The state herald., 1919-04-25

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still bot Also. there was q sort Of
gas there that hung around for sew
sral minutes, but It was not very bad.
The man began talking to me. and
he said 1t was an honor to lie ON the
neld Of battle with q leg shot OF and
dead men piled all about you, and
some not dead but sroaning. He told
me I would soon be able to hear the
groaning, though I had not said
minded It, or anything about It Then
he said again what an honor It was,
and asked II I had q drink for him.
I had not had any water all day, and
I told him 20. but he kept on asking
for It all the same. Some of the Turk
ish bAmbers must have sneaked up
pretty close to our lines. for when l
looked out of the hole toward our
lines. and q shell burst near them,
I could see a Turk coming toward us.
We played dead then. but I had my
bayonet ready for him In case he had
seen u and decided to come up 10 the
hole. Evidently he had not, for when
he got near the hole he steersd b the
Ede and went around.
The other garby was cheerful when
he was not asking for water, but you
could zee he was going fast. 30 we sat
there In the hole and he died. Shortly
aftsfward the nrs slackened Q little
and got out and started toward our
lines. But I remembered about the
other wounded man I had passed
when I was carrying Philippe Pierre.
% began hunting for him. an1 after
long time I found him. He was still
aliva Hls chest was all smashed in
and hs was badly cut up around the
nssk and shouldsrs. picked him up
and started back, but ran into some
bafbsd wire and had to 70 around.
I was pretty tired BY this time and
awfully thirsty. and I thought II I did
not rest little bit could never make
Il I was % tirsd and nervous that
I did not care much whether I did
get back or not, and The vs0Asd
garby was sroanins al the t1me.
% whsn I thought the shslls wsrs
coming pretty thick again I go< into Q
sAsn hole and Il wss ths same one
I AAA M not ling bsfeFA TAs dead
saS6y was thsrs 5Ist q I had ls(t him.
TAe wounded one Was b1eed1ng an
ovsr. and my clones wsss 5ust ssaksd
with blood from the three men, but
most of an from him. TAseo was some
oe ny own bleed o. "A ~ eor vhsa
I WAS knocksd down b. ~ GAsn ny
nose blsd and kspt Needing Tor Q long
time but ee eoufsA that was nothing
eQppassd y ~ b,sedlag q tAe
etA& rsU,en,s. i-a~~-
M worst a "a was tat b. kspt
eoaniAg for water. and Il made ne
thirstise than had bssn. svsn. But
there was not . drop Of watsr any.
whsee and knsw thsrs was NO uss
searching any bodies for TASKS. 30
We 5uet had 10 sdek Il out. Pretty
sooa the wounded man quit sroaning
and vas quiet and I knew be was
going 70 die too. Il made me mad 70
think that had not bssa Of any uss
In eenytng thsss two men around,
but u ! had gone o. with either Of
them II would have bssn Just the sane
they would have died and probably
I would have got X too. When I a.
ursd Il out tAis way quit Worrying
about Il. only I wished the ars would
let up.
% he othsr naa died, and thsgs
were two Of them IN the hole. rsaA
he numbers o. thsir identincatica
disks when shells burst near enough
70 hat could ~ them. and after Q
while got back to our Lines and rolled
IN. could not remember the num-
bsrs o. the names By that time. but Q
working party got them. along with
otheeA 20 Il was al right
Ny clothes were Q msss, - I have
said. and was % tirsd thought I
could sleep for q week. but could
not stand Il In my clothes any longer.
Il was absolutely against regulations,
but I took on all my clothss-ths
blood had soaked Into the skin-and
wrapped myself IN nothing but cir
and went right 10 sleep. did nst
sleep very well, but woke up every
enes In . while and thought I was IN
the hois again.
During the night they brought up
water. but I was asleep and did not
know Il They did not wake me-.
but two men saved By shars.
though usually In Q case like that Il
was everybody for himself and let the
last man 20 DRY. You could not blanc
them. either. % I thought II was
pretty decent Of these two 10 cave ny
share for me. bslisvs they must
have had . hard time keeping The
othsrs on Of II. to say nothing Of them.
selves, for there really was not more
than enough for one good drink al
around. II tasted bsttsr than anything
! have ever drunk. 90 dry for ~
hours In the hottest weather Jon en-
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