The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-08-15

were looking the other way when one
Of these night raids started. ! hope
this Information will get none of them
into trouble. hut I cannot resist the
temptation tn let the cummnndnnt
know that occasionally we put II over
on him.
Onc afternoon I received n note.
through our underground channel, from
nv female visitor asking me to attend
party nj her house TINT night, !
answered TINT she could expect me and
10 meet me NJ u certain place on The
rrud wen known by all patients, aud
some visitors. as cover the wall" |
told her would be ON hand at seven
thirty.
About seventeen I sneakcd NV
uvorcout and cap out Of the ward 'nd
hid II In the bushes. Then ] told III"
nurse particular friend Of mine, That
I was going for walk in the rose gar.
den. She winkcd and ! knew that ey.
cryihine was nll right on her end.
Going out Of the ward, ! slipped into
the bushes and mndc for the wall. II
, was dark as pitch and ! was cropping
through the underbrush. when sudden.
ly | stepped Into space and felt myself
rushing downward. horrible bump
aud blackncss. when | came To my
wounded shoulder was hurting horri.
bly,. was lying against circular
wall ~ bricks, dripping with moisture.
and far away | could hear the trickling
Of water. had In the darkness fallen
into m old d>usrd we'll. But why
wasn't ! wctf According to all rules
should have been drowned. Perhnp,
was and didn't know 1t.
A. the shock ~ my sudden stop
gradually wore uf IL came To- me that
was lying on ledge and that th"
least movement on my part would pre-.
cipitatc me 10 the bottom Of the well.
struck n match. In H. faint glar'
saw that was lying In q circular
hole about twelve feet d,,p-athr well
bad been rIlcd in The dI.rn.us had
heard came from water pipe over on
my right.
with my wounded shoulder II was
impossible to shiny NJ IA" pipe
could not Yell for help because the
r',,ucr would want to know how the
accident happened and would be-
hailed hrfurr the commundant ou
charges. jus, had To grin and bear
it with the furlnrn hope that one OF
I the returning night raiders would pas
and could give him our usual signal
81 "Siss-s.s-s." which would bring him
To- Ia. rescue
Every halfhour could hear IA,
clock In the village strike. each stroke
bringing forth muiiied yolley Of
curses on the man who had dug the
well.
After two hours heard two men
talking in low voices. recognized
Corporal Cook. an ardent might raid
err" lie heard my 'siss.s-s-s' aud
came to the edge of the hole. cN.
planned my prrdicament and amid a LOT
uf imprrtinent remarks, which at IN.
time did not resent. l was soon fished
out.
Taking on our boots, we sneaked Into
the ward was sitting on my bed In
the dark. just starting to undress,
when the man next 10 me. Ginger
Phillips whispered "'Op It, Yank. ere
comes the matron."
Immediately got under the covers
and feigned sleep. The matron stood
talking In low tones to the night nurse
and fell asleep.
When | awoke In the morning the
night sister. an American. was bending
over me. An awful sight met my eyes
The coverlet on the bed and the sheets
were mass Of mud and green slime
She was good sport all right. and
hustled TO get clean clothes and sheets
81 that no one would get wise, but 'on
her own" she gave me a good tongue
lashing but did not report me. one of
the Canadians In the ward described
her as being IA Jake Of a good Eel.
low"
Next visiting day ! had m awful
time explaining to my visitor why ]
had not met her at the appointed time
and place.
And for week every time passed
n patient he would call. swell. well.
here's the Yank. Hope you are feel.
INK well, old top"
The surgeon in our ward was an
American, Harvard unit man. named
Fr1st. We nicknamed him Jack
Frost" lie was loved by all. II a
Tommy was To be cut up he had no OBJ
lection 10 undergoing the operation II
Jack Frost was To WELD the knife.
Their confidence In him was pathetic.
He was the best sport have ever met.
One Saturday morning the command.
ant and some high up" officers were
inspecting the ward, when one Of the
patients who had been wounded In the
head by bit Of shrapnel. fell ON the
floor In II fit. They brought him round,
and then looked for the ward orderly
10 carry the patient back to his bed
at the other end Of the ward. The or.
derby was nowhere TO be fOund-llke
our policemen, they never are when
needed. The officers were at a loss
how TO get Palmer into his bed. Doc.
tor Frost was fidgeting around in n
nervous manner, when suddenly with
n muillcd "d-n" and few other
qualifying adJectiyes, he stopped down
and took the man In his arms like a