The Cordova daily times., 1918-04-19

souhueH very OmlnouS in our ears: if he had said T wish you both a swift and painless death" it would have been more to the point.
 i When We had read our instructions We Knew We were in for it good and plenty.
 What Atwell said is not fit for pub- l hcatlon, but l strongly seconded his opinion of the war, army and divisional headquarters in general.
 After bit our spirits rose. We were full-iedged spy-catchers. because our instructions and orders, said so.
 we Immediately reported to the nearest French estaminet and had sev- eral glasses of muddy water. which they called beer. After drinking our beer we left the estaminet and hailed an empty ambulance.
 After showing the driver our passes we got in. The driver was going to the part of the line where we had to re- port.
 How the wounded ever survived a ride In that ambulance was inexplica-
 
 g gun carriage over a rock road. The driver of the ambulance was a corporal of the R. A. Nj. C., and he had the "wind up," that Is, he had an aversion to being under fire.
 was riding on the seat with him while Atweil was sitting in the ambu. lance, with his legs hanging out of the back.
 As we passed through a shell-de- stroyed village a mounted military po- licernan stopped us and informed the driver to be very careful when we got out on the open road, as it was very dangerous, because the Germans lately had acquired the habit of smelling it. The eOrperal'asked the trooper if there was any other way around, and was Informed that there was not. Upon this he gut very nervous and wanted to turn back, but we insisted that he pro ceed and explained to him that he would get into serious trouble with his commanding officer If he returned without orders; we wanted to ride not walk.
 From his conversation we learned that he tfaad recently come from Eng land with a draft and had never beer under fire, hence his nervousness.
 We convinced him that there was mol much danger, and he appeared greatly relieved.
 When'we at last turned into the oper road yvsa each side there had been a line Ot trees, but now, all that was left ol them were torn and battered stumps The fields on each side of the rOaC were dotted with recent shell holes and we passed several Ia fthe road 1t self. We had gone about half mil, when a shell came whistaing thrOugl the air and burst in a field about thre, hundred yards to our right. Another soon followed this one and burst oI the edge of the road about four hun dred yardslin front of us.
 1 told the driver to throw in hi speed clutch, as we must be in sigh of the Germans. I knew sthe signs that battery was ranging for us, ant the quicker eve got out of its zone O fire the better. The driver was trem bling like q deaf, and every minute expected him sto pile us up infhe ditch i preferred the German fire.
 In the hack aAtwell was holding ontt the straps for eaear life, and was sing ing at the top of his voice.
 We beat yOu at the Marne
 We beat you osE the AisLe,
 We gave you hau at Neuve Chapelle,
 And here we gre again.
 Just then We Init small shell holt asnd nearly eapsized. Upon llouC ye4l from the rear I looked behind, anC rtla4Fe was Atwell sitting in tSe nliddl, of tthe road, shaking his fist at us. Hi equipment, which he had taken of upon getting into the ambulance, wa! strung out on the ggOund, and his Gid' WAS in the ditch.
 shouted to tbe driver to step, aIC in liiS nervousness he put on tht brakes. We nearly pitched out head first. But the applying ,Of those brakes saved eur lives. The next instant there WAS blinding flash and deaf ening nep0rt. All that remember i. that l WAS flying through the air, ana wondering if I would land In a sOfi spot. Thea the lights went out. | When I esme to, Atwell was pouring water 0n mS head out of his bottle On the other side of the road the cor l poral was sitting, rubbing 6 hump or his forehead with his left hand, while kJs right arm Mss bound up ia a blood soaked bandage. He was moaning very loudly. I had an awful headache and the skin on the left side of my face was full Of gravel and the blood was frickling from my nose.
 But that ambulance was turned over in the ditch and was perforated with holes from fragments Of the shell. One of the front wheels was slowly revolv- ing, so could not have been tout" for a long period.
 1 The shells were still screaming over head, but the battery had raised its fire and they were bursting in a little wood about hafx>a mile from us.