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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13
STRANGE ADVENTURES
OF BILLY BUMPUS
CARLO
BY Farmer Smith

1t was quite dark when Billy Bumpus
ran under the barn--he could not even see
that there was some one there.
1t was Carlo. the farm dog He was
fast asleep, and when he was awakened
with start by some one coming in on
top OF him he began 10 growl
Gently, gently" whispered Billy. Don't
make so much noise, or l may get in
troduced to the wrong end OF a pitchfork. "
oh 1t is YOU, is IT." said Carlo.
Look here" began Billy. every one
seems to know me. How do you know
me? Mrs Hen seemed TO know all about
me. and now you say It's you. is it?' "
Don't you know that a goat Is n goat,
and when we hear OF a goat we always
laugh and when we are speaking Of a goat
we always act as If we knew the goat,
Even though | can't see you, l know you
are goat. But what are you doing here?"
Carlo shook himself and started to go out.
II have Joined the Industrial Army" an
swered Billy
80 you are going TO work on the farm ?"
"I hope So" replied Billy.
Carlo laughed. II don't know what you
can do. There are too many here now"
The first thing / am going to do is to
get a good nap and then / will be ready
for work." answered Billy.
Carlo disappeared and in a few rinutes
Billy Bumpus was fast asleep. When he
awoke II was quite dark, and as he got
up he bumped his head on the floor Of the
barn.
THAT woke me up al right" he wa:
saying when who should come in but Carlo
what is there to eat around here?'
asked Billy.
what do you like?" asked Carlo.
AT this particular minute I would like
n nice piece Of rope" Billy had not the
slightest idea that there was any ROPE
within a thousand miles.
Now. # happened that Carlo did moi
like the idea of having a goat around, Sc
he thought Of a brilliant idea. He saiC
| slowly:
'"rhere is a rope hanging down beside
the post back OF the kitchen. think yor
will like it
Carlo had forgotten to mention the fac
| that there was a bell on the top Of th'
most. a fact which Billy did not know
| carlo thought that II Billy pulled the rop'
the slightest bit It might ring the bell.
1t did not take long for Billy to com,
out from under the barn and start for tn,
| hell post. He did not even look up towarC
the top Of the post but started, over L
take a nibble out Of the end OF the rope
AS. soon as he got the rope in his teetl
and started to eat II very startling thin
happened.
In the stiffness OF the night a bell begal
10 ring. Softly at first, then louder.
Billy thought Il sounded louder than tn
crash OF cannon. But he did not have tim
10 do very much thinking, for from al
sides men came running
where is the hre?p asked one OF IN
men as he ran past Billy
Then what 40 you think hsppspedf
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Observation-Disclosures

pretty wedding was solemnized M n
nuptial mass at Q o'clock yesterday morn
ing In the Church Of st. Michael with the
Rev. Father Haywood officiating, when Miss
Anna i, Lawlcr became the bride Of Mr.
Anthony b. Hindcrer. Of 2044 North How.
ara street The bride is the daughter Of
Second street
The bride wore n gown OF white georgctte
crepe trimmed with bridal satin, and a hat
TO match, and carried a bouquet Of bridal
roses and orchids. She was attended by
her sister. Miss Eleanor j. LAWYER who
wore gown Of biuc georgette crepe with
nat TO match and carried bouquet Of tea
roses.
The bridegroom was attended bv Mr.
John Murphy, who acted as best man.
After an extended wedding trip to Lake
George Mr. and Mrs. Hindercr will live al
5227 North Eairhill street.
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RoGERs-LAwsoN

MISS Beatrice Lawson, daughter Of Mr..
ana MRS Edward f. Lawson, Of 2315 South
rsI!lsIe ,,,,iI! street VIII be married to Mr..
the Roosevelt, 2027 Chestnut street The
ceremony will be performed by tho Rev
william Bamford. Of st. Luke's Methods,
Episcopal Church
The bride will wear white net and satin
ana carry sweet peas and lilies Of the
valley Her maid Of honor. Miss Florence
smith VIII wear pink crepe dc chine and
carry pink roses. The bridesmaids Mics
Esther Lawson and Miss Rena puroif vii,
wear yellow and carry yellow flowers
niece OF Mr.. Rogers, Miss Dorothy Rogers
VIII be Hover girl, and brother, Mr.. WI.
liam Rogers, will be best man
reception will follow the ceremony and
after a wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs Roger,
VIII live at i303 North Ninth street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13
ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE
GIVES DEGREES TO Ia
Archbishop Prendergast to Pre-
side at Exercises in Audi
torium Tonight

