The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-29
| GiN7 BY
| MIMR Guy EnpEYI

/ OppOSiIS. ne naO gone Il
rest across the Great Divide. thinl
at the time I envied him.
The man Of the Royal Irish rife
nao mad his left foot blown off, tn,
lolt1ng OF the ambulance over TIL,
rough road had loosened up the band
ages on his foot, and had started /
bleeding again. This blood ran dowr
the side Of the stretcher and started
dripping. / was lying on my back. TOT
weak to move, and the dripping of thi:
blood got me in my unbandageds righ
eye. / closed my eye and pretty soor
could not open the lid; the blood haC
CONCEALED and closed 1t, as If it were
glued down.
An English girl dressed In khaki was
driving the ambulance, while beside
her on the seat was a corporal of the
K. A. NJ. c., They kept up running
conversation about Blighty which al
most wrecked my nerves; pretty
soon from the stretcher above me, the
Ir1shman became aware of the fact
that the bandage from his foot had be.
come loose; it must have panied him
horribly, because he yelled in a loud
voice:
IF you don't stop this bloody death
wagon and fix this d bandage on
my foot, will get out and walk"
The girl on the seat turned around
and in a sympathetic voice asked,
Poor fellow, are You very badly
wounded?"
The Irishman. at this question, let
out howl of indignation and an
swered, Am very badly wounded,
what bloody cheek; no, I'm not wound
ed, I've only been kicked by canary
bird"
The ambulance Immediately stopped,
and the corporal came to the rear and
fixed him up, and also washed out my
right eye. was too weak to thank
him, but 1t was q great relief Then
/ must have become unconscious, be-
cause when / regained my senses, the
ambulance was at standStill, and my
Stretcher was being removed from 1t.
1t was night, lanterns were flashing
here and there, and could see stretch
er-bearers hurrying to and fro. Then
l was carried into hospital train.
The inside Of this train looked like
heaven to me, just pure white, and we
met our first Red Cross nurses; we
thought they were angels. And they
were.
Nice little soft hunks and clean,
white sheets.
A Red Cross nurse sat beside me
during the whole ride which lasted
three hours. She was holding my
wrist; I thought had made hit, and
tried to tell her how / got wounded,
but she would put her finger to her lips
and say, Eyes, know, but you mustn't
talk now, try to go to sleep, it'll do you
good, doctors orders" Later on /
learned that she was taking my pulse
every few minutes, as was very weak
from the loss of blood and they ex-
pected me to snuff 1t, but l didn't.
From the train we went into ambu-
lances for a short ride to the hospital
ship Panama. Another palace and more
angels. don't remember the trip
across the channel.
opened my eyes; I was being car
rfed on q Stretcher through lanes of
some cheering, some waving
flags, and others crying. The flags were
Union Jacks, was In Southampton.
Blighty at last. My stretcher was
strewn with flowers, cigarettes. and
Tears started to run down
nv cheek from my good eye. like
)ooby was crying. Can you beat It'll
Then into another hospital train, a
f1ye-hour ride to Paignton, another am
buIance ride, and then / was carried
into Munsey ward Of the American |
.omen's War hospital and put into
real bed.
This real he'd was too much for my
1nstrung nerves and I tainted.
When came to, pretty Red Cross
,urse was bending over me, bathing
nv forehead with cold water, then she
oft and the ward orderly placed a
Green around my bed, and gave me
bath and clean pajamas.
rhen the screen was removed and
,owl of steaming soup was given me.
{ tasted delicious:
Before finishing my soup the nurse
anne back to ask me my name ana
lumber. She put this information down
q a little book and then asked:
"Where do you come from" an
wered:
"From the big town behind the
tatue of Liberty" upon hearing THIS
he started jumping up and down.
Ianping her hands, and calling out TO
hree nurses across the ward:
"Come here, girls-at last we nave
OF a real live Yankee with US.
They came over and besleged me
18th questions, until the doctor ar
we'd. Upon learning that ! was an
,,,or,can he almost crushed my hand
his grip of welcome. They also
,ara Americans, and were glad to see
le. 80. .or,ovo6
The doctor very tenderly remove
v bandages and told me- a1ter s4s"