Evening star., 1918-03-31

man named CoAf0os VINO - - -
wound and Collins. and said:
Wed better get out Of here bee1ge Y11l1
rushee US. Tho attack was . rudy fAaW0
and they'll come over and bomb ~ ouk e
Smith and got out Of the Asss asA
started to crawi Il appeared that - ~
q bullet through the thigh. thousA 6
hadn't said anything about n beforA We
flying so thick that got an insa1a ossko
to run and get away from them. I rot %
my feet and legged Il So d1d 0mlRh,
though how he did II with . WOUNDED NJ
The next thing remember I was on Q.
stretcher. Tho beastly thing swaysd
and pitched. and got seasick. Thsn
came another crash directly OVERHEAD,
and out went again. When came 20
had burst over US and had killed one
stretcher bearer. The other had dis
appeared. Smith was there.
He and got to our feet and put eur
arms around each other and staeEsrSd
on. The next I knew was In the
Cough Drop dressing station. % called
from the peculiar formation Of tie
place. We had tea and rum hsxs ana .
couple OF fags from q sergeant major
After that there was a ride On . nat
car on light railway and another -
an ambulance with an American drlvSf.
snatches OF conversation about Broad
way and girl in Newark fioated back,
and tried to work up ambition
enough to sing out and ask where tn
chap came from So far hadn't had
much pain. When we landed in Q re6.
ular dressing station tho NJ O. save NE
another going over and said:
"Bifghty for you. son." had peooo
OF shrapnel or something through the
r1sht upper arm. clearing the bone and
making a hole about as big as . half
shrapnel fragments. and began to pain
like fury. More tea. More fass. An.
other faint.
When woke up the next time some.
into my chest with q shot Of anti
lock5aw serum, and shortly after was
tucked away IN a white enamsled Red
Cross train. with q pretty nurse taking
my temperature. I loved that nurse.
She looked sore of cool and holy. I.
finally brought UP in base hospital Ne.
II. in Rouen. I was there four days
and had a real bath-a genuine boiling
out. Also had some shrapnel picked out
of my anatomy. got in fairly good
shape. though still in q good deal OF
duh pain.
It was a glad day when they put q
batch of us on a train for Havre. taa.
ged for Blighty. We went direct from
the train to the hospital ship Carts.
brook Castle. The quarters were rood
real hunks. clean sheets, good food,
careful nurses.
1t was some different from the
crowded transport that had taken me
over to France.
There were a lot Of German prisoners
aboard. wounded, and We swappsd
stories with them. 1t was q lot Of fun
really comparing notes. and they were
pretty glad chaps on the whole. They
were as glad as we were to see land.
Their troubles were over for the dura.
ton Of the war.
Never shall I forget that wonderful
morning when / looked out and saw
again the coast of England hazy under
the mists Of dawn. It looked like the
promised land. And it was. 1t meant
freedom from all that goes to make up
the worst Of man-made Inventions
war.
1t was Friday. the 18th. And don't let
anybody dare say that date is unlucky.
For it brought me back to the best
thing that can gladden. the eyes of q
broken Tommy: Blishty! Blightyii
Blighty!!.
Copyright. 1918. By Mcclure syadieat..l :,