Connecticut western news., 1917-12-06

was nervous about them. The ship seemed deserted.
 I paced the deck for hours at stretch. My guard was always with me, the sailor on one side and the sol dier on the other. I certainly looked like a popular lady. Many q girl back home would have envied me this es- cort from both branches of the service. I guess I almost walked the poor sen- tries to death. Once, after a long hike. I heard the sailor complaining:
 If he don't put on the brakes my dogs are going to be worn off right up to the ankle. joined the navy because wallzin' never appealed to me. The way Pm goin' now might as well have signed up with the infantry" I was still "he'' to the Jackie.
 One sailor in the gun crew on the way back kept complaining all the time because we did not meet up with a German sub. He was nice boy, the one who had picked me out as a wo- man on the way over when he saw me trying to roll cigarette, but kept it to himself. We got very friendly.
 "Why do you want to see U boat?" I asked him. Aren't you satisfied with the surface of the sea?"
 Wed stay on top all right with that baby we've got to shoot" he replied. "All We want is just look at one. You know the gun crew that sinks a submarine gets $5,OOO from the govern ment to be divided among nine men. I guess my share of that wouldn't look good to me and my folks back in Iowa. besides the fun of nicking one"
 That boy typified the spirit of the United States navy-afraid of nothing, filled with supreme confidence in the ability of the men to shoot quick and straight.
 After I landed I saw him in Hobo ken, and he was having a romance.
 i've got to go up the street to meet my girl,' he announced, proudly smil. ing.
 Where is she2" asked him.
 "She works up here at the vaudeville theater," he answered. "She gets through now pretty soon.''
 I thought he had done pretty well. grabbing an actress.
 They'll be calling you a stage door Johnny the first thing you know" warned. He blushed.
 "Oh, she don't come out the stage door," he defended. She's an usher, and she's got my wrist watch. I only met her at 10 o'clock this morning, but I let her wear it today.''
 You're fast worker" I suggested.
 "Oh, we've got to be in the navy" he answered proudly, whether it's girls or submarines. We sailors don't stay Ill one place long enough to be slow"
 He went off up the street smiling fine boy, typical of the United States navy, clean and wholesome.
 The sentries were not supposed to talk with me, but they were good fel- lows and didn't mind breaking a rule or two when it wasn't hurting any thing to unbutton their faces and loosen up bit. My doughboy outfit was beginning to show the strain. I had worn it all the time since we left Douglas. It was cold, too, going back. I mentioned feeling cold to one of the sailors. He offered me an extra sailor suit he had. It was warmer than the soldiers uniform. 1 put it on. 1t fit as though it had been made for me. They told me 1 made an even better jackie than did Sammie.
 All the while 1 kept begging the guards to tell me why I had not been allowed to land. They always an- swered, 'I don't know" and then changed the subject. Finally, after we were out couple of days, one of ! them came across.
 T don't know for sure,'' he said, "but I heard it was General Pershing's or ders. He said it would set bad ex- ample.'
 'I heard that, too," volunteered my was the French authorities who turned you down. One of the boys told me they put 1t up to the general so strong he finally agreed to get you a place in the Red Cross, but the Frenchies couldn't see it. They got more women { than they can use over there now. What they're shy on is men,"
 "Aw, whats eatin' themY grumbled | the first guard. ''She's more of a man than some of lem back home who can't get away to go to war because they ! got to support their wife's uncle's sec ond cousin or than some of those scared rockies we took over with us. betcha if she ever got a bead on a boche, blooey for him! Eh, Carter-er | -f mean Mrs. -Carter?'
 Up to the time we left the boys ashore did not know where they would be sent or how soon. All they were told was they would not be sent to the front green When they did oo fhpv