The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-09-06

so lonely that we went over TO speak
to him. and found that he was a
refugee and had left his horae in the
hands of the Boche about week be- /
fore. Just by his side his wife was /
sleeping with only a little grass for !
a bed and an old sack fer cover
While we were talking she walked UP |
and evidently we were the flrst |
Americans she had seen. Neither OF /
them could speak English and none
of us could speak French, but we
could understand them enough to lind
out where they were from and that
they had four sons in the war, Two
of whom had already been killed, ana
the most wonderful thing Of all was
that neither the old father or mother
seemed to feel that they had done any
more than their share. How do you
suppose some of our people BACK
home who even take their sons ana
husbands to the specialists to try TO
get certificate saying they were
unit physically" would stand this?
AS long as 1 live can never forget
that picture of the old man sitting
and watching while his wife slept.
and experiences like this can not help
but 90 straight to the bottom OF your
heart and make you realize that whas
ever you have to suffer, you are not
doing all of it.
You can't help but feel rather blue
when you see all the bad side, Dut
there is always a good side and the
best cf all is the American spirit
which all our soldiers have. 1t seems
to me that our regiment has the finest
bunch of men 1 ever saw. Every day
they get better in thousand ways
and each seems to oe the others
friends. There are boys from all over
the State, and just to say they are
from our State should be enough foF
the kaiser. There are a good many
Newberry boys, among whom IS
Huurbert Aull, and he has now gone
to training camp. I suppose yoa
know him and from what know OIL
him he doesn't say much and seems
rather timid, but I imagine he would
be Just the kind of man TO leaa
against the kaiser's pet "Prusslan
Guard whom some of the Americans
have already beat the devil out of.
Our State should be proud OF hef
regiment and l believe that we can
improve the record and reputation and
carry its good name wherever and
wherever we are sent against any
thing the kaiser has.
haven't seen SPete" yet but ne
is not very far from me and 1 sup
nose we will meet sometime soon.
It is pretty hard to find where any
body is and as a result I haven't seen
any of the Edgefeld boys but I know
some of them have been in the thlck-
est of it.
don't nkow whether l ever wrote
Aunt Carrie about enc Of my trips at
The front but anyway it was such
close call and so funny I cant help
hit laugh every time 1 think about
i, One night just about 2:50 I was
coming through field with two OF
6eers of one of the allied countries
and all at once we saw a certain
light 90 up from the Boche lines
which meant trouble. Both OF these
officers had recently won their ma
TONS medal for bravery, but nnls
admit keep them from running, ana
os course i had business up the road
also. 1t was well we die run because
lust a few seconds afterwards a she'll
dropped right on the cross roads
where we were and threw dirt all
over us. All the time we were burn
ing the wind" but evidently we were
going the same way as the shells ana
another dropped right behind US. No
tice the word behind. A third proved
to he a gas shell and the other fel-
lows shouted "gas.'' I will have to
admit that was scared to death but
was keeping up my wonderful speed
BY this time everybody was Laughing
-, c>her fellows because If one
slowed down the next one of the
others would pass. Between our run
ming, ducking, falling and laughing
we never did get our masks all the
way on, but we did get to our mead