The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-30

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The 6ombers Were Fishing in Thelr
Bag and Throwing
for all they were worth One Of them
had his mask and face blown on; YET
he Was trying to talk, with the tears
rolling down over the nap flesh He
died i've minutes later
One night. while WIS lying back In
the trench trying rot to think Of aay-
thing and 20 TO sleep the bombs began
TO get pretty thick around there, end
when / could nat st4nd II any longer
rushed cut into the bay of the IRE
trench and night up against the para
Pet. where II was safer
Hundreds Of star shells were being
sent up by both sides and the fed
and the trenches were as bright IS
day An up and down. The trenches
our men were lodging about. keeping
out Of the way Of the bombs that
were being thrown In our faces II
did not seem as If there Vas any rlarel
where II Vas possible to get c0Fer-
Most Of the time vas picking dirt out
OF my eyes that explosions had driven
into them
II yO1 went into q dug0ut the men
already In there would shout Don't
stick in . bunch-spread OufF While
you were In q dugOut you kept expect
ing TO be buried alive and vhen you
went outside you thought TIE Boches
we're aiming At y0z direct-and there
Was no place At all where you felf
safe
But the fire bay looked better than
the ether places to ne had not ben
there more than = few minutes when
big one dropped in and that hay Was
Just one mess. Out Of the - men IN
the bay only eight escaped
When tAe Strescher bearers e0t thers
they did not have much 10 do in tn
way Of resEeit Was more pa1Ibear-
er1s work
A stnetcher bearer Was picking IN
one Of the bOys. when q grenade land !
ed alongside Of him and ron could not 4,
find q fragment Of ether Of them
That made tEo that landed within /
Twelve feet Of me- yet Was not even
scratched
When I got 50 that could move 1 /
went over TO where the captain wasl
standing. looking through . perisc0pe
over the parspet- i VAS very nervOzs
and excited and Was afraid 70 SPEAK
70 him. but somehow 1 thought /
Osght to ask Tor orders But /
could not say 9 word Finally q
shell vhfEzed over cur heads-jnst
missed rs. II seemed Ike. and i br0ke
Out- what did y01 sea WHAT'S An
Of the neSsT and 80 On I g1ess /
che-1ered IKE . monkey
mea he yelled You're the gunner
06cer. Yo1Are 1lst In tineFEe -
Gated their mortar batterie
i surely wished i Was tie gunner
Oncer. Iv0asd have enRysd Il more
II I c0ll1 have gut baek n FINE
somehow But VAS not the gunner
oGcer and 1 told him 50 1 had 70
shout n him quite while before he
would believe ne Thel - wanted
ne 70 ind TIE gunner Ofcer. but i,
did not know where 70 6nd him II Il
cocld have gDt To or guns guess Il
vO1ld have lad smother nedal tori
vurking 0Esrttne b1t i nEssed t..
cha1ce there
About tbs tine a10ther bob caDeI
oser and elo1ted CIT tie be<t frieadI
] had In ny colpaly- Before The
var he had h.eea O0e Of TIE finest Slng
ers IN TIE Paris opera hO1se< When
he Vas with Is he used 70 say hat
TIE only dlference berween hin and
Car1sO w2s $500 : night
A poElu and 1 dragged hin into a
d1gO1t, but II Was TO late- Oae s.de
of his face VAS hl0xn 81. TIE whole
night side Of hin v7s striped O1I
and four fingers a The night hand
were gOae-
L stuck NY had out 81 TIE dugout
and there VAS the captain discuSsing
The natter with himself. curSing TIE
Germans fron here to HelEoland and
putting In word for TIE h0nhs every
once in . while. Al W and down ne
trenches you could hear Cur men
c1rsing the Germans In an kinds q
languages Believe me. did NY hit
and I could hear se1aehOdy else using
gocd cid United States GUS words,
to- II certainly did not make me feei'
any better. hut Il gave ne something
% Do, I think that was why AL q