The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-09-13

answered In Csrsnan. A eay3aia IN sh&
eext trarswse eiimA~d uraa the s&aA-
basxed pagapet te iasesusgats-s ha~ss
but feoahsnas deed Grab w-nf =
bullet aasi he tnsnbaea bssk unto fhs
treaeA wlsh hole ihrosgA his ssoEaach
ard died d IL. nl,Rnssx later. A txnes
cnrFsaral la the Best paascasn was 40 'ssa'
'sug~d ~ The caissas's ae&th thst be
ehsck-d MiiIs tsseit la the 6agwesson
OF fare s@ise with the shouted ~arHsas
10 ": -naeh your aapp~ss. wy 4achy
lads" A share dynamite report = fare
tn sfunt VI "a. and tkea sis~oer.
We immediately sen, Mp I've star
sieiis and Ia their light could sse sws
dark FERNS isiag 90 the grpand e1asa
to our wire. A sergeans and feas
ssrssch*s bearers vet, out In troa, aad
sn1n returned ssFrylEg two iifsp
bodies Down tn the dasaut. I'm the
nisheftag light Of three eandlesA 10
saw sAst they we're two Germaa on
rwfs, oar captain aud the either an
-uRtefuhsisr, rank enc grade higher
thaa sergeant geaersl. but bese~ tho
grade Of lieutenant
The captains face had heen almost
completely torn away BY the e<,enhs
explosion THE anterenssier was slsve,
breathing With iif,culty In ses nia-
uses he opsasf his eyes and bIinAed 10
the glare % the csndies.
The pair bad evidently been drink.
Ing heavily, for the aisVhai fumes wsrs
sicaenlng and completely perwsdesi the
dugoui. turned away In dsssass,
hat'as TO $40 fnsa cross the Great ia.
vide full Of booze.
0ae OF ogr otacers could speak Ger
nan and hs questioned the dying tnkn
In d fata, satee. interrupted by ire
qa~at hleeoggts. The ansereasxier told
his story.
There bad been q trinAlng hout
among the officers Ia one " the Ger,
man dnSout2. The main beverage being
champagne. With a drunken leer he
Informed Us that champagne was plea
tiful on their side and that II did not
cost thcm anything either About seven
thar n.ghi the conversation had turned
% The "can;emptlhie" EaSlish, and the
captain had mnde wager That hs
would hang bis zap on the English
hafbs,i wire To show hts eaatctnps fos
the English s*ntrieS The wager WAS
accepted A, eight o'claek the cnpsain
and he had ertpt ont Into No Mans
Land 10 carry out this wager.
They had got,ea shou, halfway
across whea the drink took eject and
the captain fell asleep, After ahsu,
two hours Of vain attempts the unser
offixler had al last succeeded I'm wax.
ing the captain, rruanded him Of his
bet. and warned him tina, h. would h@
the laughing stock " the otiieers mass
II he did not accomplish his object. but
the csriaIa was trembling all over and
assisted on returning 10 the German
lin-s In The darkness thrs lost their
bearings and crawred toward the Eng
lish ,rsnchea They reached the hatbcd
wire and were suddenly challenged by
our sentry nelng too drunk 10 rsslI,s
that The chslIenxe was in fnx,ish, the
captain refused TO crawl back Finaily
the unternfi,ai.r convinced his ssperic'
that they were Ia front " The English
wire. Realizing this too late. the cap
tain drew his revolver and with a mat
tered curse nred hlindly toward osa
trench His bullet ~ doubt Killed eur
csg,aln,
Then ne bomb catr''ss oyar|an:f ,flsr.S
he Was, dying and good sob toa. We
though, The captain iead7 We'll, his
men souldnt weep at the news
Without giving us amy further tufvr
mattm the uuterot'lEirr died
We searched The bodies for !,lenun
cation disks bat they had left every
thing behInd before starting ma tibet,
too.har,ly errand.
Next afternoon We buried them 10
cur little cemetery apart from ths
graves VI the Tolaules II YOU ever
GU tate that cemetery you will se~ TIVE
little ~n1sien crosses Ia the cerner Of
the c~meiery sci away frota the r~ss
They read
taptsin
German Ar,ay
prd 1919
tnk paun
H. P
> 49, ~- ,'..". a.' ' 81, .r.,,l
turerutAsisr
German Army
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Y Ewnes an1 Nls rnaeht@e~gun II