Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-25

brace YOU
Your little Jean"
LOVING WIFE * AIDED
ny .CHIvALROUS COLONEL
fcw days ago a young married
woman. a typical daughter of Southern
France. whose husband has been called
TO the colors. walked on her feet the
long distance from Marseilles to Nau-
tcuil lie Haudoin in order once more to
see her husband before he departed for
the front.
When she arrived there she was told
that the regiment TO which her hus-
band belonged mad left for the front
just an hour before. With the little
money she had she hired a car and set
out in pursuit OF the marching regi-
ment and succeeded In getting in front
OF II. Then she got out Of the car
raised her hand and cried Halt" to
the surprised soldiers. Standing in the
middle OF the road she refused TO bulge
The colonel rode UP to her and asked
her what she wanted. With tears in
her eyes she said:
~ have walked all the way from
MarseIlles, colonel. to kiss my husband
soodby before he goes to the front: he
Is here in your regiment, and ] beg you
The, colonel smiled and without a
moments hesitation me gave the order:
Halt! The regiment will rest here
for fifteen minutes. Help this loving
wife TO find her husband"
moment later the couple were in
each others arms. while the entire
regiment cheered them and their
chivalrous colonel. who was rewarded
with a hearty kiss by the young wife
before the regiment started again.
BELGIAN SERGEANT
FIGHTS For REVENGE
There is a tragedy behind the bravery
OF Belgian sergeant of artillery who
covered himself with glory in the re-
cent fighting around Dixmude.
The sergeantS company had been
decimated. and the survivors were
going to surrender. when suddenly he
began to sing the national air. the
Lion Of Flanders" Though his shout
der was crushed by shell. he re-
charged his gun. Sheltered by the pro-
lection of its fire, the few survivors
held good. and when re-enforcements
arrived II was found that the honor
OF the trench had been saved by twelve
men.
The sergeant was the son Of a notary.
who was the burgomaster of small
commune near Wise. The family lived
happily in little chateau situated in
4 park. The burgomastcr's son was
educated at Client University. and
there were two pretty daughters. aged
eighteen and twenty. The son had
returned for the holidays. and the fam
lily was preparing to spend month
at Ostend when the war broke out.
When the little commune was invaded
b. the Germans the burgomaster was
arrested and the chateau occupied.
The Germans had put fine of 100. :
600 francs on the Inhabitants. and the
money was collected after considerable
trouble. The burgomaster breathed
more freely. The German officers, who
lodged at the chateau. had remarked
the beauty OF the two daughters, and
one evening they ordered the young
women to be brought to them.
The father. mother and son pro-
tested. but they were locked in their
rooms and could do nothing. They
were arrested and shot at dawn. The
Germans omitted to assure themselves
that their victims were dead. The
young man. shot in the neck, was not
dead. and escaped by miracle.
And now. maddened at the memory
OF that night of horror. his father and
mother massacred before his eyes and
ignorant OF the fate of his sisters, he