The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-28

trot in compact masses. Wait re-
peated the captain. Don't fire
single shot. We are going to play
little game of massacre. Let each
man take two grenades and keep well
hidden behind the sacks
when the Germans were only a
few yards away the captain shouted
at the top of his lungs: Use all the
grenades you wish, my children. The
terrible bombs bursting in the ranks
caused unbelievable carnage"
"They yelled like pigs flayed alive. "
said the lieutenant placidly. 1T did
not take long to clean them up, but
several of them fired back at US while
retreating. This is how we two were
caught"
Gives Autoist Password.
These little hotels close behind the
lines present an ever changing va
riety of war pictures. Besides wound
ed soldiers there are others who come
on errands and who want solid
meal before returning to the trenches.
Here also, are refugees from villages
under fire and women come to try
and see their husbands who are
wounded or stationed in the neighbor-
hood. Transport automobiles stop
before the door, the chauffeurs buy
each other drinks and depart with
faces somewhat redder than before.
Yesterday ! saw noncommissioned
officer carefully confiding the pass
word to an automobilist who desired
to continue along the road.
Near by was another noncommis-
stoned officer hugging little child
with exuberant joy, while his wife,
who had just arrived, stood by. This
soldier had not seen his little family
for three months and wished to have
everyone share his pleasure. He
turned his beaming countenance right
and left and as his eyes met mine he
said:
1T is fine to see ones little world
again. I asked myself when went
away II should ever see this little
doll again."
How Wives Meet Their Husbands.
While his wife told him all the
small happenings of the last three
he continued to kiss his
diminutive heir. Some wives who
come far to see their husbands are
less lucky, for the regulations are
very strict. However. conjugal love
inspires some ingenious ruses.
There is young woman here who
is the wife Of an officer on the firing
line. Knowing the difficulty of ap-
preaching the lines, did not conceal
from her that her enterprise seemed
doomed to failure, but she smiled
quietly and assured me that. never
the less she would see her husband.
After enjoying my establishment, she
explained that her husband had writ
ten her that he goes almost daily to
carry orders on horseback, Is kilo-
meters mine miles) behind the lines.
She had only to go to a certain vii
Iage and wait between six and nine
o'clock in the morning in a church
where he would go daily until he saw
her. They could thus meet and no.
body would be the wiser.
81 am leaving for this village at
four o'clock tomorrow morning. said
he young woman. Il do not dare to
20 to bed tonight for fear should
,versleep."
Lives In Cellar Eight Weeks.
Last night there was in the dining
'oom a family of ragged, taciturn
peasants from some untenable farm
near the front Beside them a soi-
AIRY young woman ate without appe-
lite. She was from Reims. where she
lad been living in cellar for eight
weeks. In countenance of cada-
rerous pallor shone two blinking eyes
with Redeemed lids. From the sleeves
Vt her black dress issued white flesh
ess arms on which the veins stood
,ut like cords Her whole appearance
pore witness to terrible debility and
Ter bearing still breathed dread. AS
she bent down to rearrange her skirt
With her hand her wedding ring fell
md rolled away. Il am so thin it
won't stay on my finger any MORE"
The said. Insignificant though the in
'ident was 1t was more moving than I