Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-10-18
REFUGEES LINE WARSAW
ROADS AS THE TEUT0N
ARMY OCCUPIES CITY

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thenl-and that is that the fighting
has swung far cut Of the region Of
home
Brave in Their Distress
When they saw the headlights of a
German military auto bearing down
ON them the drivers Of the wagons
would leap from their seats and yank
the horses from the middle of the
roads and sometimes they would have
10 throw their overcoats or a quilt
over the horses heads because the
beasts we're so terrified by the stream
ing light one midnight ! was so
lucky as TO have our automobile break
down Just as We We're passing q wagon
train. AT one side Of the third Wag-
ON q woman was walking. Her hus-
band who was doing the driving,
walked on the other side. Both were
splashed 10 the waist with mud, On
top Of the wagon were the children,
whose faces shune Wide-eyed and star
tied In the glare of our lights, and a
couple of young girls who kept the
children from falling off.
The husband had his hands full in
controlling the frantic horses, 50 he
had little TO say, but his wife was
ready for q good visit, ana neither
rolu por darlsness could dAmpen her
h,o,.anc,. Sbo snola a Mind of DER
man ,hst wos so nnlettered ana SO
free from complexities that it fitted
in very nicely with the kind Of Ger
man sneak and I could understand
moet NJ her story Resides II was the
usnal story
Months away from home and living
ON tbc foU ltonoss a d5v allowed by
ne rrlief society IN Warsaw. and now
the news fhot home was standing and
Inc Russian, had been driven so far
cast and north that II was safe to go
bock Yes. The children had been
weD through Il all There were two
oe t,at, no, ,horn on no art The
other two had been sent to their un-
rle az KaIisz iust hefore the invasion.
So Plucty as IN nc Droll.
When we asltod her whether she
had food enough in tho wagon She
shrugged and bade lis consider wheth-
er In these times there was ever
en6ueh Of ANYTHING. lut she seemed
to make the question more a matter
Of lest Than whine I'm fact. through
out hor narrative there was no re-
sentiment. no ronror and she seemed
II II
creatures had ever met in any coun-
try.
She was eniovinp herself too. for
by this time some of the other autos
had como m and che had men from
hair a dozen nations standing around
her and Itstenino IN her story and
charfIng with nor ana lai,ghinr AZ he,
droU qalllce ennnnse vou might
say thai far tbe first tire in her life
she was an innortant person. and |
think she liked II Finailv she settled
herself On the huh of a wagon wheel
sitting thnre win hands resting on
her hing ana began to question us
And tba burden Of an ber inquiry was
this.
'When win the dear COD bring the
end NJ the ,coro"
Generals don't l,rov that moth
err" said We
That was true she agreed. but al
least we might have notion as to
whether the pussjans would he com.
ing ktnh ana wbetber this "hoese
(wicked1 firbting would he likely tC
benin au o,'er ogotr
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lhe AN a. ti,ot insta,t was SLOWLY
oversnroad ,,-ith ,i,, bao,ttfni crimson
glow ~ tbo Ere bor,rs a,'d we said
We thongb, ~ "a 10, nnr inforrna.
ton was tbat thn p,,seian lines were
braaLir, a. an ,,ot,,.s
~ tbis tt,,i ~ stor,,, had abatet
nf,le fI,o,,a,, ~ 80, and the vim
were stul 9lash,oa % IN tbe birches ma
grow cioso W., ,e ha4b sldaq az thC
road ana ~ ty.o cbildren on The tor
Of the uaoo, uoi,ed tbeir heads out
nom tho sha,,,Ie pYnf I,,i,h ,prich the airl,
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