Show carried souvenir of somme fourteen years J the true stories of strange war wounds are legion butoric bu but torie one of the most curious concerns a kingore kintore man john garden who Is employ ed as a gardener in Ier urle scotland mr ali garden served in france with tile fourth gordons and was as wounded by shrapnel hrop nel daring the thet battle of the somme on august augusi IS 19 1910 1016 near guillemont Gull lemont quite recently in the course of his work mr air garden had oc occasion caslon to make a heavy lift and pelt a severe hainlin pain in the bach of tits ills hand beneath the bone of the middle finger the pain became worse and hta his hand swelled so alarmingly that lie be had to go to a hospital an operation was vas performed and a rifle bullet an inch and a quarter long lone and a quarter of an inch in diameter was extracted it hall had been lodged all these 14 years i ears in theland the hand beneath the bone until the sudden wrench had loosened it from its position |