The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-10-24

hurt his record.
The first thing he biurted out when
he reached that impromptu courtroom
was:
Where's the kiddic?'
He was on The only answer he got
was heavy volcy Of cold looks. II
didn't take him long to discover mill
tary court Is no rcsp?ctcr of Cupid
He Ind n mighty uncomfortable half
hour worrying. until he finally found
out ! was safe All that time they
kept him busy answering questions and
denying he had planned the trip II
was hard 10 make them believe he did
not know I was on the boat until we
were well outside of Sandy Hook.
They brought me back to confront
him and to question us together
Wasn't / proud Of him. though. when
I saw him standing there. straight and
trim and full Of courage. his chin in
the air. his shoulders back. ready to
face auv kind Of music they had to
play. He half started toward me. and
] made running jump for him
"Attcntion,'' shouted the quartermas
ter captain. pounding the desk With
his fist. 1t was hard situation for
him TO handle He saw that. We
both stopped short and fell Into posi-
ton The habits and discipline Of the
army certainly get grip OH you.
On the Grill.
don't know bow long we were on
the grill II seemed ages to me. We
stuck to our stOry--thc truth They
brought In the first sergeant of my
husbands company and questioned
him too. lie had to admit he knew
nothing about it lie might have sus
pcctcd. but lie figured II was none Of
his business He didn't add this. how
ever Sticking your nose into other
peoples affairs Is n dangerous pnstime
in the army.
Things looked pretty tough for lis at
times. but ! lid not lose my sense OF
humor. The q c. kept referring to
me as "hc" part of the time and "shc"
the other part. Now | was Garter"
like regular and again | was Mrs.
soldier suit with my hair cut short
like n mans he could not figure me as
anything but Il doughhoy.
Finally they ordered the guards to
take me back to the statcroom | did
not care what happened to me as long
as they did not court martial the "old
man." as the soldiers wife calls her
husband. knew that would break his
heart and mine too.
While was pacing the floor OF that
small room waiting to hear what they
had decided tu do n couple of rockies
passed outside the portfolio.
"Whaddye think thcy'l do with her"
asked one rooi;ie.
81 dunno. one u the men that was
over in the Philippines seq they'll ei
ther call out the firing squad and have
her shot at sunrise or else they'll make
her walk the plank"
"You mean they'll put out plank
and make her walk Off the end of 1t
into the ocean"
in the Philipp"-
strained my cars. but could not
hear any more. The rockies had pass
cd ont Of carshot hoped 10y HE time
| they made me walk the plank would
| be near enough to France to swim
ashore Then the laugh would lie on
them. The prospect didn't disturb M
| much
After what seemed several years
| though as matter of fact il was only
! a few minutes. my husband came to
| my room lie looked very solemn. !
ran to him. lie took me In his arms
| ana held me tight for long time
| Then he began to pull off his coat.
Tell me-" begged
IL lose my stripes" he said 81 am
! no longer Corporal Carter. hut Private
! Carter
! From the tone of his voice and the
! light in his eyes ! knew he did not re-
! greet the stripes. Neither did |. Being
! with him all this time was worth It.
Private Carter" | said. II salute
YOU. sir" And | did with great big
| fat kiss.
Then | sat down on the edge Of the
Lerth and with my own hands ripped
the stripes from his sleeve.