Mount Carmel Township High School - Kismet Yearbook (Locust Gap, PA)

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H A - X ff' 2 1 the wounded occupants of her ambulance she took the wrong road and was headed for the German lines. Belgium was so devastated that one could see for miles around. Phil watched her progress along the road, and when he saw her make the wrong turn at the crossroads, became alarmed. Several artillery horses were standing nearby. Phil mounted one of them and rode as fast as the horse would carry him. He had to traverse open ter- ritory, in order to head her off. Two German snipers had taken shots at him. One of the shots grazed his shoulder, but unmind- ful of the injury, he kept ,gaining upon the ambulance. When Phil told June what she had done she was terrified, not for her own safety, but that of the wounded prisoners. Both Phil and June were to be decorated for their bravery and were to be honored bv Marshal Haig, the commander-in-chief of the British armies. He had established his headquarters in a cottage in a little valley about seven miles from Ypres. Phil was recalled from the front for a consultation with General Haig con- cerning certain military operations. Marshal Haig's presence was kept secret so that no spies would get wind of it. So Phil dis- missed his chauffeur about a mile away from the place. Phil came plodding along the muddy road. He was near the peak that turned down into the ravine. His eyes became uncon- sciously fixed upon an object. lt was a man with a rifle. Phil im- mediately saw the target he was aiming at. It was the cottage. Phil acted quickly. He drew his heavy automatic and fired. The fellow quivered and fell over the ledge. Phil turned the body over. It was Freddie Schmidt, the famous German spy. Phil left for the cottage to report the matter. Coming upon the porch, he noticed a live-gallon glass jar. He investigated and found out it contained glycerine. He intended to blow the place up. Undoubtedly the German followed the Marshal from Brus- sels with the intention of assassinating him. When he saw the Marshal had established a base, he had to act quickly. He put the glycerine on the porch unnoticed and tlhen ran toward the hill with the intention of escaping the flying debris, and when he was in the act of shooting was killed by Phil. Old Matt Royster died in 1917. Phil and June came home and were married and occupied the old mansion. When Phil was reading the daily paper one day he found in the divorce notices Louise's name. He often said to June afterward it was a TIMELY AWAKENING. ' JOSEPH McANDREWS, '27 THIRTY-SIX

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