The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-01

applet l could just as easily have
eaten brick.
When he got no answers out Of me,
he walked away disgustealy.
"You don't have to worry any more"
he declared, as a parting shot. "For
you the war Is over"
was given n little broth later In
the day, and as l began to collect my
thoughts / wondered what had hap
pened to my comrades In the battle
which had resulted so disastrously to
me. As / began to realize my plight
| worried less about my physical con-
ditiOn than the fact that, as the doc
tod had pointed out, for me the war
was practically over. l had been In 1t
but n short time, and now / would be
a prisoner for the duration Of the war !
The next day some German flying
officers visited me, and must say they
treated me with great consideration.
They told me Of the man had brought
down. They said he was Bavarian
and fairly good pilot. They gave me
his hat as a souvenir and compliment
ed me on the fight l had put up.
My helmet, which was of soft
leather, was split from front to back
by bullet from a machine gun, and
they examined II with great interest
When they brought me my uniform l
found that the star of my rank which
had been on my right shoulder strap
had been shot Off clean. The one on
my left shoulder strap they asked me
for as souvenir, as also my X. f. {.
badges, which | gave them. They al
lowed me to keep my "wlngs," which
wore on my left breast, because they
were aware that that Is the proudes'
possession OF a British flying officer.
! think am right In saying that the
only chivalry In this war on the Ger
man side of the trenches has been dis
played by the officers of the German
flying corps, which comprises the picl,
of Germany. They pointed out to me
that l and my comrades were fightns
purely for the love of it, whereas they
were fighting in defense Of their cOun-
try, but still, they sald they admired
us for our sportsmanship. had no
ton to ask them If dropping bombs on
London and killing so many innocent
people was in defense of their country,
but l was In no position or condition
to pick quarrel at that time.
That same day German officer was
brought into the hospital and put in
the bunk next to mine. OF course
casually looked at him, but did not
pay particular attention to him at that
time. He lay there for three or four
hours before / did take real good
look at him. was positive that he
could not speak English, and naturally
did not say anything to him. once
when looked over in his direction his
eyes were on me, and to my surprise
he said, very sarcastically, "What thu
HI are you looking at" and ther
smiled. At this time was just be
ginning to say a few words, as IN!
wound had prevented me from talking
but | said enough to let him know
what l was doing there and how
happened to be there. He evidently
had heard my story from some of the
others, though, because he said 1t wa:
too bad | had not broken my neck
that he did not have much sympath!
with the flying corps anyway. HI
asked me what part Of America came
from, and l told him california.
After few more questions h,
learned that l hailed from San Fran
cisco, and then added to my distress
by saying, "How would you like t
have a good, juicy steak right out O
the HofbrauT Naturally | told hin
II would "hlt the spot" but hardl!
thought my mouth was in shape Jus
then to eat 1t. Immediately asked
of course, what he knew about th'
Hofbrau, and he replied, II was con
nected with the place good man!