Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-18

cry for help. / got wood though, be-
fore had been there long.
There was great big cupboard
that looked more like u small house.
built against the wall Of the hospital
barracks IN one corner OF the room,
and not fur from the stove. Kate was
the only patient able to be on his feet,
so ! thought he would have to be my
chief cook and bottle washer for
while; and. besides, there was some
thing about him that made him look
pretty valuable. I had not recognized
his whistling yet. 80 Slim looked to be
the right name for him.
"Sllm, what's. that big cupboard
for?"
How'd know? Nuthjn' in It,"
"Slim. that would make fine box
for coal or wood, wouldn't it,
"Um. Whar de coal an woodf"
I'm going out and take observa-
tions Slim. Take the wheel while I'm
gone, and keep your eye peeled for
U-boats." So I sneaked out the door
and began looking around.
II you look nj the sketch I have
made, II will not take you long to see
that next to us was vacated Russian
barracks. And II did not take me
much longer to see It. too. Back to
the hospital and Slim.
"Slim. what barracks are next to
us?" -
RUSSIAN burrucks. only dey mint
dcre now. Been sick"
"And you mean to tell me you don't
know where to get woodT'
sick men been In dem burrucks."
"Slck men here, aren't there? Let's
CO."
That did the trick. The black boy
would watch from the hospital win
dows until he saw the coast was clear.
then we would slip into the barracks
next door, and he would watch again.
When there was no sentry near
enough to hear us, crash and out
would come dividing board from the
hunks. When we had an armful
apiece. and had broke Chem up to the
right lengths, all we needed was lit
tie more watching, and then back to
the hospital and the big cupboard.
Later on, our men told me they used
! to watch the smoke that poured from
the hospital chimney all the time and
wonder where on earth we got the
wood.
We got the same kind of food In the
hospital that was served In the otter
barracks, and would not have had
any more than l used to. except that
sometimes some of the twenty-six pa
tients could not eat their share, and
| then, of course, II was mine. One day
though. we all had extra rations.
Two Russian doctors came to visit
us each day. and once they were fool
ish enough, or kind enough to ask II
we had received our ratiOns-we haC
received them earlier than usual ant
they were finished at the time. Oh
course, said no. so they ordered the
Russian In the kitchen to deliver
twenty-elght rations To Us, which wa!
not quite three loaves of bread. W.
were that much ahead TINT day, but i
would not work when tried the tricl
again.
One day German doctor came t.
the hospital barracks. He would no
touch anything while he was there
not even open the door. All of tn,
patients had little cards attached t.
their beds-charts of their condition
When the German wanted to see thes'
charts the Russian doctors had to hol,
them for him.
was having a great time at tn
hospital. wrecking the barracks mex
door each day for wood, along witt
Kate, and getting little more foo
sometimes, and was always nice an,
warm. l thought myself quite pei
Compared TO what / had been u
against, IL seemed like real comfort
But the more food | got, the more
: wanted. Aud II was food that brough
me down, after all.
Across from us was n barracks l
which there were English officers, an
somehow II seemed to me that the
must have had n drag. Every once l
a while / saw what looked like veg'
tables and bags of something that wa
dead ringer for brown -four. So
told Slim, or Kate, as was calling hi
by then. and with him on guard
sneaked out.
After two or three false starts, g
over our barbed wire and their barbe
wire, and In through a window.
There i saw carrots And grahai
flour
took all l could carry, to divide u
with Kate, and then started eatin
, so as not To waste anything. 1t VA
4 certainly some feast-the only thu
). besides mud bread and barley coif'
4 and shadow" soup that | had 10 e'
4 i'm Germany, Tnen | started back
A the hospital. got over their barb'
[ wire all right, and Kate gave me Il
n go-ahead for our entanglementS, b
S Just as | was going over them sent
), nabbed me. At first | thought Ka
$ had turned traitor, because we h,
v had little argument n short time b
il fore.
d But later on | figured that he won
n not have done a trick like that, al
besides, he knew | was bringing hi