Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-09-25
CHAPTER IV-continued.

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a., nv ~chummy enemy" first
=, his conversation with me, the
~, doctor in charge reprimanded
"a, talking to me, but he paid no
-.sor TO the doctor, showing that
!, -aal AmeriCanism had soaked
! !, Ii, system while he had been in
a-,rSA asked him one day what
] aopght the German people would
! ,f-er the war; if he thought they
a,,1 make Germany a republic, and
IN n nv surprise he said very bit
H. IF l had my way about 1t, l
~r5 make her a republic today and
I'M, tbe id kaiser in the bar
md And vet he was considered an
srelent soldier. I concluded, how
70, that he must have been a Ger
an socialist, though he never told me
On one occasion l asked him for
!; name, but he said that l would
--E,blv never see him again and it
F1t matter what his name was. l
not know whether he meant that
N Germans would starve me out, or
vt what was on his mind, for at that
inc | am sure he did not figure on
hg. The first two or three days
TH in the hospital I thought surely
would be up and gone long before
! vas but blood poisoning set in
bout that time, and just a few hours
a0re l left for COurtrai he died.
One Of those days, while my wound
Els still very troublesome, / was
tH an apple; whether it was just to
5-elt me, knowing that l could not
Eh or whether for some other rea-
10 DO not know. But anyway a
Gmdl flying officer there had several
bis pockets and gave me a nice one.
tNUSe there was no chance Of my
5 ztls it. so when the officer had gone
nd discovered this San Francisco
Glow looking at it rather longingly,
picked it up, intending to toss it
vi to him. But he shook his head
I'd said, IF this was San Francisco
Fol.d take it, but I cannot take it
N1 you here" I was never able to
-leFStand just why he refused the
Fle for he was usually sociable and
good fellow to talk to, but appar-
sl7 he could not forget that was
Esleny. However, that did not stop
Of the Orderlies from eating the
We practice about the hospital i'm
f@'el me particularly. That was,
"a German soldier did not stand
'-a chance of recovering sufficiently
lAe his place again in the war, the
sa0s Old not exert themselves to see
~ ne got well. But if a man had
Aiy good chance of recovering and
y thought he might be Of some fur
. use everything that medical skill
~ possibly do was done for him.
.-' Know whether this was done
~ o'uerS or whether the doctors
!. .OA9Wed their own inclinations
sech cases.
y ,eetA had been badly Jared I'D
: u'e Shot and hoped that I might
a chance to have them fixed
- | reached Courtrai, the prison
~ was to be taken. So I asked
wv. e','OF II 1t would be possible for
=" nave this work done there, but
i, -! CURLY told me that, although
; we're several dentists at Cour-
:, ls u We're busy enough fixing the
a.. " y, ulelr own men without both
49, ! ayOu' Mia He also added that
-. -. :, MOI have to worry about nv
IN IN una mat / wouldn't be getting so
ss N 'U9a that they WOULD re put out
n,.. ,-~.'SSI0n by working overtime. 7
nv INV 10 70 tell him that from the wav
Ill, o,,. he would not be wear.
N nv vouslaon improved during ths
~ s'o days, and on the fourth dow v
r,s . ,1 ,I, I was well enough 70
n. ,.a,I ofief message to nv s9nad.
a, ~, rr9, i, that I was a prisoner of
ats, q. 'se.Ins fine" although, as a
ssss I, lact' I was never so de-
" H., IL l my life. I realized, how
Co., !, II the message reached NV
sss, !, It would be relayed to nv
n, n y M. SIomence, H., and I did NOT
sao;s1'v r nOrfy her more than was ab.
Sn k1 ro,Iessary. It was enough for
q M tn3T that I was a prisoner TrSl s Spe
"oa1e5 u Know that l was
saats15o P ,s that my message would
g@s Of g tSe the lines and dropped
is me German flying officers
''dcei q, ,'I5lesy which is usually
p patso w both sides. I recalled
s5as at la. We had waited - in our
u 10 rs., news Of our men who had
qoaa,o, mum IN and I could picture
- is one sP ot lat on my fate.
ectsd with VI the saddest things
care naeA what 'i nap a. n. t. t.