Fourteen bachelor of arts degrees viii be
conferred on graduates Of St. Joseph's Col
lege, Eighteenth and Thompson streets. at
the commencement exercises in the college
auditorium tonight at o'clock. The COM
mencement address will be made by DR.
Arthur j. w, Hilly, Of New York.
Archbishop Prendergast will offlciate and
confer the degrees.
Following are the graduates:
Albert r, Donnelly, Albert J. Brueding.
d. Byrne Flynn, Augustine V. Gribbin. y.
oakley Hendry, Ignatius F. Horstnann.
Francis ]. keenan, William c. McLaughlin,
John J.. Martin. John " Millar Aloyslus
p. Rafferty,, Alexander b. Savers, Henry
NJ. Tobin and Eugene +. White.
Three of the degrees will be conferred
'in absentia," the students Brueding, Mar
tin and Rafferty, being at Fort Niagara
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CONDRAN-GALLAGHER

Mrs. b. Gallagher. Of 322 North FELTON,
street Announces the marriage Of her daugh-
ter. Miss X. Gertrude Gallagher to Mr.
william Condran.
The ceremony took place in Our Lady OF
the Rosary Church, Sixty-third and CAL
lowhill streets, yesterday at noon. The
Rev p. j. Mccarthy ofliciated.
The bride was attended by Miss Ellen
Teresa McGoldrick as maid Of honor and
Mr.. Thomas Condran, n brother of the
bridegroom, acted as best man.
A reception followed at the home Of the
bride, after which Mr.. and Mrs. Com
dram left for an extended trip through the
New Engla1d States. Upon their return
they will live in West Philadelphia.
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TIE STORY THIS EAR

High up In tho mountains Of British Co
lumbta, beyond the Great Divide lives Thor,
King OF Grizzlies. a monster more than u'ne
feet long. Comes Jim Langdon, hunter. nat
uralist and writer, with his mOuntatncer
friend and guide. otto Bruce, seeking big Gano
and adventure.
The men got a glimpse Of the grizzly from
afar, through their glasses, and take up, the
chase. Thor let's IanEdon get close to MN
Tho hunter fires and wounds the big animal
hut he gets away, and the hate OF man IL
born In him.
Muskwa, n three mon ths.old black bear cub
whose mother has been killed under r9cK
wins his way into tho kings heart ana Y
adopted by him. They travel together, ana
Nuskwa witnesses a wonderful hght 10 tnse tns
death between his protector and a hlE hlaCk
boar which has robbed tho grizzly cache OF
the remains Of a caribou. This hght ls alsn
witnessed by the two hunters, VINO lnker
around its scene while Thor and Muskwh
travel northward until Thor meets his mato'
TolFvr
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The marriage has been announced Of Miss
Elva H. NJ. Herbott. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry A. Herbott, of 1917 North
Eighth street. to Mr.. John G. Karst, Of
East Gorgas lane, on Saturday afternoon,
June 0, at the home Of the officiating clergy
man, the Rev p. H. Dlpple, of the German
Lutheran Church, Sixth street and Girard
avenue. The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father was attended by Miss
Dorothy Karst. sister of the bridegroom,
DR.. Julius W. Herbott. brother Of the bride,
was the bridegroom's best man. The cere-
mony was followed by a reception at the
home of the brides parents. Mr.. Karst and
his bride left on n trip through the North
east and will be at home after July at
1917 North Eighth street.
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Weddings
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

