Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-29

Il general.
= deputy. who is also a captain and
has upon his breas, medals for gal
!an'ry in action. said something about
We were al! presently drifting through
tn" sici, cit: In the soft golden sun
shine.
DESERTED HOUSE OF
4 FUGITIVE CITIZEN
No sooner had wished "a see In
what condition a pauic-s;rickcn citi-
zen leaves his town house. than We
seemed TO be opposite just such 4
house. n lovely example Of the late
renaissance. and wen, in
But it was disappointing. He had
done what every householder does
when he goes away for the summer
holidays. Instead OF leaving Tie clock
on lii" man;clpicCc. and the bronze
candelahrn, ne had put them on the
lap OF a chair. and about this chair
lac had huddlcd all the ether chairs
ana sofas that belonged in given
room.
Instead OF hanging on the walls, the
pictures had been taken down and
leaned against the huddlcd chairs In
deed each room looked as If the furni-
ture had been telling ghost stories
and was badly fri"htcncd
One large reception room was very
dark. The better to see the pancltne
WAS for raising the shade of one of
tho windows. Indeed. ! had taken hold
OF the cord with that purpose in view.
when my colonel remarked quietly:
IF you raise that shade, yod!l prob
ably he shot"
Then the cord Of which | had hold
actually stunE my thumb and fore
ringer. as bees sting, and I had 10 let
SOLDIERS IN THE CHyrT
OF 4 ROMAN RELIC
We left that house and went on 10
an ugly little chapel. within which.
or rather behind which, the German
shells. on the side of art for once.
had discovered a portion OF Il forgot
ten and very beautiful little chapel.
From the floor of this a fiat tomb
stone had been pried. and we descended
n stone stair into pitch darkness, that
liShtcncd presently, and became a mas
sivc arched cellar which the Ancient
Romans had made, and from which a
few steps upward and a dwarf door
gave access TO a smoke black medieval
Kitchen. n pure gem of those dark
ages when treaties were written on
tough parchment instead of easily
torn paper
Here soldiers were sweating and
cooling. and the smoke of their fro
went curling up. clinging to the walls
and was gathered into the inverted
funnel of the chimney.
TRENCH LIKE HOT ROOM
OF \ TURI<ISIf BATH
And we were in a sunny backyard.
across which on n diagonal, Il deep
trench had been dug as If for the
laying OF Il sewer. The perpendicular
sides were higher than my head, and
my shoulders sometimes brushed those
sides when | walked squarely.
The temperature was as that of the
hotroom in n turkish bath. and y
hornet, beast OF which I am now In
deadly fear, elected 10 accompany us.
He made a noise like n bullet, so that
for n quarter OF n mile felt myself
under rifle fire.
Then just where the communication
trench wriggles through tho public
park IN the lee OF the bandstand. J
got him between by Eloved hand and
piece of green flint and thereafter
sweated in peace.
Severed roots OF elm trees had put
our suckers, and here the communica-
ton trench. or boyau as Mrs. Wharton
Will call II. was lined with green: l
picked n scarlet poppy. too, to wither
In my button hole.
y communication trench is tho high,
way by which troops and munitions