The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-10-11
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&&A&ts WIN VIII
Il was fun stopping nt the towns
The people came down 70 see the troop
trains pass through. and they certainly
treated as royalty They brought "a
fruit and candy and cigarettes and an
sorts Of deliemcies. The girls were
especially enthusiastic, They struck up
conversations with the soldiers *.
changed addresses and promised 10
write often
talked aifh q number Of girls on
ihe way east and managed 10 fool them
sIL There Is . packet o. NAH waiting
h France nov for Private Leo G Car
teF. That h the name ! chose ! 70
member particularly one little girl Ia q
small gown Ia Ohio She was about
twenty years old. dark. very pretty aud
very sentimental on the sublecs o.
soldiers.
.where DO yoa come from che
called 10 me. As was sitting IL the
ear window.
-Arixoaa. / replied
-Where are Jon golngf-
Somewhere IL Francer' answered
proudly and hopefully too.
She looked 20 shocked that got out
and talked with her We chatted FOR
quite awhile. She took my address
and said she would keep me posted on
thinss back home WheR ! was IN the
iFenrisek ! carried the thing through
60 the end. ! even Kissed her az paFt.
inK She was awfnliy surprised. bus
thrilled af The romance ~ tie situation.
Being a Romeo b easier than l'cing .
soldier.
Jnsf before we reached Chicago my
husband came 70 me and beRged me
not 10 so on.
-lt wiii b. better for you 20 50 home
with the folks" be said. -fou can
study nursing and enter the Red Cross
a. soou as you qualify"
-Yea.- replied. = can spend mouths
Ia preparation. aud when iininh they
viii send me TO The eastern grunt o.
put me on some hospital ship Or keep
mo on duty here Ia the q. 4 A Not
for met ! wiii be no nearer yoa than
! was before. II so along there viii
b a chance Of my being sent for duty
back u your Inca A least wiii -.
quest that posiiion.~
4 command you 70 return be said
IN bis ecFerest military manner.
-l'll think Il over. Corporal Carter
promised aud walked away. When
the train pulled out Of Chicago ! was
n che cook car pccllne potatoes
When We arrived IN floboken the
men went straight from the train 70
the transport. Here again my husband
demonstrated with me
Husband Again Urges Her - Return
~You've got away with q this far"
be said -Don's you think u - time 70
50 backTs
I'm say eoodby. and IN golf
can. was ms answer.
when the time came fell Ia limo |
again with the cooks and went aboard |
the barge.
Tho barge was tied alongside thc /
transport where the Eighteenth was
embarkins. II was piled high with
supplies which were being loaded on to
the ship. These kept arriving All day
and far into the night Great truck
loads Of them were emptied out on the
deck. This continued during the entire |
three days We were anchored there. !
worked like q Trojan. and my hands
were weii blistered. but my heart was
happy.
There we're no sleeping quarters on
the barge but there were plenty Of
mattresses The cooks were quarter
"a together. We slept on mattresses
thrown on the floor inside the barge
cabin. fs was not uncomfortable.
used to wake up IN the night. look out
AZ the dusky form Of the transport
swaying gently on the tide and pray
would not be discovered until ! was
aboard and we'll out oh TO the ocean.
The boys around me snorcd peacefully.
They had nothing 20 worry them but
the work OF unloading the supplies.
Every evening there was crap game
In the cabin. II was what you would
caIl a fading game--noisy. With calls
FOR little Joe" and the rest The
players got most Of their fun out OF
Ioshing one another. One man usually
took all the money. The next night
some fellow--a winner IN another game
would take Il away from him. and 30
Il went. Finally. the lucky survivor
had Il all
There were few. II any. shore leaves
after The men boarded the transport
The furthcss they went was ont on the
Dier Across The river, they could see
he uny lights OF New York reckoning |
rhey had read often Of tlle Great white
Way. Few Of them had ever seen It
Here they we're. within a few minutes
II It. yet II might as well have been g
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