New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-02

time | don't know, but if it has | would
be very much surprised.
OF the others, five were killed in nc-
tion-three Americans, one Canadian,
and one Englishman. Three more were
in all probability killed in action al
though officially they are listed merely
MS missing" one Of these was an
American. n Canadian. and the
third II Scotchman. Three more. two
of them Americans. were seriously
wounded. Another, Il Canadian, is Il
prisoner in Germany. | know nothing
of the others.
What happened TO me is narrated in
these pngeS. | wish, instead, ! could
tell the story of each of my brave ON
radrS, for not one of them was downed,
| am sure, without unfolding the best
traditions Of the X. +. {. Unfortunate
~, however, of the eighteen who
sailed on the Mcgnnic last May,
the hands of the Huns, and what befell
my comrades after that. with cX-
ception. | know only second hand.
The exception was the case of poor,
brave Paul Itnnry-my closest chum-
whose last battle | witnessed from my
German ~prison-but that is Il story |
shall tell in its proper place.
In one way. however, | think the
story of my own "big adventure" and
my miraculous escape may, perhaps.
SnIt, =, t,tIrr,kG, a.. uSnfrtI nc tInt Nf
the heroic fate Of my less fortunate
comrades. Their story. it is true, might
inspire others TO deeds of herOiSm,
but mine, | hope, will convey the
equally valuable lesson of the folly
of despair.
Many were the times in the course
of my struggles when it seemed abSO-
lutrly useless to continue. In Il hostile
country, where discovery meant death,
wounded, sick, furnished, friendIess,
neutral territory the frontier Of which
was 50 closely guarded that even If
got there ii seemed too much to hope
that | could even get through. what
was the use of enduring further
agony?
And yet here | am, in the land of
liherty-althOugh In n somewhat OBJ
Scure corner of 1.-THE little town of
Momcnre, H.. where | was bOrn-not
very much the worse for wear after all
I've been through, and, as | write these
words not eight months have passed
since my seventeen comrades and |
sailed from Canada on the Mcglnic.
can it be possible that | was spared
to convey a message Of hope to others
who are destined for similar trials? I
am afraid there will be many of them.
Years ago | heard of the epithph
which Is said To have been found on II
child'S grave:
IF | was 50 soon to be done for
What. o Lord. was | ever berun for?"
The way it has come ia me since l
returned from Europe is:
IF. q Lord, | was to be done for.
What were my sutferings e'er begun
for?"
Perhaps the answer lies in the sug-
geStion | have made.
At any rate. if this record Of my adj
ventures should prove instrumental In
sustaining others who need encourage
mcnt. | shall feel that my sufferings
were not in vain.
II is hardly likely that anyone will
quite duplicate my experiences, but |
haven't the slightest doubt that many
will have to go through trials equally
nrrve-racking and suffer disappOint-
ments just as dishenrtening
1t would be very far from the mark
to imagine that the optimism which ]
preaching now SO glibly sustained
me through all my troubles. On the
contrary, | am free to confess that l
frequently gave way to despair and
often. for hours ut Il time, felt so de-
and discouraged that | really
didn't care what happened to me. In
| rather hoped that something
would happen to put an end to my
I'u' despite all my dependency and
hopcI"s>n"NS, II" worst never hap
lrncl. and | cant help thinking that
my salvation must have neen designed
show the way to others.