Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-12-23

| Johd what were 20 him the marrow as
sociations OF MS old La Tir days. but
that hers had grown. too. And you
what have you been doing all these
! years." he asked.
| Living the life OF woman on
| country estate" she replied Since
! you made rule that no Cray officers
should cross the frontier we have been
a little lonelier. having only the Brown
officers to tea. Did you really find Il
| so bad for discipline in your own
case?" she concluded with playful
sOlemnity
One cannot consider individual
cases in general order" he explained.
And. remember. the Browns made the
ruling first. You see. every year
means tightening-yes, a tightening.
as arms and armies grow more compli-
! Gated and the maintaining of staff
secrets more important. And you have
been all the time at La Tir. truly" he
asked. changing the subject He was
convinced that she had acquired some
thing that could not be gained on the
outskirts OF provincial town
No. have travelled have been
quite around the world"
You have!" This explained much.
How envy you, That is a privilege
shall not know until am superannu-
ated." While he should remain chief
Of staff he must be literally a prisoner
in his own country.
Yes, | should say It was splendid.
Splendid-yes. indeed" Snappy little
of
pressing the joy of the memories that
her exclamation evoked. she clasped
her hands over her knees and swung
back and forth in the ecstasy Of seven
teen. Splendid! | should say SOL"
She nestled the curling tip OF her
tongue against her teeth, as il the
recollection must also be tasted
Splendid. enchanting. enlightcning,
stupendous and wickedly expensive!
Another girl and ] did it all on our
own"
OOH he exclaimed
"Oh. oh. OH" she repeated after him
"Oh. what. please?"
"Oh. nothing!" he said. 1t was quite
comprehensive To him how wen
equipped she was to take care of her
sell on such an adventure.
Precisely. when you come to think
1t Overt" she concluded,
What Interested you most? What
was the big lesson of all your Journey
ing" he asked. ready to play the Lis.
tener
Being born and bred on a frontier.
OF an ancestry that was born and bred
on frontier. why. frontiers interested
me most" she said. 81 collected i'm
pressions of frontiers as some people
collect pictures. | found them ali alike
stupid, just stupid! oh, so stupid"
Her frOwn grew with the repetition OF
the word: her fingers closed in on her
palm in vexation. He recollected that
he had seen her like this two or three
times at La Tir, when he had found
the outbursts most entertaining. He
imagined that the small fist pressed
against the table edge could deliver a
singing blow. las stupid as il is for
neighbors TO quarrel. 1t put me at
war with all frontiers"
Apparently" he said.
She withdrew her fist from the table. |
dropped the opened hand over the
other on her knee, her body relaxing. |
her wrath passing into a kind OF
shamefacedness and then into a soft. |
prolonged laugh
Il laugh at myself. at my own moon.
sistency," she said 81 was warIike
against war. At all events, If there "a
anything TO make a teacher OF peace.l
lose her temper it is the folly of
frontiers~
Yes" he exclaimed. Yes? Go
ONT" And ne thought. I'm really |
having a very good time"
You see, came home from my tour
with an idea-an idea for a life occu, !
patton just as engrossing as yours"
she went on. and opposed to yours, I'll
saw there was no use of working with |
the gT1Wn-up folks. They must be LETT |
TO The Hague conferences and the |
peace societies. But children are quite |
alike the world over. You can plant !
thoughts I'm the young that will take
root and grow as they grow"
Patriotism, for instance" he oh. !
served narrowly
No. the fcllies OF martial patriot.
ism! The wickedness Of war. whiuh
ts the product of martial patriotism!
The foilies OF patriotism. This wac
the red flag OF anarchy 10 him He
started to speak. flushing angrily, but
held his tongue and only emitted
~hew!" in good-humoYed wonder.
i see you are not very frightened
by my opposition she rejoinsd in q
flash o. amusement not wholly untern-
Dered by evaporation
We got the appropriation for an ad-
ditonal army corps this year" he ex-
planned contentsdly. his repose com.
pletely regained
Thus increasing the odds against
us But perhaps rot; for We are deal
Ing with the children rot with rs