The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-03-13
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The lieutenant came back with the
strstehee bearers and he asked one Of
them, % the boy could not hear him. II
the boy would live.
The stretcher bearer said: II don't
think %. One through his chest and
right leg broken"
Ths boy had kept quiet for Q while.
but an o& sudden ho yelled, "0ive mo
q eisarsttsr I handed him q ciga-
rstts butt shat had found In the dug
out. We were all out OF cigarettes.
% they ut Il for him and be kept
Quiel A. soon a. they could thsy got
around the corner Of the ire bay with
hin and through q communication
t1eaeh 10 Q Geld hospital. The lieu
tenant and I walked little way with
him end he began to thank N. and hs
told the Lieutenant, ''Old man, you
have been Q father and q mother to
ma.s
And the lieutenant said to him:
sYou have done well. old boy. You
have done more than your shars."
When thsy started into the commu-
nieatioo trench the boy began 10
srsam again. And the lieutenant
actsd IKE wild man. He took out
his cigarette case. but there were NO
dearsttss In II, and then he swore and
put It hack again. But In . few min
utso ho had the case out again and
was swearing worse than ever and
talking to himself.
the boy isn't dying Ike. Q gentle
man." hs said. why couldn't he keep
quisGs Do not think he meant It.
He was all nervous and excited and
kept taking out his cisarstts case and
putting II hack again.
n other o61eer had gone ON 10 IN
spoct the ssntriss when the boy rolled
into he trench and . poilu came up
% ten % that the odlcer had been hit
We walksd hack to where I had been
and there was the oficer. II had
ben there I would have got It too.
gaess. He was an awful mess. The
vs1ns were sticking out Of his neck
ana one side Of him was blown or
Also. his foot was wounded. That u
what shrapnel does to you. A. I
eAwlsd past him happened 10 touch
h1s 6oot and he cursed me all over the
paaeA But when tried TO say WAS
sorry I could not. for then he apollo
gissd and died q moment latee.
sticking out of the rags whore his
do had been blown away and The
hsatsnant crossed himself and reached
n anA took out tho cash But when
- ps1sd epsn tie ease hs found that
e I'D bssn bsnt and cracked and an
- dearsttso wsee 0oaked with blood
He sWogV weese than ever. then, and
tArow his own case away. putting tho
s&Ase o@ess's case in his pockst.
AZ tAis point our own artillery b.
gan aAslling and we received the order
- Stand 10 with nxsd bayonets. When
~ rot he Order TO advance some a
~ Dsn weFe already over the para
pst and the whole bunch after them.
and, believe me, I was a. pale a. .
ahAeG, Just scared to death. I think
sveey man - when he goes over for
he Arst tims-svsry time for that
nntt9. But was dad We were going
- ct soos action. because II u hard
- IT around In Z trench under flre
and have nothing TO do. had all !
could do 10 hold my rife.
We ran aeross No Mans Land
cannot remember much about It But
whsn We got to the German trench
fall on top Of young fellow and my
bayonet went siSht through him. It
was q crime to get him. at that He
was a. delicate - Q pencil.
When I got hack to our trenches
after my frst charge could not sleep
for q long time afterward, for remem-
bering what that fellow looked IKE
and how my bayooet slipped into him
and hOw he screamed when he fell.
h had his legs and his neck twisted
under hin aftee b. got It thought
about it q lot and It got to b almost
habit that Whenever was going to
slssp I would think about him and
then an hope oe sleeping was goos.
Our company took q German trench
that time and along with another
had 70 retire because the men On our
9adss did nee ct through and We
NsRe being danksd. But We lost lot
ef nsa doing Il
When w returned to our 6snehs0
cur out1t Wss stmpiy all IN and we
Vs1o lying aroand In the front line.
hke Q b1nch q cid rags In . Narrow
allsy. None ee - showed any AUD
4 life except . working party that
vas diGBiAg WITH pscAs and shovsas at
ss0e boa1so fAat Aad bsso neesa tnto
- ~ - tAs trsaeA.