Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-13

could see soldiers emerging from the
stable. had to net quickly.
"When mounted. the captain
reached for his revolver. covered
him with mine and. with . shrek OF
terror, Adrienne threw herself In
front OF the Uhlan captain 70 protect
him. l saw her too late. Ny bullet
pierced her left breast, and = req
smudge showed on her white SIX
blouse rs she sank to the ground. !
shot the Orderly's horse to prevent I'M
mediate pursuit and then away on .
mad gnllop down the road. It was
long chase, but escaped them.
"Thc rest Of my men were captured.
At our headquarters I had TO- lie like
q trooper. Told them we had been
ambushed and wiped out II was the
only way to save my skin. There
were no witnesses against me. % !
got OF with reduction to the ranks and
a transfer to another regiment. They
smelled a rat. all right but had no
proof.
$50 that Is my story. Yank. Just
forget that ever told It to you.
Enough to make a fellow get the blues
occasionally. isn't 1T Just pass me 2
fag, and take that look on your face.
I gave him the cigarette and. with
ont n word, went out Of the dugout
and left him alone. ] was thinking OF
Adrienne.
Upon reaching the trench ] paused
In wonder and fright. The sky was
alight with o red glare. The din was
terrific. A constant swlshing and
rushing through the air. intermingied
with q signing moan, gave tes'
timony that our batteries were
sweating blood. The trench seemed
TO be rolling like q ship. stood In
awe. This bombardment Of ours was
something indescribable, and shud'
der passed through me as thought
of the havoc and destruction caused
In the German lines. At that moment
l really pltled the Germans, but not
for long, because suddenly hell seemed
to burst loose from the German lines
as their artillery opened up. ] could
hear their 'Ilve-nines" screeching
through the air and bursting In the
artillery lines in our rear. Occasion
ally a far.ofr rum-hum-rump-rump.
Crashi Bru-u-nn-u-ggi could DO heard
as one Of their high-calibered shells
came over and burst In our reserve.
/ crouched against the parados, hardly
able to breathe. While In this position
right overhead, every instant getting
louder, came O German shell-hiz-S-EI
bang.g-gi I was blinded BY the dash.
Down l went, into the mud. Strug'
Cling to my feet In the red glare 0eiths
bombardment.
I saw that the traverse on my LEFT
had entirely disappeared. Covered
with mud, weak and trembling. ] could
hear what sounded like fardistane
voices coming from the direction OF
the bashed-in traverse.
'Blime me, get is blOomin' napper
outa tn mud; 'e's chokin' to death.
Pass me q bandage-tyke In h'50nee
fer a spllnt. Blime me. IL LEG 70
smashed, not 'arf hit h'aint. IN rest
o. YOU blokes 'Op It fer o stretcher.
clio. 'e's got another One-Quick.
tOurniauet, the poor blOke's a'hleedin'
to death. Quick, h'up against theiDar'
apet, ERE comes another"
Whiz-zz! Bnng-g-g!
Another flare, and once again } vas
thrown into the mud. I opened my
eyes. Bending over me. shaking me
by the shoulder was AtwelL His voice
sounded faint and far away. Then ]
came to with a rush.
"Blime me. Yank. that was ai0loSo
one. Did It get your
He helped me to my feet and iI'fele
myself all over. Seeing ] was al
right, he yelled in my ears
"We've got to leg It out Of ierA
Fritz Is sure sendln' over 'whlz-bahgg
and .mInnIes.' Number 0 platoon In
the next fire bay sure clicked 1t. About
eighteen Of them have gone west
Come on, we'll see II we can do any
thing for the poor bl0kes."
We plOwed through the mud ana
) came Into the next fire bay. In the
light Of the bursting shells an awful
sight met our eyes. The traverses-Were
dashed in, the fire step was gone. and
in the paradOs was a hole that looked
like a subway entrance. There was
mud and blood.
Every now and then, ducklng - Q
"whIz.bang" or ''mlnnie" came over,
we managed to get four Of the WOUND
J ed on the stretcherS, and Atwell and
! carried one to the rear to the nrs'
aid dressing station. We passed the
dugOut which l had left but Q teW
minutes before, or 1t least, what uSe0
to be the dugOut, aut now all that
could be- seen WIS cavcd.ln mass "
dirt; huge squnre-cut tllnbers sticking
out of the ground and silhOuetted
against the light from bursting shells.
looking like huge giants. A shuddeF
passed through me az ] realized that
II we had stnyed in the dugOut We
would have now been lying fifteen %
twenty feet down, covered BY mat
caved-ln earth and wreckage.
Atwell jerked his head In the direc-
ton Of the smashed-in dugOut, and, -
was his wont, remarked: