The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18

hausted, and Of course we all were. l
cannot imagine. even now, how my
mother and l got across that open
space without being hit.
MY husband will be one of the first
to cross the border with the troops on
the regular expedition when the order
comes. suppose he is already in Mex
leo. Isn't that the word from Washing
ton?
But, of course, I could stay no Ion
ger with the baby. My home is in
Norfolk, Va, and l am going there"
On the Rock Island train en- route
to Chicago the Williams baby had be-
come a general fayorite with the pas
sengers. He never tired of giving his
version Of the raid.
His Uniform Like Fathers.
At the station, while the party was
waiting for a taxicab. he proved
picturesque figure in his brown khaki
uniform, an exact replica Of his IA
Tiers, and his huge Mexican straw
sombrero.
He walked up and down the waiting
room waving a little American flag.
and announcing to all comers that his
father was "a big sojer" and was 60
ing to kill those Mexans."
Baby, where is daddy" asked Mrs.
Williams, hating his sentry duty for
a moment.
"Oh, he's in camp" said Worthing-
ton promptly.
whats he doing?"
"Fightin the Mexans."
Who is your daddy?"
why don't you know? He's a big
soJer an cap'n."
Spend Day In Seclusion.
When their taxicab arrived the party
went to the Virginia hotel, where Mrs.
Williams and her mother spent the day
in the seclusion of their rooms. Worth
ington, however, went out with his
nurse for a walk and kept up a run-
ming fire of comment on the street
cars, the big buildings. and the other
things he had not been accustomed to
encounter in Columbus.
mother were inclined to discuss their
experience in detail. After their brief
interview with reporter they denied
themselves to callers as far as pos
sible. receiving only few intimate
Chicago friends.
News of their arrival quickly spread
among the guests and attaches Of the
hotel, however, and when they entered
the dining room for dinner they were
freely, if discreetly, stared at. An
early morning train took them on their
way to Virginia.
Nurse Very Modest.
The nurse was modesty taciturn
about her part in the escape from the
Williams home in Columbus, and even
refused to give her name to reporters.
"I hardly felt the bullet when it hit
me-" she said. Il was so excited, and,
of course, l was thinking only of get
ting to the camp. But it seems like
Gods mercy that it hit me instead of
the baby. I'm pretty glad of that. l
can tell you.
IL ii De StOIy W tSii "hOh Noi eii
ington grows up, won't it?"
Girl Describes Onslaught.
How entire families took to the
roofs for safety when the Villistas
made their descent on Columbus was
told to passengers on the Rock Island
train by Frances L. Higdon, young
woman who went through the raid,
and was repeated by Horace M. Ser
ber and William D. Beckley OF Mil
waukee. They reached Chicago yes
terday morning. Miss Higdon stopped
at her home in st. Louis.
Miss Higdon said she was stopping
at a boarding house called the Hotel
Nacionale," declared Serber. II was
sleeping in the room next to Mrs.
Taylor when the reports Of the guns
reached u.s. she narrated. The at
tack seemed to have centered several
blocks away. Everyone came run
ming into the hallway. l went to
window, when I heard the sound OF
hard riding along our street. and saw
a band of Villistas riding through.