Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-27


out more than usunl.
The officer continued; Il think can
use you two men 10 grcnt advantage
IN the front line. Here are your orders
aud Instructions. also the pass which
gives you full authority a. special ~.
r. detailed on intelligence work. Re
port NJ the front line according 20 your
Instructions II Is risky work and
wish you both the best Of luck"
My heart dropped to zero and At
wells face was a study. We salutcd
and left.
That wishing Us the best OF luck"
sounded very omlnous 10 our ears: n
he had said Il wish you both a swift
and painless death" Il would have been
more 10 the point.
When we had read our instructions
we knew we were In for II good and
plenty.
What Atwell said Is not az for pub
llcnticn, but I strongly seconded his
opinion OF the war. army and divisional
headquarters In general.
After n bit our spirits rose. We were
full-nedged spy-catchers. because our
instructions and orders, said 20.
We Immediately reported TO the
nearest French estaminet and had sew
eral giasses Of muddy water. which
they called beer. After drinking our
beer we left the estaminet and hailed
an empty ambulance.
After showing the driver our passes
we got In. The driver was going 10 the
part Of the line where we had to re-
port.
How the wounded ever survived
ride In that ambulance was lnexpiica-
Bile % me. II was worse than riding on
u gna carriage over rock road.
The driver Of the ambulance was a
corporal OF the II. A. NJ. c., and he
had the wind up that Is. he had an
aversion 10 being under FIRE.
I wes riding Of the seat with him
while Atweli was sitting In the ambu-
lance. with his legs hanging out Of the
back.
As we passed through n shell-de-
stroyed village n mounted military po-
llceman stopped us and Informed the
driver TO be very careful when we got
out on the open road. as II was very
dangerous. because the Germans lately
had acquired the habit OF Smelling II.
The corporal asked the trooper II there
was any other way around. and was
Informed that there was not. Upon
this he got very nervous and wanted 20
turn back, but we insisted that he pro-
coed and explained to him that he
would get into serious trouble with his
commanding officer II he returned
without orders: we wanted 10 ride.
not walk.
From his conversation we learned
that he had recently come from Eng
land with drnft and had never been
under fire. hence his nervousness.
We convinced him that there WIS not
much danger. and he appeared greatly
relieved.
When we at last turned into the open
road we were not 80 confident. On
each side there had been N line nj
49,, h,,, -. al ,h.,, 80, 10, =,
800 '"' -'"' -" sN"' ""o .oA' Va
then were torn ana battered stumps.
Inc neids on each side OF the road
were dotted win recent smell hoies'
ana we passed several In the road IL
SELF. We had gone about haif mile
when a smell came wnistiing through
the AR ana burst IN neid about three
hundred yarus 70 cur r'ght; Another
soon Followed TINS one ana burst ON
the edge on tne ROAD ABOUT TOUR nun
ureu ynrus IN troit o' US.
tola tne oriver 70 thtow IN ms
speed eluten' as we must De 10 sign.
OF the uermans' kne" the signs ,
that battery was ranging Tor us' anu
the quicker we got Out OF its zone OF
hre the petter' Inc uriVer was tren,
bling IKE a lear ana every minute
expected MN 10 piie US up IN tne ui'en'
i preferred the herman nre.
In the BACK Atweil was hoiuins onto
the straps Tor dear lie, ana Whb sing