Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-03-22

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hausted, and OF course we all were.
cannot imagine. even now, how my
mother and got across that open
space without being hit
My husband viii be one OF the first
to cross the border with the troops on
the regular expedition when the order
comes. l suppose be Is already in Mex.
leo Isn't that the word from Washing
ton?
But, Of course, l could stay 10 lon
ger with the baby My home is in
Norfolk. Va, and l am going there"
On the Rock Island trair en- route
to Chicago the williams baby had be-
come a general favorite with the pas
sengers. He never tiEed 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
theirs, and his huge Mexican straw
sombrero
He walked up and down the waiting
room waving little American dag.
and announcing to all Corners that his
father was "a big soIer" and was go
ing to kill those Mexans"
Baby, where is daddy?" asked Mrs
Williams. halting his sentry duty for
a moment
"Oh. he's in camp" said Worthing
ton promptly
WI ats he doing2"
"Fightin the Mexans."
Who is your daddy
Why don't you know? He's a big
soJer an cap'n"
Spend Day In Secluslon.
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
Neither Mrs Williams nor her
mother were inclined to discuss their
experience in detail. After their brief
interview with a reporter they denied
themselves to callers as far as pos
shle, receiving only a few intimate
Chicago friends
News of their arrival quickly spread
n no nj Mt No. al.
hotel, however. and when they entered
the dining room for dinner they were
freely. II 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
Il hardly felt the bullet when it hit
me, she said. Il was SO excited, and.
OF course. was thinking only OF get
ting 10 the camp. But 1t seems like
Gods mercy that II hit me instead Of
the baby I'm pretty glad OF that
can tell you
I'm be a story 10 tell when Worth
iugton grows up, won't it,"
Girl Describes Onslaught.
How entire families took to the
roofs for safety when the Viuistas
M e their descent on Columbus was
told to passengers on the Rock lsland
train by Frances L. Higdou. Young
woman who went through the raid.
and was repeated by Horace NJ. Ser
Der aud William D. Beckley OF Mil
waukee They reached Chicago YES
terday morning Miss Higdou stopped
at her home in St Louis
Miss Higdon said she was stopping
at boarding house called the Hotel
Macdonald" declared Serber. II was
sleeping in the room next to Mrs
Taylor when the reports of the guns
reached us she narrated The at
tack seemed TO have centered several
blocks away Everyone came run
ming into the hallway went 10 a
window. when I heard the sound OF
hard riding along our street, and saw
band OF Villistas riding through.