Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-01-19

peared bot had not Termed that pris
oners were taken on either side Now
With tile list Of casualties before her
che knew that there were many Chances
that ner nnsbnnd hnd been killed
and his body mad received no more
Individual treatment than q spear OF
wheat cut down.
A month I,assed, when one day Q
card was handed to Mta. rrelawney
bearing the name vi Edgur Furntss
royal navy. A young man was ~
ceived breathlessly. lie told the Wild
ow that be had seen her husband dead
or dying. that detachment approach
ed for burial purposes and Red Cross
workers at the same tune. II Tfelaw
ney had not died he would have been
taken In By the Red Cross u'en. Hav
ing destroyed all hope. the sailor give
the widow her husbands dying mes
sage. intimating that she should take
another husband u there was any man
who would make her happy.
Trelawney when the burial and the
rescue parties came along was left by
the latter for dead, and before there
was time for the former to attend to
him the truce ended BE lay where
he was till midnight. when the spirit
OF evil again swept the held on which
be lay under the direction Of powerful
searchlights This time the Germnns
held the deld long enough to take IN
the wounded. md rreiawney. whom
q surgeon pronounced to De still alive.
was removed to the rear.
The record Of the next few weeks
In the officers rasc was. except for
frequent removals. Que continuous dull
life III hospitals, during winch ne was
slowly recovering from his WOUND
Long before be was supposed to BIZ
we'll enough to be transferred " con
centration camp fol prisoners Of w'lr
tired OF the life he led, one evening
under cover OF the darkness he walked
away.
A few days later rreiawney reach
ed England. but there wus little Ike
Iihood OF his being recognized. Tor hc
was the shadow VI mis- toruier sell
His hair had considerably whitenrd
nnd long beard mad grOwp On his FOR
merly clean shaven face. Clad III knuH
be appeared In the region OF his Tor
mer home as IN invalid soldier on
leave recovering from wounds. No
one guessed that be was the young
soldier who had so proudly marched
away some months before.
Supported 10y stout cane. he was
walking along road leading toward
| bis former residence when who should
drive by In du.cart but tile uian
whom he had been told hts wife had
formerly refused to marry. abd Ire
Ia whey saw the vehicle stop before the
door where bis wife was living.
The soldier had come home tncognito
TO prove the truth Or falsity Of what
| had been told him before going to the
war. On seeing what be considered
confirmation Of the story he paused
Should be 60 away and continue deao
to the world. leaving the woman be
loved to be happy with the man who
could best mike her happy;
A man came trudgtng along the road
whom Treia whey recognized as an OLD
tenant OF his fathers lbnt the man
did not recognize Trelawney. who On
tered into conversation with him. Ire
Ia whey leading him to opeak OF the
subject nearest his heart
"They say" said the soldier. that
the young widow who lived down the
road and who lost her husband In the
war In France Is going to take anotn
tr husband"
who says thatr asked the man.
bristlins.
Isn't II trueT'
.sTruei There's man been trying
to get her. and be tried to get her %
fore she was married. But she never
will marry. because her heart Ii with
the soldier who was killed In france
She has put up maidstone on ner
grounds with the word Unknown on
It She keeps II covered with dowerA'
When Trelawney walked on be stood
IN Strengthen and made his way With
k.s difficulty than before. The next
lay he sought the place where the
rrndstone to his memory stood While
there his wife. seeing an invalid near
I, came out to talk to him. She looked
into his face and despite his altered
appearance knew him at once.
Lieutenant rrela whey IL now being
nursed back to rugged health By lov.
mo wife