The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-03

lots of the latter in the hospital. and
! cant describe il here to you, but
only hope you never have chance to
see one. 1t is simply CHASTITY. They
always think the Boche are after them
and cry look around quickly to see if
they are coming. and shake all the
time; then 90 through the whole bat
tie talking and finally, when the bull
let gets them, they faint. / relieved
many of them by an injection of NOR
phinc on rubbing the head and temples
with ether. Some of them are like
dumb brutcs; all sense shocked out of
them
Well, they are shelling this town I
am in now. and ! guess soon we will
be on the move again, Have seen a
number of the Friends doing civilian
evacuation.
just arrived from dressing a young
| boy that was struck right over the
heart with a piece of shell. He died in
my arms, poor chap. The poor people
are frantic and rushing out of the town
| for the south They come through with
sheep, horses and cows, many of which
die from lack of water | am slightly
shaky now, as just while dressing
that chap, another she'll came in, only
about three-quarters of a block away.
but all the stuff passed over our heads.
| never think of catching it myself,
and am beginning to'think my old luck
has changed, as just last night coming
home TO the cave from q town near
the lines IN my ear, ! was caught in
the night air bombing and a piece. went
right through the hood of the engine,
another cut my hand and took huge
chunk out of the wheel; also a bomb
fell about block and a half away,
and on arriving there with Miss Far
well, my nurse with me always, a girl
Of twenty-five years, and a wonder
American, from Chicago, we found two
ambulanccs (British), stopped in the
road and | was Just going by when
this black thing fell out of one and it
was the body of the driver, with his
head nearly Off dead; but on running
back to the other | found he was so
| far gone ] eouldn I do anything for
him, SO put him in his ear and turned
around. rs all the wires and poles were
| down. No sooner were we around than
| the Bochc plane overhead turned his
machine gun on us and l could hear
them hitting on the walls as he swung
| It, Miss FarWcll is a wonder, mother;
never have seen q girl more con
! trolled in my life She and I were
dressing an abdominal wound. bleed
| ing to death. about go a. m, in a
barrack with the aid of a flash light,
when twelve high explosive bombs were
| dropped within IS yards. | can stand
| shelling rs i am now, but at night
| those bombs with the noise of the
| planc getting nearer, then the bomb.
| bang. always a double rcport-they
| let one 20 after another as they fv
along and YOU never know which di-
! recton they are coming. | can't see
why, yet they missed us. Oh, how the
wounded scream for help when they
hear them, and they can tell plane in
q second. We had so many wounded
two nights had to have them put
| outdoors between the barracks on their
stretehers. and then they were bombed
TINS seems. no doubt, fairvlike TO YOU
all. Last September / thought / had
seen something, hut this is beyond any.
! thing that has come off yet. and / have
peen tod by those that know. Wound
I'd have died in my arms, or while !
was bandaging them TO keep them from
bleeding to death,
4 Well, mother dear, can't express,
my opinion on it all, but / think thee
knows il. Thank God ! was given .
kind heart and can sympathize. for ]
never have been in a place where they
were needed like they were here.
have been promised the Croix dC
Gucrro but am afraid the medicine
chef will forget it. l should enjoy
getting it 10 remember this huge even
in my life. My shoulder does not hurt m,
much now, but the incubation agains
lockjaw is the most painful ono | hav,
ever had. had to go on with my worl
and wouldn't have stopped, with feve
and no sleep, and today / can't SCI
how ] did il, unless God just gave M
superhumau strength, as my wounde,
shoulder panied IRE TO move and thcI
my arm with the serum was swelle,
up double.
FRANCIS GOODUIrF cd