The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18

They bad picked him up In one of those great shell holes iu Eo-Ntnn s Land. iI" bad lain tncrr for so-he hours suffering horrible pain until finally Ir hse.lfrrc ''r""uaclOuS. AS they placed him ou the s'r"cchcr. and they were wonderfully gentle. those two III a-1 ho opened Gls eyes mo mont. ooh. God. I hoped l was dead" he uIouuCd. -A"a'in oblivion closed sr'..,t him.
 At tho first drrrssu- station they did what they could for him and then passcd h.u Uu Co tho hospitals at tho rtur. There was no doubt he was out of tl" lighting for some time. That was H terrible Journey, just d red h1la oc agony but as he got fur thDr awEy from thc ronr and shricl, ana scream or tue battle field hs grew cu'mar. ]. helped him to bear ;h" pain tp have measure of quiet ness.
 With hundreds of others he was placed on one of the barges that went down tno canal lowed Is % chugglng ittl. motor boat carrying wounded from tho front fo the hospitals. Often as they passed along women would call % iu"u from tb" banks. The canal v1s quite narrow and they wou'l throw chocolates and ciga- rCttca Co thc men on the barrcs once hC h.rrd a mans vp!ro singing Fair Harvard" He wanted to sit up and sins H with hiT rut Inc seemed DOW crlcsa, aud tnc desire Was gone aI- most as soon Is came
 liu. a' hat fHg tpurucv ended. The wounds in his p1rr wrecked body were dressed and ha found himself lying In "ut. .fuH good it felt 70 he tH. #F a. he r,ra.1nd a n.tIp of his strength bu' llf" seemed fo hold no interest for him. This caused no anxiety for shell checked men often acted that way. Daily his temperature and pulse were taken and rccordrd on tho chart. For four days it had been perfectly normal but tho ff.h morn iuG showed a change. ] little hill made its appearance on tine puIsn linc. foi minute, That was too fast. $urs' Hooper spoke tp the doe tor about |, 1s sine met him just out side t.c ward.
 That IHttient at the end of the ward. Corporal Winston. doesn't seem SO well this morning. His pulse has taken jump and he seems prctty uncomfortable.
 'T'll be around in half an hour" the doctor replied. "ard sec what the trouble is"
 The nurse went back 10 her charges. She wrung out cold com press and placed it on Wiuston's head and Sfter strengthening the bed clothes left him.
 Yes, Winston was uncomfortable. He tossed about upon his cof thourh every move caused him pain He opened his eyes wide. Where was .1c and who were all those women ID there. He gazed intently at the ceil- inG of the ornate room that was now. one of the wards of an American Base Hospital In former days it had been a fnshibnabie hotel. There was an abundance- of silver and guilt on the ceiIlnss and walls and cupids pranced about and shot golden tip ped arrows at smiling ladies who were. not much more warmly. clad. than the naughty elves themselves.
 Now he knew. this must bo Class Day Five years ago he had grad uated and he had never missed a year fin his attendance at the June fes- tivities@ at Cambridge. Of course, there was Helen. his wife. And that Iittlc -cterub there beside her must be his son. He sat up In bed and called loudly. 'IIelenr, 4
 The doctor seerned puzzled His arm and leg seemed to be doing well. Thsrs swasano explanation of tho er-