Connecticut western news., 1917-11-29
Facing the Music.


 quick, and he wasn't bothering much about his military bearing either. He was too excited to be anything except lust natural. When he quickly con- vfnced himself was real and not a Cake scare he sent for the quartermas- Ger captain of the ship.
 T wanted to see my husband pretty Nahd by this time If he had appeared 0 the scene I guess I would just nat 1xally have broken away from that &bmch, officers or no officers, and grab led him. They would have had to pry me away from Corporal Carter with eayonet. ! The Quartermaster captain came Ill aH a-bluster. He was as mad as Scar with sore ear. A U boat would 0ave been, welcome alongside of me.
 ~What are your intentionsT' he de- landed. He gave me a swell imita- Axon of clap of thunder. He expected mo to drop dead of fright, but fooled efm., This didn't help his temper any.
 'I want to go to France and join the Ked Cross" said.
 "Why didn't you join it at home in- stead of trying to make goat out of the armyY'
 "I'm not trying to do anything but get to France with my husband" answered. ''If he is wounded want o be there to take care of him. That goes for the rest of the boys In K com Rany too. Why should I sit back home n rocking chair and wait while some strange woman is nursing the one Bve and his comrades? I'll go right to ehe trenches with him. I'll fight with Kfm, and If he or any of the other boys are hurt I'll drop my gun and take care sf them" wen see about that" snapped the Quartermasteri captain. Right now you'h come with me Fall in there. , neny
 marched up to the orderly room on the top deck with an advance and rear Enaill of one officer each. The o. c. was in command of the ship. The oth- CTS were trailers.
 Without further ado court went into session. Of course they thought my whole trip had been fixed up by my Husband and some of his men. They tried their best to get me to name my mflies, but I never did. How could when I didn't have any at the start? told my story straight, exactly as it Happened, and that is all there was to A Not once did they trip me up. Einally they gave it up as bad job aud ordered me to a stateroom on the Argt deck, under guard.
 Then they sent for my husband The Boys told me later that when an order. v came and told him he was wanted EF the quartermaster captain he turned as white as a sheet and almost collaps- d, but in a second he bucked up like regular soldier. He couldn't obey @rders quick enough, because he want 36 to know what they had done with MRe. It was shame. for he had never Aeen up for anything before, and this Hurt his record
 The first thing he blurted out when he reached that impromptu courtroom was. r.<-
 'sWhere's the kiddie?"
 He was OH. The only answer he got was heavy volley of cold looks. It &Idn't take him long to discover a mili- tgry court is no respecter of Cupid. He had a mighty uncomfortable half Hour worrying, until he finally found cut was safe. All that time they kept him busy answering questions and denying he had planned the trip. It vas hard to make them believe he did not know I was on the boat until we were we'll outside of Sandy Hook. They brought me back to confront Him and to question us together. Wasn't I proud of him, though. when fsaw him standing there. straight and tim and full of courage, his chin in tte air, his shoulders back. ready to Ance any kind of music they had to flay! He half started toward me. and ' made running jump for him.
 sAttention!" shouted the quartermas Ger captain. pounding the desk with xfs fist. It was hard situation for nkm to handle. He saw that. We Both stopped short and fell into posi- &iOn. The habits and discipline of the sxmy certainly get grip on you.
 On the Grill.
 \ don't know how long we were on the grill. It seemed ages to me. We suck to our story-the truth. They Brought in the first sergeant of my Husbands company and questioned kfm too. He had to admit he knew nothing about it. He might have sus- pected, but he figured it was none Of his business. He didn't add this, how ever. Sticking your nose into othcr peoples affairs is a dangerous pastir.s