Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-01-10

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lance. Around the curve dashed eight
horses Oh the dead gallop. pulling All
eighteen FOUNDER behiad them. They
dashed by. but about ffty yards ahead
of me they swung around and trained
that gun on the church.
There was moments pause. and
then she spoke and away went steeple.
Germans. machine gun and all. The
first shot had been a direct hit. and II
couldn't have been better II they had
tried thousand years.
1t was the very next day after this
event that got into as tight a fix as
ever care to find myself. l was order
ed to take three officers to place call.
ed KENNEL had been there before.
and from what had seen then wasn't
eager about making the trip again.
We started OF about O'Clock and
expected to be back by s. noticed as
! came to the KENNEL road that there
were two sentries on duty there. but
as they only saluted the officers and
didn't say anything ! thought no moro
about 1t. Now. KENNEL lies ut the foot
of hill and il tucked in between
Mount Noir and Mount KENNEL 1t
would be coy little place In peace
tima, but 1t Is an awful trap to get
caught In when there is war on.
sent the cur up the hill as fast she
could so. and It wns long climb. AS
we went over the brow and started on
the down grade we ran right under the
nose Of the German artillery observers
This road was officially closed. and
those sentries should have stopped us
Well. it scared me 30 that went
down that hill 80 fast those officers
must have thought they were in para.
chute. AS we entered the village the
shells commenced to drop in OH US. and
We ran for the nearest shelter. which
happened to be brewery.
There wasn't much left of the place
anyway. as 1t had been IN German
hands. and we had shelled them out Of
It. and when We had taken 1t they had
shelled us out Of 1t. Anyway. we left
the car and crawled into the cellar. 1t
was wet and filthy. but 1t looked just
like heaven to me that day.
We lay there in all this flth hour
after hour. while the shells literally
poured in all around us. They Ger.
tainly wasted n lot Of good ammunition
trying to get US. but the best Of 1t was
that they didn't succeed. One OF the
! officers remarked during a moments
silence that the crown prince Of Ger.
many must have made his hendquar-
ters in the place when 1t was in Ger.
man hands. Another officer replied
that he wished the crown prince was
there now.
which it did about s o'clock. | was
worrying about getting back. and
was also wondering what had become
of the car. II 1t was gone we might
Just as well kiss ourselves goodby. fol
our chances Of getting out on foot
would he slim.
When the fire had abated we came
out and looked around The enemy
certainly had made mess of the place
for even the top story Of the brewery
had been shot away from over ou
heads. | went to look the car over. ant
you can Just believe l was relieved Il
find that, aside from having a few
holes through the body. it was al
right
The officers decided to wait until
was dark before CHANGING to run bach
l didn't know what was going to har
pen to US. l wasn't very familiar wit
the road. and l was afraid they woul
have some kind Of barricade up o
have few machine guns trained ON q
or something equally unpleasant.
certainly was dreading that rid
back, but there was no other way ou
and We were between the devil an
the deep sea. 1t was at time like tbs
that wished that l had never see
the British army. turned the ca
around, and as soon AZ it was dark y
got In and started. I opened her u
: wide. and by the time we got to th
bottom of the hill we were doing abol
/, fifty miles an hour. and ! couldn't sc
very much. either, for Of course ! d
not use any lights.
I didn't know what was waiting I,
= Us at the top Of the hill. but | d
know that If there was anything the
. We were going right through it. eve
II we didn't go any farther. The ridi
: ulous part of 1t was that we went rig
through and never saw thing. Abs
;. lutely nothing happened. but dor
: ever want to feel again the way ! Il
9 going up that hill.
Shortly after this ! learned that Il
n. British Tommy Is q great gambler q
ap will gamble with. on or for anythir
Trench pools used to be very popull
70 About ten fellows got together. u
he each put 10 francs In pool Just
ed foie they went Into action. They Il