The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-07-05

were looking the other way when one
of these night raids started ] hQVe
1 this information viii get none OF tnem
INFO trouble. but cannot resist the
termination 10 let the commandan'
know that occasionally we put u over
on him.
One afternoon received a note,
through our underground channel from
my female visitor, asking me to ntteno
party at her house that night.
answered. that she could expect me ana
to meet me at a certain place on the
road well known by all patients. ana
SOME visitors. as cover the wall.
told her / would be on hand at seven
thirty.
About seven-ffteen I sneaked my
overcoat and cup out Of the ward ana
hid II in the bushes. Then ] told the
nurse. particular friend OF mine thai
was going for walk In the rose gar
den. She winked and I knew that ey'
erything was all right on her end
Going out Of the ward. | slipped into
the bushes and made for the wall. II
was dark as pitch and was cropping
through the underbrush. when sudden
" stepped Into space and felt myself
rushing downward. a horrible bump
and blackness. When ! came 20 my
wounded shoulder was hurting horri-
bly,. / was lying against circular
wall OF bricks. dripping with moisture
and far away I could hear the trickling
OF water. ! had In the darkness fallen
into an old dlsused we'll. But why
wasn't wet7 According 20 all rules
should have been drowned Perhaps
was and didn't know Il.
As the shock OF my sudden stop
gradually wore on II came TO me that
! was lying on a ledge and that the
least movement on my part would pre-
cipItate me TO the bottom Of the well.
STUCK a .1atch. In its faint glare
I saw that I was lying In circular
hole about twelve feet deep-the well
had been filed In The dripping ! had
heard came from water pipe over on
my right.
With my wounded shoulder II was
impossible TO Skinny up the pipe. !
could not yen for help. because the
rescuer would want TO know how the
accident happened and would be
hailed before the cSmmandant IN
charges. just had 10 grin and bear
II. with the forlorn hope that one Of
the returning night raiders would pass
and ] could give him our usual signal
Of -slss-s-ss." which would bring him
20 the rescue.
Every half-hour could hear the
clock In the village strike. each stroke
bringing forth q mufFied volley Of
curses on the man who had dug tho
well.
After two hours ! heard two men
talking In low voices recognized
Corporal Cook. an ardent might raid
err He heard my -siss-s-s-s" and
came TO the edge OF the hole. ex-
plnined my predicament and amid lot
Of impertinent remarks, which at the
time did not resent, ! was soon iished
out.
Taking on our boots. we sneaked into
the ward. was sitting on my bed in
the dark. Just starting 10 undress.
when the man next 20 me. Ginger
Phillips. whispered. "'Op II, Yank, ere
comes the matron."
I Immediately got under the covers
and feigned sleep. The mairon stood
talking in low tones to the night nurse
and fell asleep.
When ! awoke In the morning the
night SISTER. an American was bending
over me An awful sight met my eyes.
The coverlet on the bed and the sheets
we're n mass OF mud ard green slime.
She was a good sport all right. and
hustled 10 get clean clothes and sheets
so that no one wsuld get wise. but -on
her own" she gave me good tongue
lnshlrg but did not report me. One OF
the Canadians in the ward described
her as being n Jake Of a good Eel.
low
Next visiting day I had an awful
time explaining to my visitor why II
had not met her at the appointed time
and place.
And for week every time passed
a patient he would call. swell. wen.
here's the Yank- Hope you are feel
Ing well. old top"
The surgeon In our ward was nm
a Harvard unit man. named
Frost. We nIcknamed him .Jack
Frost" He was loved by all. If
Tommy was to be cut up he had no OBJ
lection to undergoing the operation ri
Jack Frost was to WELD the knife.
Their confidence In him wns pathetic.
dc was the best sport have ever met.
One Saturday morning the command
ant and some high up officers were
Inspecting the ward. when one OF the
patients who had been wounded In the
head by a bit Of shrapnel fell on the
1oor In a Mt They brought him round |
md then looked for the ward orderly
% carry the patient back to his bed
It the other end Of the ward. The or.
ieriy was nowhere to be found-like
'ur policemen. they never are when
leeded. The officers were at a loss
low to get Palmer into his bed. Doc |
or Frost was fdgeting around in n |
lervous manner. when suddenly with
muffiQd ad--no and . -