Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-29
SCORE ANOTHER ONE FOR THE FAITHFUL
 OLD 0U!JA BOARD
Pals, Separated During the War, Are Again
 United

Plymouth, Mass.(, April 28.-At the beginning of the war Earl F. Demp- sey of Middleboro went overseas and enlisted in the British army, and on the same day Albert O'Donnell. son of former military man of Ireland. Weli-educated and a traveller. joined tne the same battalion in King Edward s Horse, otherwise the British cayal- ry. The recruits were hurried over 10 France without any training, and there they were thrown together ana became pals. After an action in winch the battalion was badly shot up o'Donnell and Dempsey were the only able men left, and they cared as best they could for about 90 wounded comrades for three days and nights, during which they had no food themselves and only what they could reach by various expedi- ents for their wounded. For the achleVement O'Donnell was made a ieatenant. Dempsey. being an American and his country not being, then at war, remained a trooper. but stiil on the best of terms with his pal.
 All this was early in 1915. After tune Dempsey was detailed on spe- cal service, and later he was made driver of one of the big war tanks. being most of the time on the West ern front and always with the Brit lsh army. Service conditions sepa- rated the pair, but they kept in eouch TOT time. Then for a con- siderable time Dempsey saw or neard- nothing of O'Donnell, and finally concluded that he had been Killed. In Dempsey's letters home ne expressed the conviction that he would never see O'Donnell again.
 It mas transpired recently that o'Donneli, who had been promoted to captaincy meantime, was taken prisoner by the Germans in August. 1917. Dempsey corresponded more or less regularly with his sister Mrs. Charlse B. Rowland of Clinton vile. and he often mentioned Cant O'Donnell. But O'Donnell had never been there, nor did he ever meet any ot the Dempsey family so far as any of thm can recall, altho he did travel in America and Canada for four years in the interest of an En- glish newspaper.
 One day in March, 1918, Mrs. Rowland, with some others. was ex- perimenting with an ouija board in her home, just after a letter had been received from her brother in which he had stated that he had not been able to get any news of Capt. O'Dcnnell. Mrs. Rowland asked the board if it could tell anything about Alfred O'Donnell, and the moving triDOd wrote.
 Alive. Very sick. Will be ex- changed. Prisoner of war"
 One of the party immediately wrote down the message, remarking that he intended to keep tabs" on the board and learn if it spoke truly. The others of the party joined in , reading the writing and indorsed it i as true record.
 Following the order of events Dempsey is next driver of war tank. In a fight German shell pierces the tank, kills the lieuten- ant in command, and fires the gaso- llne reservoir. A brave infantryman entered the blazing tank and dragged Dempsey and another man out.
 I woke up when we were cross 1 ing the Channel to blighty and the hospital" Dempsey wrote.
 He was terribly burned and wounded, and the armistice was de- clared before he was out of .the i hospital. After being discharged