The Cordova daily times., 1918-04-26

in "Blghty."
 that a shell would hit us and end our misery. Personally, was not particu- lar. It was nothing but bump, jolt rat tie, and bang.
 Several times the driver would turn around and give us "Cheero, mates, we'll soon be there" fine fellows, those ambulance drivers, lot of them go West, too.
 We gradually drew out of the fire zone and pulled up in front of an im- mensH dugout. Stretcher-bearers car ried me down a number of steps and placed me on white table in & brightly lighted room.
 A sergeant of the Royal Army Med ical corps removed my bandages and cut off my tunic. Then the doctor, with his sleeves rolled up, took charge. He winked at me and 1 winked back, and then he asked. How do you feel, smashed up a bit?"
 l answered: I'm all right but I'd give a quid for a drink of Bass"
 He nodded to the sergeant, who dis appeared, and I'll be darned if he didn't return with a glass of ale. I could only open my mouth about a quarter of an inch, but got away with every drop of that ale. It tasted just like Blighty, and that is heaven to Tommy.
 The doctor said something to an or derly, the only word I could catch was "chlorofOrm," then they put some kind of an arrangement over my nose and mouth and it was me for dreamland.
 When l opened my eyes I was lying on a stretcher, in a low wooden building. Everywhere I looked I saw rows of Tommies on stretchers, some dead to the world, and the rest with flags in their mouths
 The main topic of their conversation was Eighty. Nearly all had a grin on their faces, except those who didn't have enough face left to grin with. | ! grinned with my right eye, the other was bandaged.
 Stretcher-bearers came in and be- gan to carry the TOmmies outside. You could hear the chug of the engines in theAwaiting ambulances. l was put into an ambulance with three others and away we went for an elghteen-mile ride.
 l was on bottom stretcher. The lad right across from me was smashed up something horrible.
 Right above me was a man from the Royal Irish rifles, while across from him was d Scotchman.
 We had gone about three miles when l heard the death-rattle in the throat of the man opposite. He had gone to rest across the Great Divide. l think at the time I envied him.
 The man of the Royal Irish rifles had had his. left foot blown off, the jolting of the ambulance over the rough road had loosened up the band ages on his foot, and had started it 1 bleeding again. This blood ran down l the side of the Stretcher and started ] dripping. l was lying on my back, too l weak to move, and the dripping of this l blood got me in my unbandaged right i eye. l closed my eye and pretty soon could not open the lid the blood had congealed and closed it, as if it were glued down.
 An English girl dressed in khaki was driving the ambulance, while beside her on the seat was a corporal of the R. A. NJ. C., They kept up running conversation about Blighty which al- most wrecked my nerves; pretty soon from the Stretcher above me, the lrtShman became aware of the fact that the bandage from his foot had be- come loose; it must have pained him horribly, because he yelled in loud voice:
 If you don't stop this bloody death wagon and fix this d- bandage on my foot, will get out and walk"
 The girl on the seat turned around and in a sympathetic voice asked, Poor fellow, are you very badly wounded?"
 The lrishman, at this question, let out q howl of indignation and an- swered, Am I very badly wounded what bloody cheek no, I'm not wound ed, I've only been kicked by a canary bird"
 The ambulance immediately stopped, and the corporal came to the rear and fixed him up, and also washed out my right eye. I was too weak to thank him, but it was a great relief. Then l must have become unconscious, be- cause when I regained my senses, the ambulance was at standstill, and my Stretcher was being removed from it.
 It was night, lanterns were flashing here and there, and l could see stretch er-bearers hurrying to and fro. Then I was carried into a h"snital t-"i~
 (To be Continued)
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