_Further Pages_
_January 9._ Took Maud [the name of his car] out in the morning with
Hill at the wheel.--Went first to Moosch then back by Urber to test
hill. Maud pronounced fit for military burial after Hill's autopsy.
In P.M. made inventory of Mellen's old car to take out to-morrow. Bad
dreams at night about Thoms.
[Illustration: THE "POSTE DE SECOURS" NEAR HARTMANNSWEILERKOPF]
_January 10._ Nightmare of last night not up to actuality. Got up with
Mellen's car at Thoms after sticking first short of watering-trough.
Cate and I had a stake to plant at the place where Hall fell and start
a cairn of stones. At watering-trough, just as I started up, a shell
lit near and caused a rush of air by my head. As we planted the stake
and gathered stones shells whistled round. Mellen's car a heller to
crank. Arrived at Thoms finally sweating blood under my steel casque
in spite of temperature--about zero. Found Suckley, Phillips, Carey and
Cate present. Carey and Phillips went to Paste for wounded--Suckley to
Herrenfluh--Cate and I left alone. Shell N{o} 1 arrives--every one to
_abri_--Cate and I stay outside in kitchen. Bombardment of about half
an hour or three quarters--can't judge. Last shell sent window, door,
and stove in on us and blew us off the bench. Peeped into the next
room. All blown to hell--shell had landed just to right of entrance....
A very low P.M. Rice came tearing up from Henry's a minute or so after
the bombardment. I saw one hundred yards of messed-up wire moving
mysteriously down the road--was attached to Rice's car. He hurdled
scalloped tin, etc., where _tringlots_ had been killed. Cate coolest
man in Christendom--was reading account of sinking of Lusitania when
last shell arrived--just at part where torpedo struck.... When some
wounded came in on mules I parted with extreme pleasure.