The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-07-05
CHAPTER viil.

After remaining In rest bilists TOT
eight days, We received the uI~eicotne
ttdinas that the next anornlng Ne would
~Eo In" 70 take over" At sir In the
morning our march started and, after
q long march down tbs dusty road, We
= vAsaIa, arrived at xases*e htlieta- H. ,.,
l was No. Ia the leading set OF
tuurs The man on ray irft was named
~ress Waiting" Q ehssxy sort at I'D
low, IIs laughed and joaed all. the
way on the march, huoying up my
dropping spirits could not figure ont
Anything attractive In again occupying
che front line, but Fet. djd not s.~m ~
mind, said Il WA all Ia lifetime. My
trft heel WAS hlIatered from the rub,
hing ~ my heavy marching toot. Pete
aossced that was limpIng and offered
so cnrry my ride, but by this time had
isarned tho ethics IT the march In tho
british army and cuur,eoasly refused
his offer
We had gotten halfway through the
communication trench. rrte In my In
mediate rear He had bis hand on uiy
shoulder, as meu In COMMUNICATION
trench have 10 DO Co keep Ia touch with
zach other VIZ had Just climbed over
a bashed In part OF the tronch when
IN our rear man trtpped over a loose
signal wire. and LEI cut an cath. A
usual, roto rushed To- hls hetp. To
reach the fallen mao he had to cross
this hashedin part A bullet cracked
"a tho air and | incked Then n moan
1rum thu rear Ny hear, stood stlil,
went bark and Pete was lying on tho
ground ny the aid ~ MY hashlight
] saw that hp had his hand pressed 70
his right breast Tho fingers were coy
~sv,i WITH, 4,f,ara. i''SashFss ehs, slsst
GU his face and tn It's gio" a grayish'
blue color was stealing over his counr
senancc Pete looked w AZ me and
snlh well, Yank. they've done me In.
can feed mys"H going West" Ills
voice WAS gcttns fs'uter and had to
Aasel down To vet his words Thea ho
gave ne message ~ write home to
His mother and h,s sweetheart. and I.
l!kaa great tis boob. cried Ike y baby.
| was losing NY FIRST trleud Of the
trenches
word was PASSED ~ the rrar for
stretehcr He He'd before u arrived.
Two " Us put the body ON the
strvtrhcr Aui carried Il 60 the nearest
t'@~t aA,A t~-at, ,>~h&sa ,tha daesar tsAk
an oeletsl record ., rete's name, NUN
her, rank AMI rrGitarnt ttom his iisa-
.siy. stt.k> tsss,iD te as-s,. To 1hs. cas-
uG'tv lIstS RAi notification 10 his
family
Wc lctt retc there hut Il broke eur
hearts 10 DO So The d,Ster Informed
VS. That We could bury him the next
morning That afternoon FIVE 81 the
boys II our section, myself tnclu,a,'
vert ~ the nile ruiHed village IN the
rear mad r~ow the deserted gardens az
the rrruJa ttutgRux gathered grass
and flowers rrvm these We made q
wrath
White the bays we-c rnak,rs this
wreath -, ~ '-r n shot sca rr,s!
nspls tree s@i -srvta oat the follow.
tas verses en- N N5f,a ws,'ru shielt
which ~r ua!,tl an FeteS cross
True Is n. G>a srus u Britain.
rsAps hts dQ'S 10 t>e at
Is.t oas npte Hare g. ~ urfiten
TN the Rlt! ~ Hcoat 81 het.>es g.sasssa
Passed So tssie tse1 easNr'rea n Slosy
rrtesass rtr ~ es~frs rs-t
ose merv chAg.er N krs,An1s story.
~ reg ss,ns tSsses yhel. t~a,
ses, you seidser rvR.r - f-'ss
Nev@ ntxrtser ~ us h~N~
Nn,.~ ia; we sr~ tAfnN,rc q: ypa
Ere to sar rea 80 srv eti1pa u g.
Next merntns the whose sec,h,a 49,
ever 70 say ga'd by 10 retc, and laya
stsa away - vc~t,
After cacs oae had l>as NJ tAs ts-r
os TIE dead corpoval n the l. 4
NJ G @Nw~a NJ tne reasA.ns In elsn,
s-t. Yhen placing tur heavy rprs
aey1,ss she s,.ste'5s~ Go ~ as.d In lou.
-Has The t,',l, ss the s-sveN, we IN
- fste oeta tAe >tcctrher. sad rev.
re~0tN Gve-Nd hsra WITH lsrse union
tacA. TIRE fSs - Nsa atcd for
TIE tssp,s'1 frd The wxy. ,aen cSze
tAH ossc~rs ~ thF section followed ny
t~c ~ ths gaNs carving w7vats Tn
~~dNt~'y a''er eSrse vter rpte NC TIE
ssr dTs5s~i sirsi,Ats CSrFse,l ~ tAur
ssNldter~ | wrs oae II the .tsuv Re-
h.sd tsF st-~tteer u c>''aWn - SIs-S
Sve The rr-~ststes ~ tie ssxaon