The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17
Franse. July 10Th. 1918.

ter alright. That rumpus the other
day was the beginning of the big fra
Gus sure enough.
But l guess the Germans are kind
of sorry they started it Henry. I'm
about kilometers nearer Germany
things Henry I'll be about 10 more
by morning on acct. of keeping the
supplies up to the boys.
But 1 got lot OF things to tell
being kind to animals was alright
and | still do. but that old Hard
boiled sure did fool me Henry. He
wasn't no common mule. though. He
was one. He's clean across the
Rine and in Germany by this time if
he didn't meet a ton shell on the
road somewhere.
Here's what happened Henry.
Yesterday morning they told me I
could hook up and take the chow up
to the boys. So long about 5 p. X.
started out with the chow and K.
Ps.
Well to make the story short Hen
ry we got up to where we could see
the smoke quite ways off and stop
ped as the X. P. said he would find
a NJ p to show us the way through.
Pretty soon Henry little shell about
the size of barracks bag came
along and hit about so II. behind us
and Bingo! l kept pulling on Hard
boiled but i might as well talked to
the moon or something.
Well Henry we had one little
grand-charriot race for about a mile
straight ahead. The only difference
was I guess is the charriots don't
spill out X. P.s and splash stew all
over the driver. And they don't
ever pass machine guns popping like .
hell and waves OF doughboys chas-
ing Germans.
1t wouldn't be right to tell all that I
happened Henry. We went right
across one trensh and come so near
running over a doughboy colonel
that l guess he's got shell shock
maybe. Anyway he was shocked
with some kind OF shock I'll bet.
We run right over a machine gun
that was popping faster than l could !
is it was till we run over
it. There was about Is Germans in |
a ditch little ways on but I didn't
see much of them. 1 guess they
thought we'd sprung some kind of
beat it.
About the next thing l remember
Henry we hit another ditch and |;
right there's where I quit old Hard
boiled forever and I didn't feel I'd
lost anything either. The wagon
tipped over and the last l saw OF II
them 2 crazy mules was dragging
It toward the Rine. All the chow
that didn't slop out on the way over
spilled out there on top Of me.
Well Henry I laid there about an
hour kind of stunned and while was
there / bet there was 1000 Boches
passed me headed towards Germany
Ordinarily Henry they would have
stopped and plugged me or run
cooto through me but they didn't
have no time for that for pretty soon
there was a wave of American dough-
boys went by after them with their
shirt sleeves rolled up and who kept
telling the Germans to come back
and fight mans fight and I guess
that was one of their main reasons
for running.
Well l felt like fighting some my-l
self by that time Henry after hav-I
ing all that stew all over me and
everything and besides l. was damned
mad at Hardboiled. SO copped an
other fellows gun who was one of
the unlucky ones and away we went
Well Henry it all wound up by me
getting a bullet, dn the leg. I had a
nice long ride on one OF them ready
made cots that you make with guns
and a couple of blouses. Pm In theI
hospital now Henry.
know damned, well I'll get hell