The Lamar register., 1915-02-10

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4 little Old lady came 10 Despite bis
snKry aaDlclsns Colonel B0usaI rose
and offered her camp stool For the
Ittls old lady vas 20 typieally French
Vel madam ," he asked
Ny son has enlisted 10 your com
pzny. colonel" said the little old lady
triumphantly
Yes. there vas triumph In her voice
and all through the story she told him.
For Nine harchAnd had In secret
Wished that her son might not forfeit
hiA birthrfEht. and. learning at Nancy.
By friend who managed to reach her.
that lean had enlisted. nothing would
satisfy her but that she must go 10
the place where he vas and see him
In the uniform which his father had
worn
And. thank heaven. he ia here" she
continued. Il walked from Nancy.
starting at noon"
You walked from Nancy. madam"
inquired the colonel incredulousiy.
Sir miles7 Pooh! That Is moth
ing. During the war OF 1870. when my
Philippe was serving on the frontier.
I walked from Nancy to Paris. And
now I have come to see my Jean in
the midst OF his comrades. To think
that. with all his American citizenship
he preserved his French heart"
Did you say he was an American.
grufiy.
"AaHuredly. His father and went
to America when he was baby. and
he obtained citizenship at twenty one.
But a Frenchman never forgets France
Now take me to him. colonel"
Colonel Boileau sat staring into the
little old lady's face. She was typi-
cally French. SO smartly attired. de
spite her Widows weeds Captain
Jacqueyel coughed in a melancholy
manner and looked down at the
ground
MY son is only a private now" con
tlnued Nine. Marchand But soon
you will see him a corporal. and then
a sergeant He will be promoted for
gallantry upon the field and made lieu.
tenant. then captain major-who
knows but that the end Of the war
may see him a coloncl7"
Colonel BoileRu could find nothing
to say For a long while he sat star
Ing at tho little old lady. Al last he
arose
Captain Jacquevel. you will offer our
hospitality to Mime. Marchand until |
return he said. and. leaving the tent,
went to the guard tent
Inside. between two corporals. sat
Jean Marchand. He was seated bolt
upright. staring out into the darkness.
The terror had not yet come upon
him. for II all seemed like disordered
dream the incidents since his en-.
llstment
Colonel Boileau led the prisoner
outside the tent The corporals.
springing to their feet, saluted their
officer. II did not seem strange to
them that he should have come for
Notwithstanding seemed strange In
times like these.
when they had gone little way
Colonel Boileau shouted. Halt"
The priaoner faced him pxDectantly