0uts
on the dead run. As passed the tree
where our horses were tethered . high
explosive shell burst in the middle Of
them. and buttered them all over the
landscape.
Believe me. didn't pause one &c.
ond. Just kept on going. ] entered .
dugout that had about . foot and
half Of water In It. but ! lay right
down In It and was only too glad to
stay there. The Germans were keep
ing up sweeping FIRE. trying to locate
our batteries. and they continued un-
I'll nearly O'Clock that evening.
When s o'clock came and was sup.
posed to meet my officers stayed
right where I was. for I knew that
would not be expected to 30 out and
walt BY that tree when the shells were
falling the way they were then. AZ
Z o'clock the fire had pretty nearly
ceased. 30 ambled out to the tree to
zee what had become Of the officer. He
was sitting on the ground with his
back against the tree. told him what
had happened. and he asked me II
knew where we could find some more
horses.
said did and that II was right On
our way back, 30 We walked about
half mile until we came to the trans
port camp. and there we got two other
horses and proceeded to the place
wherv We had left the car.
Here the Officer decided We would
have some tea. 20 I went into q tent
where there were some fellows knew
and begged some grub. had just
commenced to eat when . shell scream
ed over and went into the ground about
twenty or thirty feet from the corner
Of the tent It didn't explode. % wo
were all right. but decided that right
here was wherS I quit, and went out
and sat In the car until the onicef was
ready.
But my troubles wsrs not over yee.
On the way back to camp one Of the
back wheels came on the car and near
y dumped - into the ditch. The oGl-
ese got . ut down IN another car. and
] ~ . WeFk 70 try to put back thp
whsel Il vas dark, and the road wep
muddy and soft, and everything sssn-
"a to % wrong. The train left q
O'clock n ths morning. and I va
nearly bssids myself for fear would
ol6s 4
When finally did get In Il was aftss
II, aAd I had to do soma tall hustltns
p gst my things packed. get my grapt
ana teksts aAd change my clothes fos
~ spss anA walk half . mile TO ~
ststipn - rafeh the train. ~ n
though. and at : O'clock IN the aftsE
noon ] Wa p London
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