Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-09-04

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cary nice-looking, overenthusi-
w rorng thing, stopped at my bed
2. . ..sI' What wounded you in the
noIite but bored tone l an
I'd "A rifle bullet"
~ ~t q look Of disdain she passed
s.,- next bed, first calculating, "Oh!
- brIIet? I thought it was a
12p Why she should think a shell
.~-5 was more of a distinction beats
7 don't see q whole lot of differ
gq myself. w.. ,,.,.,
~ rss heaven for wounded men.
~ we're allowed every privilege pos
81. conducive with the rules and mill
~ discipline. The only fault was
4. the mems passes were restricted.
rst q pass required an act of par
.rsrt Tommy tried many tricks to
!, mt but the commandment, an old
:, war officer, was wise to them all,
- II took a new and clever ruse to
ale him afix his signature to the
wp-sd slip Of paper.
4, soon as it would get dark many
r+sr- climbed over the wall and went
IN Ms owl" regardless of many signs
caring him in the face, "Out of bounds
n n-ients" Generally the nurses
-ss boxing the other way when one
these night raids started. 1 hope
As lHformation will get none of, them
no trouble. but l cannot resist the
imitation TO let the commandant
nov that occasionally we put it over
ahm
01e afternoon I received a note,
trough our underground channel, from
r female visitor. asking me to attend
PARTY at her house that night. l
raered that she could expect me and
meet ne at a certain place on the
md we'll known by all patients, and
g1a visitors, as "Cver the wall" I
4 b her would be on hand at seven
Dirty.
About Seven-ffteen I sneaked my
rgy0at and can out of the ward and
ati1 the bushes. Then I told the
curse a particular friend of mine, that
lUS going for a walk in the rose gar
l She winEed and 1 knew that ev-
EAing was all right on her end.
Going out Of the ward, I slipped into
1s bushes and made for the wall. 1t
1S dirk as pitch and I was cropping
Inugl the underbrush, when sudden
5Elsapped into space and felt myself
E11s downward, a horrible bump,
nj backneSs. When I came to my
sounded shoulder was hurting hOrri-
w ! was lying against a circular
al Of bricks, dripping with moisture,
ia Tar away ! could hear the trickling
I tTaier ! had in the darkness fallen
Go an old disused well. But why
,a1t Wet? According to all rules
41-l have been drowned. Perhaps
8 vas and didn't know it.
Is the shock of my sudden stop
FINALLY Wore off it came to me that
8S lying on q ledge and that the
aA movement on my part would pre-
'.-4'e me to the bottom of the well.
struck match. In its faint glare
=" That was lying in a circular
= aoout twelve feet deep-the we'll
] oeen filed in, The dripping 1 had
Bright.
VIVA my wounded shoulder it was
-t.Soie 10 Skinny up the pipe. 1
~ Ao' yell for help, because the
,l.s' would want to know how the
.-,'II happened, and l would be
y OeIore the commandment on
~ l Just had to grin and bear
.'I Tie forlorn hope that one of
\, .5'a'nIng night raiders would pass
vOuId give him our usual signal
aSS'S'S's'' which would bring him
n. 1y haLf-hour l could hear the
-, u the village strike, each stroke
s forth a mufHed volley of
n w NE man who had dug the
~ ~ TWO hours I heard two men
e~as., u low voices. I recognized
:, n COOK, an ardent might raid
a.. e heard my "siss-s-s-s" and
~ ~ NE edge Of the hole. lex
81 ny pTedicament and amid a lot
ala l,,'Ueht remarks, which at the
VII not resent, was soon fished
s on our boots, we sneaked into
~. ~ was sitting on my bed in
A Just starting to undress,
a,s 1s man next to me, "Ginger"
=, - >, whispered, "'Op it Yank. ERE
.. ,r--sdiately got under the, covers
sf, ,sled sleep. The matron Stood
H.. "a low tones to the night nurse
d. -. awoke in the morning +ba
esns an American. was bending
a., An awful sight met nv ewes,
' ,. On the bed and the sheets s,
=, 1ass Of mud and green slime
a good sport ali right and
~ ~ get clean clothes and sheets
ssc9 ~ one would set wise, bnt "o :,
she gave me a good tongua No
I'D not report mo on -