Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-26


 hausted, and of course We all were | canno; imagine. even now. how my mother and l got across that open space without being hi,
 My husband will be one of the first 10 cross the border with the troops on the regular expedition when the orcer comes suppose he is already in Mex ico. Isn't that the word from Washing ton?
 But. of course 1 could stay 10 lon ger ~ith the baby. My home s in Norfolk. Va. and l am going there"
 On the Rock island train en route to Chicago the Williams ba by 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 a picturesque figure in his brown khaki uniform. an exact eplica of his ia. thcr's. and his huge Mexican straw sombrero.
 He walked up and down the waiting Bs and anno ncing to all corners that his father was "a big sojer'' and was 90 ing 10 kill those MeTans"
 Baby. where s daddy" asked Mrs Williams. halting his sentry duty for . moment.
 oh. he's in camp" sad Wo-thing- ton promptly.
 -sIbot's ba tpFpCH~ Eighth the aeyans." Who is your daddy"
 Why don't you know? Res bi. soJer an Cap'n."
 Spend Day in Seclusior.
 When their ;axicab arrived the party went 10 the Virginia hotel. where Mrs. Williams and her mother spent the d: y in the seclusion Of their rooms Worth. ington. however. 7ent out with his nurse for a walk and kept up run ming fire Of comment on the street cars. the big buildings, and the other l things he had not been accustomed to encounter in Columbus Neither Mrs. Williams nor her mother were inclined to discuss theIr experience in detail. After their brief | ir' erview with a reporter they denied themselves to calle-s as far as pGs, sible. receiving .niy a Jew intimate | Chicago friends.
 News Of their arrival quickly spread among the guests and attaches of the ! hotel. however. and when they entered l the dining room for dinner they were | freely if discreetiy. stafed at. An early morning train took them on their | way to Virginia.
 Nurse Very Mocest. The nurse was modesty taciturn ! abou, her part in the escape from the 1 Williams home in Columbus. and even reused to give her name to reporters. T hardly felt the 'ilct wLen 4 hit me- she said. ''l was so excited. and. Of course. l was thinking Jn-y Of get ting to tne camp But 1t seems like Gods mercy that it hit me instea of the baby I'm pretty glad Of that. can tell you.
 "It1I he a story to tell when Worth I ington grows up. won't it' Girl Describes Onslaught. How entire families took 10 the roofs for safety when the Villistas made their descent on Columbus was 'oId to passengers on the Rock islan': train by Frances i.igton young
 yoman who went through the raid ard was repeated ny Horace NJ Ser. her and Wil'iam b. Beckley Of Mil waukee They reached Chicago yes. te' ay morning Mss Higdon stopped 1 at her home n St Louis.
 ".iss Hi.fon said she wa stopping at a boarding house called the Hotel NacionaIe,- declared Seroer - was slee ping Tn the rn1n next to Mrs Taylor when the reports of the guns reached US. she narrated. The at tack seemed 10 havs centered several blocks away Everyone came run. ril. into he hallway. 1 went to a window. when heard the sound Of hard riding along our street. anJ saw band Of viIlistas riding through.