The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
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MACHINE 0JNNER. 5ERYING N FRANCE

After two hours / heard two men
talking In low voices. i recognized
Corporal Cook, an ardent might raid
err" He heard my 'siss-s-s-s" and
came to the edge of the hole. / ex-
planned my predicament and amid a lot
OF impertinent remarks, which at the
time did not resent, was soon fished
out.
Taking OF our boots. we sneaked into
the ward. wassitting on my bed In
tho dark. Just starting to undress,
when the man next to me, "Ginger"
Phillips. whispered. "'Op it. Yank. ere
comes the matron."
Immediately got under the covers
and feigned sleep. The matron stood
talking In low tones to the night nurse
and fell asleep.
When awoks In the morning the
night sister, an American, was bending
over mo. An awful sight met my eyes.
The eoverlet on the bed and the sheets
vere q mass Of mud and green slime
She was q good sport oil right and
hustled to get clean clothes and sheets
% that no one would set wise. but ION
her own" she gave me q good tongue
lashing but did not report me- One Of
ne Canadians In the ward described
her ~ being - Jake OF q good fel-
low"
Next visiting day I had IN awful
t1me explaining to my visitor why I
had not met her ut the appointed time
and place.
And for q week every time passed
q patient he would call. "Wsll, well.
here's the Yank. Hope you are feel
Ing well. old top"
Tho surgeon In our ward was an
American. Harvard unit man, named
Frost We nicknamed him sack
Frost" He was loved by all. II q
Tommy was to be cut up he had no OBJ
lection to- undergoing the operation II
"Jack Frost" was to WELD the knife.
Their confidence In him was pathetic.
He was the best sport have ever met.
One Saturday morning the command
ant and some high mp" officers were
inspecting the ward, when one Of the
patients who had been wounded in the
head By bit Of shrapnel. fell on the
floor In fit. They brought him round,
and then looked for the ward orderly
to carry the patient back to his bed
at the other end Of the ward. The or
derby was nowhere to be found-like
our policemen, they never are when
needed. The officers were at q loss
how to get Palmer into his bed. Doc
tor Frost was fdgeting around In a
nervous manner, when suddenly with
q muffled "d-n" and a few other
qualifying adjectives, he stopped down
and took the man In his arms like q
baby-he was no feather, either-and
staggered down the ward with him, put
him In bed and undressed him. A low
tients. Doctor Frost got very red, and
rs soon as he had finished undressing
Palmer, hurriedly left the ward.
The wound In my face had almost
healed and was horrible-looking
sight-the left cheek twisted into a
knot. the eye pulled down, and my
mouth pointing In a north by north
west direction. / was very downheart-
ed and could imagine myself during
the rest Of my life being Stunned by
all on account of the repulsive scar.
Doctor Frost arranged fo- me to go
TO the Cambridge Military hospital at
Aldershot for a special operation to
try and make the scar presentable.
i arrived at the hospital and got an
awful shock. The food was poor and
the discipline abnormally strict. No
patient was allowed to sit on his bed,
and smoking was permitted only at
certain designated hours. The face
specialist did nothing for me except
to look at the wound. I made appli-
cation for transfer back to Paignton,
offering to pay my transportation.
This offer was accepted. and after two
weeks absence. once again arrived
n Munsey ward, all hope gone.
The next day after my return Doc
Dor Frost stopped at my bed and said:
We'll, Empey. II you want me to try
and zee what can do with that scar
Ill do II, but you are taking an awful
eAance.~
I answered: ~well, doctor. Steve
Drcdie took Q chance: no halls from
New York and 90 do L.
Two days after the undertaken
squad carried me to the operating
room or ''pictures,~ ~ We called them
because Of the funny nlms We see I'M
der ether. and the operation was per-
formed. It was . wonderful piece Of
nrSesy and . marvellous ssccssA
Prom new on that doctor can have my
Ghlxt
More than once soms poor seldiss
- bssa brought late n ward h :