Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-03-03
SWEETS And SUZANNE
BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS.

copyright, 1914, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
Suzanne, enveloped in an apron,
stood over the gas range stirring
fudge. 1T seems such an odd thing
to send to the army" she said to her
mother.
Chocolate is very nourishing and
sustaining, DEAR" replied Mrs. Adams.
"The boys can carry it along with
them on a march and, when they feel
hungry or fatigued, eat piece with
out stopping. Don't you see?"
Suzanne nodded. "Oh, I'm more
than willing to make it, and since the
cali for it has been sent out I'm sure
it is required"
And then she went on with her
candymaking, thinking and wonder
ing as she stirred where and by whom
it would be eaten.
IL wonder if any of the boys will
get whole box, by any chance she
said to herself. "I-wonder!"
When a trainload of wounded SOL
der boys arrived at the big city, OF
which her home was suburb, Suz-
anne was anxious to join the volun-
teer workers who were 10 care for
the soldier laddies.
'I am not trained nurse. but !
could help" she told her mother.
"All right, dear" her mother said.
TT is noble work and you have my
permission to $3.50 long as you go
chaperoned by Mrs. Greene"
Mrs. Greene was matron of the
community who was going to help
with the nursing of boys who had
been brought home, and she had Of
fered to take Suzanne with her.
1t fell to Suzannes lot to be sent
to the home of a soldier boy whose
mother was an invalid. At his home
she was to assist in taking care OF
him, and from the young man she
learned much of the life of soldiers
in battle.
But we had much to be thankful
for" the wounded soldier told her
one day when she sat by his invalid
chair, which was drawn out on to the
sunny porch beside that of his moth
er. I'VE had wonderful Red Cross
service. We were not left to suffer
on the field, but were given the best
and quickest of attention at all times
and sent home to mend up. And
the good people all over the country
even saw to it that we had candy
chocolate sweets-on our marches. 1t
was great" the boy said.
"Did-did you have any fudge%
Suzanne asked timidly.
Fudge? The best ever and one Of
the fellows in our regiment has gone
clean daffy over some girl who sent
box with her name written all over
it. He pieced it together, taking our
candy out of our very mouths al
most" the soldier laughed-"and
managed to make out her name and
where she lives. He swears If he
lives he's going to find that girl, aud
well, you know how such things
always turn out"
When her charge was well enough
to be about she left him, but not be-
fore she had promised his mother to
go each summer to visit her at their
cottage by the sea.
1t was three summers later that
she went down to the cottage at the
invitation of the old lady and her ex-
soldier son to spend fortnight. The
war was over.
"Mr. Henry" Suzanne asked Of the
boy she had nursed, did you ever
hear again of your comrade who ate
the girls fudge and was bound to win
her. Did he ever find herr"
Funny. He's coming here tonight
to spend the night with three other
fellows, and you can ask him for
yourself. 1 hope he's either found her
or forgotten her." Henry added, "This
love business gets me-Tm heart
whole for one," he laughed.
1t all seemed so natural when Suz-
anne shook hands with Robert Moore
so much as If it had meant to be.
"Suzanna Adams" he said. "Suz-
anne-it's not an ordinary name and
I've been searching for it."
why SOP" asked the girl, blushing
furiously.
Because she made some fudge and
wrote her name upon it to give me
hope through many long march,
that's why, and you know it. Later
on I'll tell you more" he said, dar-
ingly. "Will you listen?"
Suzanne choked with emotion and
could not answer, but Bhe knew that
she would listen-that she had been
waiting for three years to listen.