The Coconino sun., 1915-01-01
SWEETS AND SUZANNE
BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS.
Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicute)


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 a piece with
out stopping Don't you see?"
Suzanne nodded "Oh, I'm more
than willing to make it. and since the
call for it has been sent out I'm sure
it is required"
And then she went on with her
candymaliing, thinking and wonder.
ing as she stirred where and by whom
1t 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.
dier boys arrived at the big city, of
which her home was suburb, SUI.
anne was anxious to join the volun.
teer workers who were to care for
the soldier laddies.
i am not a trained nurse, but
could help, she told her mother.
All right, dear" her mother said.
1t is noble work and you have my
permission to $3.50 long as you go
chaperoned by Mrs Greene"
Mrs. Greene was a lnatron 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 Snzanne's 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
III 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 We 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. II !
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 f.
clean daffy over some girl who sent .
a box with her name written all over
i. He pieced it together, taking our
candy out of our very mouths al
most" the soldier laughed--"and
managed to make cut her name and /
where she lives. He swears if he
ives he's going to find that girl. and
well, you know how such things
always turn out"
When her charge was we'll enough
o be about she left him. but not be.
ore she had promised his mother to
20 each summer to visit her at their
cottage by the sea.
1t was three summers later that
me went down to the cottage at the
invitation of the old lady and her ex-
oldier son to spend fortnight The
var was over.
'fMr JaprN ~ aCtrai Of rho [
Joy she had nursed, did you ever
lear again of your comrade who ate
he girls fudge and was bound to win
Ter. Did he ever find her."
Funny, He's coming here tonight
% spend the night with three other
fellows, and you can ask him for
hope he's either found her
,r forgotten her." Henry added. This
owe business gets me--I'm 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-
not an ordinary name and
I've been searching for it,
"Why so?" asked the girl, blushing
furiously.
because she made some fudge and
wrote her name upon it to give me
hope through many a 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 she knew that
she would listen-that she had been
waiting for three years to listen.