The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1918-12-14


7 could see soldiers emerging from the
stable. had to act quickly.
"When mounted, the captain
reached for his revolver. ] covered
him with mine and, with shrek Of
terror. Adrienne threw herself In
front of the Uhlan captain to protect
him. I saw her too late. My bullet
MERGED her left breast, and a red
smudge showed on her white silk
blouse MS she sank to the ground. 1
shot the orderly's horse to prevent Inn
mediate pursuit and then away on n
mad gallop down the road. 1t was a
long chase, but / escaped them.
''The rest of my men were captured.
AT our headquarters I had to lie like
trooper. Told them we had been
ambushed and. wiped out. 1t was the
only way to save my skin. There
were no witnesses against me. so l
got of with reduction TO the ranks and
transfer to another regiment. They
smelled rat. all right, but had no
proof.
$50 that is my story. Yank. Just
forget that ! ever told 1t to you.
Enough to make fellow get the blues
occasionally, isn't itf Just pass me q
for. and take that look or your face"
gaye him the cigarette and, With
out a word, went out Of the dugout
and left him alone. was thinking OF
Adricnne.
Upon reaching the trench ] paused
In wonder and fright. The sky was
Might with red glare. The din was
terrific. A constant swishlng and
rushing through the air. intermingied
with u signing moan, gave tes-
tImony that our batteries were
sweating blood. The trench seemed
TO be rolling like ship. stood In
awe. This bombnrdmcnt OF ours was
something Understandable, and a shud-
der passed through me ns / thought
of the havoc and destruction caused
In the German lines. At that moment
| really pitied the Germans, but not
FOR long, because suddenly hell seemed
to burst loose from the German lines
as their artillery opened up. j could
hear their "five-nines" screeching
through the air and bursting In the
artillery lines in our rear. Occasion
ally far-off rum-hum-rump-rump,
Crash Bru-u-nn-u-gg could be heard
as one Of their hlgh-callbered shells
came over and burst In our reserve.
crouched against the parados, hardly
able to breathe. While in this position.
right overhead. every instant getting
louder came German shell-hiz-z-z
bang-g.gi ! was blinded by the flash.
Down went. Into the mud. Strug'
Cling to my feet in the red glare Of the
bombardment.
I saw that the traverse on my left
had entirely disappeared. Covered
with mud, weak and trembling. could
hear what sounded like fnr-distant
voices coming from the direction Of
the bashed-in traverse.
"Blime me. get Is bioomin' napper
outn tn mud; 'e's chokln' to death
Pass me bandage-tyke is b'yonet
fer a splint. Bllme me. is leg Is
smashed, not 'arf hit h'aint. tn rest
o. you blokes 'op II fer a stretcher.
r'Elio, 'c's got another one-quick, a
tourniquet. the poor bloke's n'bleedIn
to death. Quick. h'up against the par
npet, ERE comes another"
whiz-z-zi Bang-g-gi
Another fare, and once again i was
thrown into the mud. I opened my
...o. n...lt,a. nvar mo ohakinp me
by the shoulder was Atwell. His voice
sounded faint and far away. Then
came to with rush.
"Blime me. Yank. that was q close
one. Did II get your"
He helped me to my feet and felt
myself all over. Seeing was al
right. he yelled In my ear:
"We've got TO leg II out OF ERE
Fritz Is sure sendin' over 'whIz-bangs
and 'minnies.' Number 8 platoon II
the next fire bay sure clicked It. About
eighteen OF them have gone West
Come on. wen see II we can do any
thing for the poor blokes." .
We plowed through the mud and
came into the next fire bay. In thu
light of the bursting shells an awfu
sight met our eyes. The traverses wer'
dashed In. the fire step was gone, ant
In the parados was hole that lookes
like n subway entrance. There wal
mud and blood.
Every now and then, ducking as ,
Withholding" or minnie" came over
we managed to get four Of the wound
ed on the stretchers, and Atwell ant
| carried one to the rear to the frs
aid dressing station. We passed tn
dugout which I had left but a few
minutes before. or At least. what use'
to be the dugout. but now all tina
could be seen was 4 caved-in mass o
dirt; huge square-cut timbers stlckin
out of the ground and silhouette'
against the light from bursting shells
looking like huge giants. A shudde
passed through me as l realized tina
II we had stayed In the dugout W
would have now been lying fifteen I
twenty feet down. covered by tina
caved-in earth and wreckage.
Atwell jerked his head in the diret
ton of the smashed-in dugout, and, a
was his wont, remarked:
GLOW about that fancy report 20
we're writing out few minutes ago
Didn't tell you that 1t never paid {