i-SSgf; 2s
Saw kind TP* an! I waited log
70% letter, coasting the daya, sad
it bae braked away my lean
^EIS!k me a?mtle. I was ever
Ktgkf after the ace ne with Mr Bat
And now yon write tbia:
: chape who ware uwdaM
jflfefr-ktoe always toaaldeaed him i
r yon wrote he'd been hanglni
rp'lUfll waa tore at flrat; aflat nasi
^Bw easier for 'yoa It waa all
pSadtfc ma. I wasn't worried
r
Bll last three words, jobs,
Mnrdomforted me more than anything
yoiF could hare said. I should
fit* known that your faith Is th?
Wit which holds no doaht. Nerer
Mn the experience taught Its lew
SHw I da hcgtnming to Btudj
.SHb't nut and actually find my
gWpdaJiij lag the prospect o( meet
ajKk** people tor that. I hope 1
eh* hroadealng. Anyw&y, the mor<
I leant the more I am aura thai
being "Just a good home-maker" ii
untwtr to everybody In any homo
moot of all the wife.
Oereland la beginning to klaaon
with aerrice flags, There la hardlj
^Square upon which many do W
jttmw. from the picture homes abort
tin lake In Clifton Park to the pal
aosa on the Heights, tar across tht
Throughout the streets in be
tween tbey appear with dignity ant
fiH|, It seems as if they form t
Wirt of bond between the great anc
Dear, I hare adopted a grand
Hither. Don't smile; she is qulti
real. She makes patchwork quilt
and potato-bread, such as is a bliss
ful memory of my childhood, and it
her tiny garden there is s great as
:mms>iis t ma anil a
row and a patch of bleeding-heart.
^ - ,1 sC'ifer*'.1tfv
* .'"V-v?*"- *
I ?J L11 I^Bgil, ' ./ md^S
And In the window a service 8?CShe
knits endlessly, which o
noons everybody else does Jos
how. But she knits as did the oh
grandmother whom I barely remem
W_i:kv tha tnnrh rrstpm?for lie]
eyes are much too dim to eoe thi
stitches. She is a most sat.'sf actor;
Requisition. And this is" hoar it hap
^r.t~was roaming along Clark A*
Aoue the other day ?Mown to wart
"Bu ^oorer part, near Twenty-elghtl
Street. There was a tiny hons<
right on the street, and In the via
dow a service nag. But not the son
I've just written about; there wes i
gold star on the border of this one
It was the first I had seen, ant
Its message, so eloquent and so sad
wrung my heart. I hesitated Just i
minute and then opened the gati
and went ronnd through the lltth
{Krden to the whitely scrubbed step!
end knocked at the little door. Ant
the little old woman with her thii
white hair and her big. wishful Urn
eyes. Is the owner, resident and ml*
tress of the cottage. Her only com
panlon is a huge yellow tabby wbt
sleeps ell the time under the kltcbei
I told her that I am a soldier"!
wife and why I had come in. Shi
mi:. . ,, , ?
fr inr. VAfllonuiu uin?
An Irish drill sergeant wu pnttiaj
lot of green recruits through thi
Afferent movements. He gave than
?BJght Dreaa." Try ??Tye would, la
couldn't get a straight Hue. Finall:
Iff exasperation he shouted:
' What's the mather wld yes
ant ye line up? That line Is a
crooked as a corkscrew. All or ye
fall ont and take ajook at it'"?
too cam kkioi'
The home folks advised u to you:
life and activities In eunp by'sendlm
all your copies ot "Trench and Camp'
to them. Why not?
TRENCH A
i Soldier's Wife
waft so lovable! Bat when aha besaa
r to tad' a boat bar boy?a grsadaon
I be wee mad only twenty-two?she
, reeled ker old bead on ker old beads
I aad wept, the reeking. dtSealt tears
. ot act. dreary aa winter rata. When
. She told bar story I found It was act
for baa loss she grieved, but for the
, eternal welfare of the young hero
commemorated by the gold star'
! : Then were children aad other
' cnuMkUMrei. I gathered, all earn*
[ Stake her Into their boaeetot?.
' But sturdy of mind and independent
: of spirit. she slung to the Utile
bouse where she and "rran'pa"
lived to the dap of bb death.
' "Jamie" always bad been bar favors
I r ll
I She in vhrittag me to-day and at
this minute is sitting In your easj
- chair knitting you a helmet. .
