The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-12
A Letter From
the Sky
sy SARAH BAXTER

BauA1ri1 OF Tile I'll rhgllltul u t4e
line dr the French army. vas u tile
habE Of appruprtaang any good lddk-
ing second Iieurananr whom she tnuld
induce CO be- artanC1ra Co her.
Que day young ieuranhnr- Louis
Deraille, rapGrrat 1t tile garrison tur
C.ury, anu the moment Nine. 6enkarf
saw him she ierarmine.t IL approprinI4.
htn. He WIS rnsY c.leeifea coy
Harraiy CUT Of biz teens lld cefGra
hts departure &C join hia regiment lai
prnpGseit CO and been lccepuad by llH
COUSIN Deiphine DumCur- NINE. Zen
Iartt vas double his l.re AMI had losr
wnaraver beauty ale laG 9Gssesae',
The Iieurananr iesire,t co give A. ala
SPARE title to writing love. LETTERS 60 llA
sweetheart anu had III Inclination rn
devote himself 60 the majors wife.
Cuf9rrunaraiy for him. lie UIa coo
young, too Ius0phisCicare,! E1 Know
the danger IL refusing advances from
such woman and frankly cold tile
lady thar be WIS engagest co Il cir lie
dearly ove.t and had leirher -Ile onr
inclination co devote himself to her.
Mime Benkartt = eye flashed, but De
ri1Ile's eyes we're modesciF case down
as the rtnle, and When he 7anCTIreit co
-atse them he saw a sympathetic smile.
You dear hoyr' she aGGi.i in1e.l- Tel
NE al abouc her "a she dark Il she
.a1rf Is she very young and does she
love you "a you love herP'
Dtsarmesi. OeraiIla became garrulcua
ahour the g1ri be loved, AMI 1efora the
end Of che interview uacane had gnr
her naIle and Address.
DeeatIIe had nor been IN garrison
mouth betore Germany declares. war
upon france and French TROOPS we're
rushed norrhwart tncn Belgium Be-
fore hts Departure. while ther. vaa zee
peaca. Nile. Dumont re.sfvs,t IN a1cn-
ymous Letter warning her against Ter
lover, VITO vas 1evottng himself sr
me wife Of ous. Of the officers.
Nine. Bernhard, altar listening Go De-
ea1les ~ psostiea CONCERNING bis ian
ere. did noe rei.nqutsh her grtc UPON
4l&&4> A&ItA ~ l1A~As-s< WEI = Ar-I as-~k~A>SA
to him that be tanc.es. her husband
was haenuing Jealous cf her 6s.st.es,
be- had become suspicious ct Ger. A.
sccu a be canle CO a hal. OF bis why
ta Belgium be wrote her Letter which
vas designed Co see himself right n
the matter, putting IN writing what be
had told her-ttas he had sweetheart
To whom be was deVoretIq attached
and bad no interest whatever Il any
Que eise. This Iecrrer be copied and
IncIosed the duplicate II a Ieftar TO
hts sweetheart. EXPLAINING why DE sent
ic Co her.
The episrle co Nine. Bernhard be sent
first. and tt reached her In due ttrue.
By the TIME be dispatched the one Cd
Mile. Dulnour the Germans We're push
Ing the French back upon Paris. The
courier who carried the mail was CAP
cure,t by the Germans and vas sent TO
the headquarters Of the German army.
Meanwhile che Anonymous letter
which was written by Nine. Bernhard
to Mile. Dumout had reached the Lat
ter and nearly broke her heart She
was too young and innocent Co know
the difference between the worry Of A
friend and A lend and supposed the
warning had COME from one who did
noc Wish Co see her injured She kept
her secret locked h her breast, where
tt burned and burned until It seemed
to her that she could endure It no lon
ger, but she did not write TO her lover
reproachfng him FOR having go soon
forgotten her IL first DetafIIe thought
nothing Of this. for every day there
was a battle, and as FOX mails, II one
came through from Parts It was not
| likely to be distributed
For time after the war opened Par.
IN was attacked by dIrigfbIes. which
sailing over the city. dropped bombs
upon t. One day when considerable
damage had been done by one Of these
air craft, a street ganin who was gap
ing AZ It with more curiosity than fear,
saw slowly cfrclinz down toward him
through the air a bit Of paper. Il Eel
near him and be picked IL up. Il was
letter. The gamin, not being able
10 read the superscr1ption, showed Il 70
a gendarIne, who read, Mile. Delphine
DumOnt, No. - Rue =, Paris" and
handed # back to the gamin.
Now. the boy was not bright enough
TO make guess az to where the letter
came from: but. thinking 10 make a
few SOUS, be took Il 10 its address.
When Nile Dumont heard that a
boy wished TO see her with a letter
she went to him and on seeing I, and
reading the superscription asked hin
where he got IT,
From the sky. mademoiseIle." was
the reply.
The girl mad never seen the writing
before. Tearing open the envelope
she found a letter addressed to her in
German and bearing the signature o.
a lieutenant IN the German aviation
corps and an Enclosure addressed tr
her IN her lovers handwriting. Tbs
latter she opened feverishly. It va:
the duplicate OF the one Detaille had
sent 10 Nine. Bernhard and which had
been captured By the Germans. The
letter inclosing it read as follows:
Dear AadeEnotseIle-I send bombs aozr
on your city in the line Of my duty. Il