The state herald., 1919-03-07

drawn back and forth on the track BY
little Belgian engines.
Aftar I had been at my gun for sev-
sral days I was ordered hack to my
rsgimsat which was again In the
hontline trenches. Ny course was
past both the Bridsh and French lines
but quite q distance behind the froot
lines.
Everywhere there were ambulances
and wagons going backward and for
ward I met one French ambulance
that was . long wagon full Of poilus
hom . aeld hospital near the firing
line and was driven By . man whose
left arm was bandaged 10 the shoul.
der. Two poilus who sat In the rear
on guard had each been wounded In
the leg and one had had . big strip Of
his scalp torn Oh. There was not Q
sound nan In the bunch. You can
imagine what their cargo was like. II
the convoy was a. used up - these
chapa But al who could were sing-
ing and talking and full Of pep. That
y The French for you: they used no
more men than they could possibly
spare to take care Of the wounded, but
they were al cheerful about IT.
always.
Just after I passed this ambulance
the Germans began shelling Q section
ot the road too near me 10 bs comfort
sblA % I beat It to . shsll crater
about twenty yards OF the road, to the
rear. A shrapnel shell exploded pretty
near mo Just ~ Jumped into this
hols-I did not look around 70 80 how
close II was-and I remember now
how he old minstrel Joke I had heard
on board chip came to my mind at the
ums-something about 0 fsllow feel.
Ing % small he climbed into q hole
end pulled It after him-and I Wished
I might Do The sama I dattsnsd NJ.
sslf - close against he wali Of he
crater - I could and then notdcsd
that somsbody had msds Q dusout in
ths other wall Of The crater and I
started for Il
Ths shells were exploding % fast
By that time that you could not listen
fse each sxplosioa sepafately, and Just
- Jumped Into the dusout q regular
han Of shrapnsl fell on the spot I had
Just passed. Il was pretty dark In
the dusout and the hrst moye mads
I bumped Into somebody else and hs
let out Q yell that you could have
heard Q mile. It was q Tommy who
had been wounded In the hand and
betwesn curses he told me I had sat
right on his wound when I moved. q
asked him why hs did not yell sooner,
but he only swore more. Hs surely
was . great cusssr.
The bombardment slacksoed up q
bit about this time. and I thought I
would have Q look around. did not
gst out Of the crater entirely, but
moved around out Of the dugout until
I could see the road I had been on.
The drst thing I saw was Q broken
down wagon that had Just been hit
In hct Il was toppiing over when my
sye caught Il The driver Jumped
from his seat and while he was In the
air his head was torn completely from
his shoulders By another she'll do
not know what kind. This was enough
for me. 20 back to the dugout
How the Germans aid Il I do not
know. but they had found out about
that road and opened IRE at exactly
the moment when the road was GOV.
cred with wagons and men. Yet there
had not been q balloon or airplans in
the shy for some time.
Altar q while the bombardment
moved away to the east, from which
direction I had come, and knew our
batteries were getting Il Tho Tommy
and I came out Of the dugout. A. I
started climbing up The muddy sides
] eaw there was Q man standing at
the edge Of X and I could tell By his
puttsss that be was Q Limsy. vas
having Q hard Job Of Il 70 without
looking up ! hailed him.
That was sure some shsllinR.
wasn't itr' said. There's q lad
down here with Q wounded an; bsetse
give him q hand"
what shelling do you msan,s says
The legs, without moving. 'sIhsrs's
osss none In this sector fee some
tine. I think"
The Tommy was right at ny hssi
BY this time. and BE- let out Q string
OF Language. was surprised. 100. and
sfdu ecfamblng around n the mud.
Thsn The Tommy let Q ~0awd 'slp
usi" and looked up and saw that ths
leg beloagsd 10 Q Nmsy o0cse, Q
mASee. think And Asrs ~ bad bess
cuesans he syss a q himi
D1t b ased it ID rishtiy ana snve