The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-17

- don't know what you mean.
Tar rs l am concerned / ann
ENd this war has broken out. be-
<4use | hope that my Louis will
istinguish himself. Aid for my
brothers. too. A. Is 3 good thing.
Promotion has been going on 50
slowly: now they have 1t least a
chance"
Have you had any news late
iyy" | Interrupted. Are your
relatives all weIl2"
No. not for a pretty long time
now. But, you know, the postal
service is often interrupted, and
when people are tired out with a
hot march or q battle, they have
not much taste for writing. II
am quite easy. Both Louis and
my brothers wear blessed anu
let's Mamma hung them ON her
self"
What would you expect to
happen. Lori. in a war I'm which
every man in both armies wore an
amulet? IL the bullets were fly
ing on both sides. would they re-
tire back into the clouds and do
no harm?"
How excited you get. my love.
But LET us speak reasonably: so
listen To me. In a short time the
war will be over and our hus-
bands will come back captains. 1
will then try to get mine to OBJ
tain four or six weeks leave and
take a trip with me to a watering
place.
1T will do him good after all
the fatigues he will have UNDER
gone; and me also, after the heat.
and the ennui. and the anxiety I
have undergone. For you must
not think that | have no fear at
all. II may be Gods will after all
that one of my dear ones should
meet with a soldiers death-and
even though ii is a noble, envia-
BILE death, on the field OF honor,
for emperor and fatherland-"
Why, you are speaking just
like one of the proclamations to-
the ARMY"
Here was interrupted. A
footman brought in a letter.
From Gustave," cried Lori
joyfully, as she broke the seal.
When she had read two lines
bhc gave sAfichs Tie paper ieii
out of her hand and she threw
herself on my neck.
Lori, my poor dear, what is
h9" cried, deeply movedi your
husband?"
20 God. o Cod" she groaned.
/" Read for yourself"
took the letter from the floor
and began to read ] can repro
duce the phraseology exactly. be-
cause afterwards | begged the let
Her from Lori to copy it into my
diary.
Read out loud" she said; 81
twas not able to read 1t through"
= did as she wished.
Dear Sister-Y esterday we
had a hot combat; there must be
a long list of casualties. In order
lttat You, and in order that our
poor mother may not hear in that
way of the misfortune, that you
may be able to prepare her for II
| gradually tell her he Is severely
| wounded), I write at once, my
dear. to tell you that our brave
brother Kari is of the number of
warriors who have died for their
country"
interrupted my reading to
embrace my friend.
Il had got so far" she said
gently.
With fearful voice I read on.
| Your husband Is untouched,
and so am |. Would that the
enemy's bullet had hit me in
stead! envy Karl his hero's
death. He fell at the beginning
of the battle. and did not know
that this one again was lost. IL
| is really too bitter. | saw him
fall, for we were riding near each
other. jumped down at once to
pick him up. Only one look and
he was dead. The bullet must
have passed through his lungs OF
heart. IL was a quick, painless
death. How many others had to
suffer for hours. and to lie help
less on the field in the heat OF
the battle, till death released
them! II was a murderous day
more than a thousand corpses.
| friend and enemy, covered the
battlefield. | recognized among
the dead the faces of so many
dear friends; and, amongst 9TH
ers, there is poor"-here I had
TO turn the page-"poor Arno
Ditzky."
I fell unconscious on the floor.