The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-06-20


to meet me at certain place On the
road web known by all patients. and
some visitors. ns -over the waii.- !
told her would be on hand at seven
thirty.
About seven-ffteen sneaked my
cvercoat and cap ont of the ward aud
hid II in the bushes Then told the
nurse. a particular friend OF mine. that
was going for walk in the rose gar
den. She winked and Enew that ev-
erythIpg was all right on her end.
Going ont of the ward. slipped into
the bushes and made for the wall. 1t
was dark as pitch and was cropping
through the underbrush. when sudden
ly stepped Into space and felt myself
rushing downward. horrible bump
and biackness. When ] came to my
| wounded shoulder was hurting horri-
bly,. / was lying against circular
wall of bricks. dripping with moisture.
and far away could hear the trickling
Of water. had in the darkness fallen
into an old disused well. But why
wasn't / wet? According TO all rules
should have been drowned Perhaps
was and didn't know it.
As the shock of my sudden stop
gradually wore of 1t came to me that
| WAS lying on ledge and that the
least movement on my part would pre-
cipitate me TO the bottom of the well.
j struck a match. In its faint glare
saw that / was lying in circular
hole about twelve feet deeIs-the well
had been filled in The dripping had
heard came from a water pipe over on
my right.
With my wounded shoulder II was
impossible to shiny up the pipe. 1
could not yell for help, because the
reScuer would want TO know how the
accident happened, and / would be
hailed before the commandant on
charges. ] just had TO grin and bear
1t. with the forIorn hope that one of
the returning night raiders would pass
and / could give him our usual signal
OF "siss-s-s-s." which would bring him
to tie rescue.
Every half-hour / could hear the
clock in the village strike. each stroke
bringing forth a mufiied volley of
curses on the man who had dug the
well.
After two hours heard two men
talking in low voices. 1 recognized
Corporal Cook. an ardent might raid
er-" He heard my .siss-s-s-s" and
came to the edge OF the hole / ex-
planned my predicament and amid lot
of impertinent remarks. which at the
time did not resent. was soon fished
out.
Taking of our boots. we sneaked into
the ward. i was sitting on my bed in
the dark. just starting to undress,
when the man next to me. -Ginser-
Phillips. whispered, "'Op ii, Yank, ere
comes the matron."
] Immediately got under the covers
and feigned sleep. The matron stood
talking In how tones to the night nurse
and I fell asleep.
When i ayoke In the morning the
night sister. an American. was bending
over me. An awful sight met my eyes.
The coveriet on the bed and the sheets
were mass OF mud and green slime.
She WIS good sport all right. and
hustled to get clean clothes and sheets
SO that no one would get wise. hut ION
her own" she gave me n good tongue
lashing but did not report me. One of
the Canadians in the ward described
her as being "a Jake OF a good fel-
low
Next visiting day had an awful
time explaining TO my visitor why
had not met her at the appointed time
and place.
Aud for n week every time passed
patient he would call. "well. well,
here's the Sank. Hope you are feel
Ing well. old top"
The surgeon in our ward was an
American. Harvard unit man, named
Frost. We nicknamed him Jack
Frost" He was loved by all. II
Tommy was TO be cut up he had no OBJ
lection 10 undergoing the operation IL
"Jack Frost" WIS 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 up 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 pa;.snt back to his bed
at the other end of the ward. The or
derby was nowhere TO Ire found-like
our policemen. they never are when
needed. The officers We're at n loss
how TO get Palmer into his bed. Doc
tor Frost was fidgeting around in q
nervous manner, when suddenly with
( a mufiled ''d--n" and few other
qualifying sdjectives, he stopped down
and took the man In his arms like n