The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-09-05
CHAPTER xxVII-contInued.

- stop to figure it out when he was
One very nice-looklng, overenthusi-
..tic Young thing, stopped at my bed
md asked, What wounded you in the
facet"
.wered, "a rife bullet"
with a look of disdain she passed
a. the next bed, first calculating, "Oh /
Orly bullet? I thought it was a
shoI" Why she should think q shell
,round was more Of distinction beats
mo- don't see whole lot Of differ.
ence myself.
The American Women'S War hospi-
t.l was a heaven for wounded men.
Thev were allowed every privilege pos
.,hle conducive with the rules and mill
+erv discipline. The only fault was
that the mems passes were restricted.
TO get a pass required an act of par
lament. Tommy tried many tricks to
get out, but the cOmmandant, an old
Boer war officer, was wise to them all,
and It took a new and clever ruse to
make him affix his signature to the
coveted slip of paper.
AS soon as it would get dark many a
patient climbed over the wall and went
"on his own" regardless Of many signs
staring him in the face, "Out of bounds
for patients" Generally the nurses
we're looking the other way when one
Of these night raids started. 1 hope
this information will get none Of them
into trouble, but cannot resist the
temptation to let the commandment
know that occasionally we put 1t over
on him.
One afternoon I received q note,
through our underground channel, from
my female visitor, asking me to attend
party at her house that night. Il
answered that she could expect me and
to meet me at a certain place on the
road we'll known by all patients, and
some visitors, as "over the wall" 1
told her would be on hand at seven
thirty.
About SEVENTEEN I sneaked my
OgercOat and cap out of the ward and
hid it in the bushes. Then I told the
nurse, particular friend of mine, that
was going for walk in the rose gar
den. She winked and 1 knew that ev-
erythfng was all right on her end.
Going out Of the ward, slipped into
the bushes and made for the wall. 1t
was dark as pitch and was cropping
through the underbrush, when sudden
ly l stepped into space and felt myself
rushing downward, a horrible bump
and blackness. When 1 came to my
wounded shoulder was hurting horri-
bly,. l was lying against a circular
wall Of bricks, dripping with moisture,
and far away could hear the trickling
Of water. had in the darkness fallen
Into an old diSused well. But why
wasn't l wet? According to all rules
should have been drowned. Perhaps
was and didn't know it.
AS the shock of my sudden stop
gradually wore off it came to me that
was lying on ledge and that the
least movement on my part would pre-
cpltate me to the bottom Of the we'll.
struck q match. In it's faint glare
saw that 1 was lying In a circular
mole about twelve feet deep-the well
had been filed in! The dripping had
heard came from a water pipe over on
my right
With my wounded shoulder it was
impossible to shiny up the pipe. /
could not yell for help, because the
fescuer would want to know how the
accident happened, and / would be
haIed before the commandant on
charges. l just had to grin and bear
H. with the forlorn hope that one Of
{.Io&
una could give him our usual signal
N siss-S-s-s," which would bring him
to the rescue.
EVERY half-hour 1 could hear the |
siock In the village strike, each stroke |
Otlnglng forth a muffled volley Of |
curses on the man who had dug the |
we'll II
AFTER two hours I heard two men |
taking in low voices. 1 recognized |
corporal Cook, an ardent might raid
'' He heard my "siss-S-S-s" and |
eSme to the edge of the hole. eK-
pslned my predicament and amid lot
VI impairment remarks, which at the
ulle did not resent, I was soon fished
out
taxing off our boots, we sneaked into
%s ward. l was sitting on my bed in
~e dark, just starting to undress,
n men the man next to me, "Ginger"
T. ullnps whispered, cop 1t, Yank, ere
oOnes the matron."
immediately got under the covers
~ u lelgned sleep. The matron stood
ng In low tones to the night nurse
'uo fell asleep.
"nen l awoke in the morning the
oEI n' sister, an American, was bending
NJ" me- An awful sight met my eyes.
~. coVerlet on the bed and the sheets
SS ore mass of mud and green slime.
Sns S was a good sport all right, and
~ Hso to get clean clothes and sheets
h.. mat no one would get wise, but ION
ls" own" she gave me q good tongue