Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-01-13
1OVER The TOP, "
Sergeant Elnpey's Interesting
Story Of the War.

overcoat and CAP out Of the ward and
hid Il in the bushes. Then / told the |
nurse, particular friend Of mine, that
I was going for walk in the rose gar
den. She winked and knew that ev-
erything was all right on her end.
Going out Of the ward, I slipped into
the bushes and made for the wan. It
was dark as pitch and I was cropping
through the underbrush, when sudden
" I stepped Into space and felt myself
rushing downward. Q horrible bump
and blackness- When came 20 my
wounded shoulder was hurting horri-
bly,. I was lying against . circular
wan Of bricks, dripping with moisture.
and far away could hear the tzickling
of water. I had In the darkness fallen
into an old disused well. But why
wasn't wet7 According to all rules
I should have been drowned. Perhaps
I was and didn't know It
As the shock Of my sudden stop
gradually wore OF It came to me that
I was lying on ledge and that the
least movement on my part would pre-
cipltate me to the bottom Of the well.
struck match. In It's faint glare
I saw that / was lying In a circular
hole about twelve feet deep-the well
had been filed inI The dripping ! had
heard came from a water pipe over on
my right. s3ltsa 9s
With my wounded shoulder It was
impossible to shiny up the pipe. !
could not yell for help, because the
rescuer would want to know how the
accident happened, and would be
hailed before the commandment on
charges. / just had to grin and bear
1t, with the foriorn hope that one CT
the returning night raiders would pass
and could give him our usual signal
of "siss-s-s-s,r which would bring him
to the rescue. f-
Every half-hour ! could hear the
clock In the village strike. each stroke
bringing forth muffied voliey Of
curses on the man who had dug the
well.
After two hours I heard two men
talking In low voices. recognized
Corporal Cook. an ardent might raid
err" he heard my .siss-s-s-s" and
came to the edge Of the hole. ex-
planned my predicament and amid q lot
OF impertinent remarks, which at. the
time did not resent, was soon dshec
out.
Taking OF our boots, we sneaked Into
the ward. I was sitting on my bed In
the dark, just starting to undress.
when the man next to me. Ginger
Phillips. whispered. s'Op II Yank, ere
comes the matron."
Immediately got under the covers
and feigned sleep. The matron stood
talking In low tones b the night nurse
and fell asleep. ses
When I awoke In the morning the
night sister. an American. was beading
over me. An awful sisht met M eyes.
The coveriet on the bed and the sheets
were a mass Of mud and groeu slime
She was a good sport IN risAt. and
hustled to get clean clothes and sheets
30 that no one would get yise. but ION
her own" she gave me . good tonSns
lashing but did not report me. One Of
the Canadians In the ward described
her as being "a Jake Of Q good fel,
low" - "a - - -...-..1l,'. g.
ei,s Next visiting day I had IN awful
time explaining TO my yiGtorl why ]
had not met her Ct the appointed time
and place. -.
And for a week every time passed
a patient he would can. well, well,
here's the Yank. Hope Jon are feel
ing well. old top" I'll
The surgeon IN our ward was m
American. q Harvard unit man, named
Frost. We nicknamed him sack
Frost" He was loved by an. n q
Tommy was to be cut up he had NO OBJ
lection to undergoing the operation II
Jack Frost" was to WELD the knife.
Their confidence In him was pathetic.
he was the best sport have ever met
One Saturday morning the command.
ant and some high up" officers were
inspecting the ward. when one of the
| patients who had been wounded In the
head by bit Of, Strapped, fen on the
floor In fit. They brought him round,
and then looked for the ward orderly
to carry the patient back to his bed
at the other end Of the ward. The or.
derby was nowhere to be found like
our policemen, they never are when
needed. The officers were at loss
how to get Palmer into his bed. Doc
tor Frost was fidgeting around In q
nervous manner, when suddenly with
a muff1ed Ad-n" and few other
qualifying adjectives, he stopped down
and took the man In his arms like q
baby-he was no feather, either land
staggered down the ward with him, put
him In bed and undressed HIM a low
murmur Of approval came from the pa.
tents. Doctor Frost got very red, and
as soon as he had finished UNDRESSING
Palmer. hurriedly left the ward.
ITO Be ContinneU
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