1 ite, so he came to live there toe.
and they took care of each other
1 and were real pals.
n?B wai WHS UBU.I1 *311 UU Ui.l
hi* position sod enlisted. Not
against her wishes, though. Almost
every evening he read the newspapers
to her and she knew-what
was what about the war! Ho onJMM.'dM
aeljed sway and fought
glorioeaty. He'd been cited for
bravery aad won a crass. And he
died gloriously, as be foaght. ller
old eyes ahono through her tears
"Then why do yon griexs for
him?" I asked her. "Surely yon believe
in time to he w* shall meet
those we love and not Za separated.
It wont be long for yon , "
She kept turning over and over a
corner of her gingham apron. There
was something wistful In the movement,
aa though she longed for
something and dared not ask tt.
"'Jamie was just a mite headstrong,"
she explained. "Ha promised
an- promised t' declare f*r the
Lord aa* gn into the church. If
he'd or'done that everything^ seem
lort.o' different now. . He'd o' given
np worldly things -V
"Bat, dearie, he cdulda't- have
f lone anything very had. What
( should be have given on?"
I 1 "He smoked n good bit?" she
. began uncertainly.
"Bat. flran'mi dear" (you see. I
toll Into the atmosphere directly!
'is there one staple thing in the
Bible against smoking? Think ol
the happiness that sometimes lies
In a few dried leaves. Just little
leaves, something the same y those
yon make tea with?and a cup of
tea fsa't atafnl, Is It?"
I convinced her finally. But there
was something else.
"A wee. swear word, mayhap.
when the boy was angry "
. i I wanted to laugh, John, but I
didn't dare. I put up the last argument
I could think of.
"If he were quite perfect he'd
have been too good for this earth,
and there never was but one such
mas?Christ!"
That argument tyon. I don't
know what I'd have done If It
hadn't. Exquisite peace came into
her oM eyes and I adopted her on
1 the ami. fthe In vlsltinc me to-dav.
> and at this minute Is sitting la your
easy chair, knitting you a helmet.
I The kiddles still are in the couns
try. All of my lore, dev. HOPE.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
I Imperil rig Oflcer?Where la your
B other leather glove?
i Rookie?I et it, sir. ~J
3 Inspecting Ofilcer (astounded)?
J Explain yourself.
- Rookie?I had It In my mess kit,
? sir, and forgot to take it out this
i morning before breakfast. We.had
t flapjacks and I thought It was one
- of 'cm until I come to the buttons.?
Judge. * "v ' '<'
SOME 8LIXGER. ' ?
r I used to play at center field
; Until In war the whole world reeled;
' 1 went to France, and now, ye gods.
You oughtta see me throw grenades:
HP CAMP
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"We are gain* to wis (his war, \
Champ Clark.
"The detitlafiu of the world and the
tered upon America."?Secretar
tThere ia oady one load at a Genua
the world, and that is a chas
Henry Morgenthau, former Ami
"The sacrifices wtr troops are daily
lag glartoaa pages to her hiatorj
commanding the American Exp<
"Fight the next war now."?Newapa
"The ardor of the fighting fine most
War Baker.
"We cannot imperil the n-scendency w
or give breathing time to an ew
to observe either the rales of h
H. Asquith, former Premier of
"I welcome to France Ihe gallant bolt
itfg to particulate in the battle ol
against the Empires of" prey.
sage to-American solcfieks expr
the embarkation newspaper.
7BEHIMHAND.THI
(^OffERIHC
~ -vy ?
^
5^' B
JUUU HI 1Ulgg&
whatever it emsta."?Speaker
hopes of civilization are tf?- SfflBHB
y of Treasury W. G. McAdoo.
ay that wifi cease to neaaee
loud, defeated Germany."? Ww? ?
;rican Ambassador to Turkey. '( |f
??kiag for the nation are add- / J ^
."?General John J. Pershing, igKjr
sfitionary Force in France.
iper headline. yf
.not be cooled."?Secretary of
re hare gained on sea and buiu ^ /
cmy who could not be trusted XrifjL
onor or humanity."?Herbert
England. X Ap" J|
licrs of America who arc com- lA\ (J -fi
F Nations for right and justice
-Marshal Foch's official mes- |EaE
esscd through "Going Over,"
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