The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-18

SIP Ike Deen1ve full or our boy
! Now II was empty. They were ''ov
} there" AS we passed the statue
Liberty sentry came to attention ar
saluted.
Greetings. old girl" he said. II 81
you're still doing business at the OIL
stand. By the way" turning to mi
what are they going to do with you
How do | know" replied.
Il guess it's the guardhouse for you.
he said II heard they were going t
jug you"
prison viii suit me fine | an
swered. Maybe by the time | com
out the old man will be back ! nigh
as well be in Jail as anywhere else
OF course if they let me have m,
choice | prefer to join the Red Gross
and try to go over and maybe see ml
boss-the commanding officer of thu
Carter family"
! was kept on the ship for a day ant
a night. Reporters from the newspa
pers were the first to find me. ! don't
know what siege is like. but the gov
|
set all the reporters to manning siege
guns They'd never stop until they got
the enemy.
One of them came up to me on deck
in big hurry.
where's the woman who went to
France on this transport with you?"
I'm it," said. | was still wearing
my doughboy uniform. He looked me
over minute. scratched his head and
exploded:
We'll, I'll be d-dp
Finally the officers of the ship tele-
phoned the police in HOboken. They
came down in a patrol wagon to get
me. A matron was with them. They
all seemed to be anxious to do any
thing for me they could.
| had free ride in the police taxicab
to the Jail. The matron loaned me
clothes so could go out in the garb of
a woman and buy some of my own. ]
cried little when | peeled off my SOL
der uniform. thinking how happy l
had been in it-part Of the time. Skirts
felt awful funny and awkward to me.
That uniform is going to be locked
away In chest and treasured all my
life I'll hand it down to the young
Carters-If there ever are any.
The officers told me the government
would take no action against me. They
had denoted my husband from cor
poral to private and fined him two
thirds of one months pay. and they
thought that was enough. | couldn't
convince them he wasn't in on it orig
nally, although | tried hard enough.
What surprised me was that people
seemed to think | had done something !
| never looked at it that
way at all. Moving picture concerns.
vaudeville agents and
newspapers came to me with all sorts |
If offers. | never had any experience |
n business. | lived on ranch down
n Arizona when | wasn't at any army
ost, and | couldn't understand what |
lad done to bring myself so much in
he limeight | can rope a steer with
he best of them. but when this New
ork bunch began to mill was sunk.
was alone here. knew nobody One
the newspaper men suggested that
| wanted to get money so | could
)in the Red Cross and go back
light to accept some of the offers
hat decided me. The money | make
ON these articles in the American
awspapers will be used for that pur-
)se. They will give Uncle Sam
ed Cross nurse. passage to some
here in France" preferably near Pri
tie now) John Carter, prepaid.
Now m going back to Douglas to
e the folks. I'll stop in Kentucky as
y husband ordered. and tell his moth
all about what fine Sammie she
IS for son. My own mother will he
aiting for me. She never knew | was
ing until | had left | didn't want
r to worry. Now she writes:
If you wanted to be soldier and
bit with your man it was all right
th us. We're proud of you. You're
honor to the blood. and that has
ell fighting blood since before the
ii war;
don't know how long this war is
ing to last, but If 1t gives me half
ance I'll be lover there with a cross
my arm looking for Private John
rter, U. S. |. Il hope he's captain
N; he's got 1t in HIM, and looking
!. for him and the boys.
'here'll be some one else I'll be look
f<xv, Ia.
much and tipped me off.