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Show PRANKS PLAYED IN MILITARY HOSPITALS Wounded Soldier Plays Dead and Gives Big Surprise to the Attending Surgeons. WlTfl THE A MLR I CAN ARMY IN FRANCE. I Oct. l'j. The lauj:ii an-1 thc Joke and the praaU are rot absent from tli AinTk'un military bos- I pitals.. Tberti is. suffering, nf ruurse, id tlies-i I prcjt. splfDlid!y r-iif.r-l itihtl tutjousi, but even the iiirapnl loa'df-,1 Amt-Tioau clrizn stoiCitr has I hm fun. One so i genu re.ls tins tory: J When the lines of strftrher cases were being be-ing brought Into bis hospital. ih surgeons stood Id the r'.-reption ward uiakinc tinlok eiaminu- tionti. On ttrotrhnr was brnucht silently in. i rut- form of a ol'!ier Jjlnff ruid under bluntcts I drawn over ri.e hend. This is the bad sign of one who nHj no more h-ip. Tbfy motioned the bearers to set H nsidc In a rorner and wh-n ihe I J it wounded man dad bf-a !o-)ked ovr the Burseon reverently lifted the blanket froi ttie fare. The "di-ad" caan sat mddenlf up f"ith ft loud "B.o." Then t ,. -raw" Iai!Kh--d. !;iy down nnd r'ain drew t blanket o:r hif t'"- Tiny h-t iilm play IjIl, ;okf on others for a wink-, then sent him to a ward to Jiave aoioe machine kuh bullet plrked out. - vou suffer vrv much, taddie?" asked n nuri of a t.oldiir ii-i lav in hlh r-.t willi white far and tu-u lips id ao AmericJn field hospital. hos-pital. , , "No, ml. "h no." the shaky reply. We marine don't uf.'er. you Uuw." |