The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
MR.. AND MRS.
STANISLAWS, YOUR
S-YEAR-OLD is HERO
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solved his problem on his own hook
by running away and starting out in
the world for himself.
Stanny wound up at Przemysl,
where he saw trolley cars for the
first time In his life. and movies, and
all the other sights Of a big city
Then he walked out into the country.
toward the Russian border, and got
Job with farmer. One day he was
stacking wheat in the fields when ne
heard drums playing. He looked mp
and saw q sight more wonderful than
anything he had seen In Przemysl.
There were soldiers marching and
soldiers riding on horses. and soldiers
in automobiles, and soldiers In wag
ons, and on cannons, AND on motor
cycles 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 overlooking
the road and marching In the fields
They were even splitting out Of the
fields into the forests. II you've been
In the United States three years
you've seen a circus parade by this
time. Well, this was million circus
parades rolled into one.
Stanny tells me that he really didn't
think OF going with the soldiers until
band came along. Great big dusty
men, with red faces, were footing
horns, and that was the finish for
Stanny. He followed the band.
You know very well, Mr. and Mrs.
Stanislaws, that boys in whatever city
you are in. follow bands and parades,
and follow them until the music
stops, and the parade comes to the
end and must "bust up" II wasn't
Stanny's fault Il seems to me, tina.
this band played on for hours and
that the parade didn't bust up" until
way after dark.
BY that time Stanny had got ac-
quainted with some 81 the Austrian
soldiers he had been tagging. and
when they built one of the 10000
camp-fires, they gave Stanny some
thing to eat and some hot coffee.
After that they rolled up in blankets
and went to sleep on the ground. One
big soldier hauled Stanny In under
his blanket, and Just as Stanny was
wishing that he could stay up longer
and look at all the camp-flres and
the men sleeping around them, az they
do In the war pictures, he fell asleep.
A horn aroused Stanny In the
morning. There was terrific rush
ing about. There was more coffee
with some bread The bandsmen
picked up their horns and things and
began footing like Barnum & Bailey's
band, as everyone started the march.
There were 100000 men, but Stanny
stuck to the band. ] still can't see
that 1t was Stannys fault that these
bandsmen didn't stop playing and
break up and go home to their wives
and children as other bandsmen do.
There's censor who has to read
what I'm writing, and II I tell too
much he'll tear up the whole thing.
80 can't tell you at what place 1t
happened, but all OF sudden there
was shooting far up ahead. Men be
gan to yell; officers gave orders; sol
diers got out their shovels and began
to dig trenches. Stanny found him
self In a big field, near good sized
pond. The men lay down In the
trenches and waited. Stanny crawled
into french beside the big soldier
whose blanket he had shared. The
firing grew nearer and nearer. Pretty
soon some men In q nearby trench
began to shoot. Stanny liked II. II
sounded like million frecrackeres
going of; 1t didn't stop for hours.
That was the beauty Of IL.
Star ny and the soldiers had lain
In the bitches eight hours when sud
denly the big soldier turned to Stan.
ny and said
Say, Kid! Will you take my can
teen over to that pond and get me
some water? I'll die II I'll don't get
drink pretty soon"
Would Stanny carry water 10 real
soldiers In a real battle. with real
dead and dying men around him. and
real bullets flying and shells scream
ing?
The answer was canteen full OF
water which Stanny shortly handed 10
the big soldier. Then the canteens OF
the desperately thirsty soldiers began
TO come down Stanny'e way. When
the soldiers found Stanny insisted
upon tending wounded under ire
they loaded him with canteens. lie
made dozen trips between the dusty
trenches and the pond. The water
fairly sizzled down the parchcd
threats OF the soldiers. On the army
records IL says that Stanny -watered''
600 men that afternoon.
In the ever ing orders. ran down the
Ilinee The man jumped out Of thar