An interesting wedding VIII take place
tonight at $3.50 o'clock IN the Wissahlekoh HS
M preston. daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Ed
'ard sea II Preston Of LOG Rochelle avenue,
yytssahIokon will be married to MI Hern-
W. rr,,dor Morselle, of Washington, ID. C.,
uon @ % Mr.. and Mrs Herndon Morselle The
SUI son.rnonv will be performed by the Rev.
TanisI Martin of the Cynwyd Presbyterian
chureh. assisted by the Rev. J. 4, Hackett.
~ Wissahickon- M, Preston WIN give ms ms
,l,'4sS urts,b ~ her sister. Mrs Paul d, Lum, a.
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MILLER-HODSON

A very pretty wedding will take place
at o'clock this evening in the Central
Methodist Episcopal Church, Green lane.
Roxborough, when Miss Bessie NJ Hodson,
daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Hodson, of 43S
Lyceum avenue, will be married to Mr.
Allen G. Miller, Of Frankford, by the pas
tor. the Rev. S. NJ Vernon Tho brides
only attendant will be Miss Eleanor Tagert,
flower girl A reception at the homo Of
the brides mother will he held after the
ceremony. Mr.. Miller and his bride will
leave on an extended trip, and upon their
return will spend the remainder Of the
summer at Croydon, Pa.
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NOFER-MTRPHY

The marriage of Miss Mary Agnes Muir
ply, daughter Of Mrs. Maria A. Murphy,
and Mr.. William Wood Nofer. was sol
emnized In the Church of st. Francis de
Sales on Monday. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev John Mellon, who also
celebrated the nuptial mass, Miss Eleanor
NJ. Murphy attended her sister as brides
maid. Mr.. Ferdinand Nofcr. brother OF
the bridegroom, was best man. After a
wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs Nofer will live
at 11l9 South Paxon street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13
DRILL AND EXHIBITION
MARK WENONAH CLOSING

wENONAH, n. j., June 49,
A competitive drill and exhibition, con-
Guiding with tho final dress parade at 1
o'clock this afternoon. are features Of the
annual commencement exercises being held
today at the wenonah Military Academy.
The annual reception and dance took place
last evening in the drill hall and tonight the
yearly alumni banquet will be spread at
Kuglers, Philadelphia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13
EIGHT DIPLOMAS GIVEN
BY ST. MARY'S ACADEMY
Commencement Exercises Held at York
Road Institution

Eight graduates OF st. Mary's Academy,
York road and Somerville street. received
diplomas at commencement exercises held
this morning at 8 o'clock in the academy
chapel. The Rev. DR., X. Moran, of St Vim
cents Seminary, Germantown, officiated At
the mass and addressed the graduates
Those in the class are Mary E. Mo-
Geough, Mary T. Carroll Margaret a.
OHara, Mary ]. O'Hara, Florence q.
Naughton, Mary ]. Manning Agnes M. Mo.
Kay and Catherine A. COlgan
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matron OF honor. and Miss Carolyn Lum
am, ana MISS Marian Lum as flower girls. The
bridegroom will have Mr.. Edward Rheenn,
on washington. for best man. A reception
VIII VIII De held at the home Of the brides par
S' atter the ceremony. Mr.. Morselle and
his bride will leave on an extended trim
and upon their return will live AT the
hnlckerbocker in Washington
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Along the Reading

Mrs, Charles Beck, OF wyncote, is spend
ing some time at Beach Haven.
The Misses Taulane, Of Florence and
Beechwood avenues, Jenkintown' have as
their guest Mr. James Smith, Jr,, Of 2023
North Eleventh street.
Miss Florence Delaney, Of Wyncote road,
Tenkintown spent the weekend as the guest
~ Miss L. Parry, of Moorestown.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13
BORTEL-BROwN

Announcement is made of the marriage
Of Miss Jessie NJ Brown, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs William Brown, OF 2315 West
Tioga street, to Mr.. James G. Bortel Of
1888 West Tioga street, yesterday afternoon
at O'Clock at the home of the brides
parents by the Rev Samuel Mcwillams, Of
the Tioga Methodist Episcopal Church,
Eighteenth and Tioga streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13
Personals

