The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-12
Lad Left Alone by Parents in Heart
Of European Conflict Follows
Soldiers "Serves Wound
ed Under Fire"
and is AWARDED
The IRON CROSS
Wounded is Taken to Hospital and
Waited Upon by Court Ladies
Parents are Somewhere
in United States

BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
By United Press.
Vitnna, Oct. 19.-(By mail to New
York; ITO Mr.. and Mrs. Stanislaws:
You're probably lost in the ruck Of
some American city fighting out your
destiny as immigrant citizens, but If
this comes to your sight, it is to let
you know that the eight-year-old son
you left in Galicia three years ago has
become the hero Of Austria. And he
wants you to know it.
He's in the hospital here in Vienna
and he asked me to tell you if could
find you, or reach you through the col
umns of American papers what has
happened to him. In the first place,
the biggest thing is that representa-
tive of the emperor all covered with
gold lace came to Stanny's bedside
yesterday and pinned an iron cross to
his nightgown, right above the big hole
in the boys chest. A million men
have died in this and other wars to
get the cross that Stanny' thin white
fingers have toyed VITA all day. And
! haven't seen as much written in all
the newspapers in Europe about the
biggest generals as has been written
about Stanny Stanislaws. This is how
it came about:
Stanny wound up at Przemysl. where
he saw trolley cars for the first time
in his life, and movies and all other
sights of big city. Then he walked
out into the country. toward the Rus
sian border and got job with farm
er, One day he was stacking wheat in
the fields when he heard drums play
ing. He looked up and saw sight
more wonderful than anything he had
seen in Przemysl. There were soldiers
marching and soldiers riding ON horses
and soldiers in automobiles and sol
diers in wagons and on cannons and on
motorcycles and bicycles. Stanny ran
out of the field to the road He looked
on for many minutes with his heart
turning somersaults at every beat. AS
| far ahead as he could see there were
soldiers, and as far behind as he could
see. They were oyerflowing the road
and marching in the fields. They were
4 fe the ffo1Io inf
forest. If you've been in the United
States three years. you've seen a cir
Gus parade by this time. Well, this was
a million circus parades rolled into
one. Stanny followed IT,
Stanny had got acquainted with
some of the Austrians soldiers he had
been tagging and when they built one
| of the tenting camp fires, they gave
Stanny something to eat and some hot
coffee. After that they rolled up in
blankets and went to sleep on the
ground. One big soldier hauled STAN
ny in under his blanket and just as
Stanny was wishing that he could stay
up longer and look at all the camp
fires and the men sleeping around
them, as they do in the war pictures.
he fell asleep.
A horn aroused Stanny in the morn
ing. There was terrific rushing about.
There was more coffee and some
bread. The bandsmen picked up their
horns and things and began footing
like Barnum & Bailey's band, as every
one statrted the march. There were
100000 men-but Stanny stuck to the
band. l still can't see that it was
Stanny's fault that these bandsmer
didn't stop playing and break up ant
go home to their wives and children
as other bandsmen dc.
Stanny found himself in big field
near a good sized pond The men la
down in the trenches and waited
Stanny crawled into trench besid
the big soldier whose blanket he ha'
r shared. The firing grew nearer an
/ nearer. Pretty soon some men in
! nearby trench began to shoot.
4 Stanny and the soldiers had lain i