Jackson County journal., 1918-11-01
CHAPTER Vl-Ccntinued.

Tho lieutenant came back with the
,,,otchcr bearers and he asked one of
'.on, 81 the boy could not hear him, If
,bs hoy would live.
Tho stretcher bea-er said: II don't
.,n,. ca One through his chest and
right leg broken"
The boy had kept quiet for while,
t- all Of a sudden he yelled, "Give me
cirarette" l handed him ciga-
otto Init that ! had found in the dug
ant We were all out of cigarettes.
Go thev lit it for him and he kept !
,rict As soon as they could they got |
aronnd The corner of the fire bay with
him and through a communication
trench To field hospital. The lieu
+anopt and walked little way with
him and he began to thank US, and he
to,d the lieutenant, "Old man, you
,ova heen q father and a mother to
me-"
And the lieutenant said to him:
aYou have done wen, old boy. You
have done more than your share"
When they started into the commu-
,ic.Son trench the boy began to
scrasm again. And the lieutenant
acted like wild man. He took out
his cigarette case, but there were no
cigarettes in it, and then he swore and
nut II back again. But in q few min
utes he had the case out again and
was swearing worse than ever and
talking to himself.
1.-THE boy isn't dying like a gentle
man." he said. "Why couldn't he keeI
quiet" | do not think he meant it
lie was all nervous and excited an6
sept taking out his cigarette case ane
putting it back again.
The other officer had gone on to in
spect the sentries when the boy rollet
into the trench and poilu came VI
to tell us that the officer had been hit
We walked back to where l had bee
ana there was the officer. If I ha
bean there I would have got 1t too
sueSs. He was an awful mess. Th
veins were sticking out Of his nee
and one side Of him was blown OF
AlSO, HIS LOU WIS NOuluCO. AAuI
what shrapnel does to you AS
crawled past him happened to toue
his foot and he cursed me all over tt
place But when l tried to say WI
sorry could not, for then he apol
gized and died moment later.
There was silver cigarette ca
sticking out Of the rags where h
side had been blown away and t
lieutenant crossed himself I'D reach
IL and took out the case. But VIII
he pried open the case he found tn
1t had been bent and cracked and
the cigarettes were soaked with blo'
ae swOre worse than ever, then. a
.hrew his own case away, putting
other officers case in his pocket.
AT this point our own artillery
gan stelling and we received the orr
to stand to with fixed bayonets. WI
we got the order to advance some
the men were already over the pa
pet ard the whole bunch after tn
and, baneve me, I was as pale a:
sheet, just scared to death. l tn
every man is when he goes over
me first tiIae-every time for
natter. Brt was glad we were 60
% get some action, because 1t Is
70 sit arOuhd in trench under
and have nothing to do. had a
could do to hold my rifle.
We ran across No Mans Land
cannot remember much about it.
fell on top of young fellow and
oayonet went right through him.
was crime to get him, at that.
was as delicate as a pencil.
When / got back to our tren
after my first charge could not
Tor long time afterward, for rem
oering what that fellow looked
and how my bayonet slipped into
and how he screamed when he
lie had his legs and his neck tw
uader him after he got it. l tho
ABOUT 1t lot and it got to be al
naoit that whenever was goiI
sleep would think about him
then all hope Of sleeping was gon
Our company took a German tt
tnSt time and along with an
company four hundred prisoners.
mao to retire because the men OF
slaes did not get through ant
were being fanked. But we lost
Oh men doing it.
When we returned to our tre
opf outfit was simply all in an
were lying around in the front
hxe .Mnch of old rags in n
\ alley. None of us showed any
i HE except a working party
was digging with picks and shov
some bodies that had been froze
La mud Of the trench.