The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-03-23

AauSteu, ana OF course we all were.
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, could stay no lon.
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 general favorite with the pas.
sengers. He never tired of giving his
version of the raid.
His Uniform Like Fathers.
At the station, while the party WIS
waiting for a taxicab, he proved a
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 corners that his
father was "a big sojer" 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.
whats he doing?"
"Fightin' the Mexans."
Who is your daddy?"
why don't you know? He's a bi,
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 dey
in the seclusion of their ROOMS. Worth
lngton. however, 7ent out with his
nurse for walk and kept up a run
ming fire of comment on the street
cars, the big buildings, and the othe,
things he had not been accustomed tt
encounter in Columbus.
Neither Mrs. Williams nor he]
mother were inclined to discuss thei]
experience in detail. After their brie
interview with reporter they denied
themselves to callers as far as DOS
slble, receiving MY 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. Ar
early morning train took them on thei,
way to Virginia.
Nurse Very Modest.
The nurse was modesty taciturr
about her part in the escape from the
Williams home in Columbus, and ever
refused to give her name to reporters
i hardly felt the billet when It hi,
me" she said. Il was so excited, and
OF course, | was thinking only of get
ting to the camp. But it seems like
Gods mercy that it hit me instea O.
the baby. I'm pretty glad of that.
can tell you
It'll be story to tell when Worth
| ingtOn grows uD, won't it?'
Girl Describes Onslaught.
How entire families took to tht
roofs for safety when the Villista.
made their descent on Columbus wa.
told to passengers on the Rock Islam,
train by Frances l.. Nigdon. a yount
| woman who went through the raid
and was repeated by Horace M. Ser
Der and William u. Beckley OF Mil
waukee. They reached Chicago YES
te. lay morning. M:ss Higdon stopped
at her home in st. Louis.
Miss Hisdon said she wa, s.oppins
at boarding house called the Hote
| Nacionale," declared Serber. ~ wa.
sleeping in the room next to Mrs
Taylor when the reports of the guns
reached u.s. she narrated. The at
tack seemed to havo centered severa
blocks away Everyone came run
ni1I into the hallway ! went to =
window, when heard the sound o.
hard riding along our street. anu saw
| a band OF Villistas riding through