The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-04-18

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hands os - crnncI into thc oar If thn
u,n ejltirr pcyt n von on tho fro sten
IN ohout tv,niv r;nu,cs q rrnerors
rim i,sro was d,Inj o,,t Sftnr drink
inr tbc rum. which tosIrd Ike vornlsh
and scnt shudIcr ,brouch vour
rrome Won wondered why thrv made
,ou v,oit until thn liCtipr of thc bnr.
.nre bpforn rnirr oyer Az fem min
MOS to four word was possrd dn,yn
"'Trn miputrs IN rol" Ten minutes
q liycl We wore snivorlnr alI oyer
NV lors fclt os II thrv wnrn oslrnn
'rbrn word was nasscd dawn. "Eirst
yoye get on and ncor thc scaling lad
Icrs."
Ttosc ,.oro e,,o,r v.oolor ,olIore
which wa ,,,d rI,coI og,rry, thn nnr,.
,ot n onoI,c rs 70 ro oycr tho tap on
,bo lir,irg or ,ho horr,ro "I,dd,rs or
dcoth" we called thrm. and ycrItohly
they were.
Dnrorc . cborco Tommy ,s ,ho no.
utcst or mon Tbore 10 ,oyor opy nr.h.
jnc or crordirc n bo Grst nm thoso
Ladders NVn croucbna oround tho h,ea
Of tbc ladders waiting for tho word
to 90 over woe sick and faint md
woe nun,nc owov ot an unI,chtod foo
Then come tho word "Throe mlnutes
to go. unon the lifting of tha borrore
and nm tho hIoet or tho WHISTLES .Ovor
tbo ton with tho host n ,uc,, ond give
thcm belI," rho fonors nbrose of
,bo wos+orn front Tho Jonah nbroen
of tho wnetnrn front To Tommy II
mrons ir Won ore lucl,v onouph fo como
hack Won win no minus nm orm or n
inr Tommy botos IN ha wished the
host of Iucl;. so whom ncoce 10 do.
Tommy on the street. inst wish him the
hest Of luck and duck the hrIck that
follows.
g,oncod ovo,n NJ rv vrlst wotch
yvo nil wore ,hon, and Won cou,d hor,,,,,
coll ne "s,ssios" for do;nr co II wos n
minute to four 7 could COO tho h,,d
move to tho twoIve tbon n dood si-
Ionco II burt Evorvono Iookod nm
to SOC whot had bonncned hut not for
long Sborn wbIet,o b,ostS rono ont
along tho trnrcb ond with , choor tho
mon scrambled I'm tbp ladders Tho
hu,,nts wora crocr,no oyorhend ond
occosiona1lv n machine prn rou,d rIn
and toor the ton of tho sondhor nara.
NOT How T cot nm tbot ladder win
never know Tho f,rst ton foot ont IN
front was ogonv Thnn we nossod
through lanes in our barbed wire. !
knew was running, but could feel no
motion below the waist. Patches on
the ground seemed to float to the rear
as If | we're on treadmIll and seen
cry was rushing past me. The Ger
mans had put barrage Of shrapnel
across NO Mans Land, and you could
hear the pieces slap the ground about
you.
After had passed our barbed wire
ana gotten into NO Mans Land q
Tommy about hfteen feet TO my right
front turned around ana looking IN my
direction put MS hand TO his mouth
ana yelied something whlch could not
make out Oh account OF the noise from
'he pursuing sheiis' linen he coughed'
stumbled pitched FORWARD ana lay still.
HIS bouy seemed 10 roat 10 the rear
the air about me. These were caused