Mr. and Mrs. John Hampton Barnes, Of
Devon, announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Sylvia Leland Barnes to
Lieutenant Commander Forde Anderson
Todd, United States Navy.
Mr.. Todd is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w Todd of Charleston, S. c. He was gradu-
ated from Annapolis in 1904.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris w. Stroud, Jr., Of
vilanova, are spending a few days In New
York
Mr.. and Mrs. Brewster Rooms Of Atlanta,
Ca, spent few days last week with Mrs,
koons's parents, Mr.. and Mrs Charles
to come to Philadelphia to register. They
returned home on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Writ L. Thompson, of
Jenkintown, have taken a cottage at Cape
May for the summer and expect to move
there the end of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Langdon Lea have closed
their house at Bala and have opened their
cottage at Cape May.
DR.. and Mrs. II. r. NJ. Lands and Miss
Bessy Tucker have opened their cottage at
Cape May.
Mrs. Theodore Reath, of st. Davlds Is
NlAo 1hohla0 ANObSANS AoA
few days.
Mrs W. Innes Forbes, of Villanova, re.
turned yesterday from New York, where
she spent the weekend.
Mrs, Joseph F. Lamorelle is at the Pros
pect House, Niagara Falls, on a visit &c
her two sons, Mr. Joseph Lamorelle and
( MI Francis Lamorelle. at Camp Niagara
She is accompanied by her daughter, Mis-
Peggy Lamorelle and by Miss Katharine
Rogers
DR.. and Mrs John A. McGlinn have takeI
house at Cape May and expect to occup!
by the end Of this week
Mrs. Edward X. Sparks has returned L
her residence. 2123 SAMSON street, after
weeks visit In Baltimore as the guest o.
Mrs. George Ewing.
Mr. and Mrs George r. Park, Jr., o
wayne, are receiving congratulations ol
me birth Of a daughter.
Ara. Joseph r. sinnott and Miss Mar
r'nnotk who are occupying their copntr'
nQme IN Roaemont, will leave June ~ Z
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13

Miss Catherine Cooper Cassard who has
been spending several days with Miss Helen
Pease at Hartford, Conn, returned to her
home in Germs ntown yesterday.
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town, will give on Friday evening before
the rehearsal of the wedding of Miss Flea
nor Edmonds and Mr. Stanley Ketcham, the
guests will be the entire bridal party, in
Guiding Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fulton KIM
ball. of SwampSCOtt, Mass. Miss Sara Erd-
man, Miss Georganna Pitneld, Miss Mar
jorie Thomas, Miss Frances Omerly, Miss
Polly Smith, Miss Margaret La Rue. Miss
Helen Mapother Of Louisville, Ky; Miss
Maud Stamm, of Poughkeepse; Mr.. Edwin
Burk Estabrook, Mr.. Jacob Reigel, Jr.,
Mr., Edward McHenry, Mr.. J. Nevin Pome-
roy, Mr.. William Mayberry, Mr.. Allen Cor
NELL DR.. Morton McCutcheon and Mr., j..
Branson Edmonds
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fulton Klmball, Of
Swampscott, Mass, who will arrive today to
attend the wedding of Miss Eleanor Ed
monds and Mr.. Stanley Ketcham on Sat
urday, will be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Ketcham.
The graduating class of the Samaritan
! Hospital was given an outing at Willow
Grove last evening by Miss Isabel Wood
! burn, drectress Of nurses of the institution.
| The class is composed of sixteen young
women who will hold their class-day exer-
cises at the Nurses Home, Park avenue and
| ontario street, tomorrow evening The
| commencement exercises will be held at the
Academy of Music on Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Roberts OF 615
| Lincoln drive Germantown, will leave
shortly for st. Joseph, Mo-, where they
will spend the summer as the guests OF
| Mr.. and Mrs +. X. Roberts They will be
accompanied by their two children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua f. Borton, OF
Moorestown, announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Mary Wales Cham
bers to Mr. John W. Fawcett, of Oil City
| Pa.
The L, G. Club will formally open III
summer season on June 80 at its new
| cottage, corner Rio Grande avenue and
Boulevard, wildwood. The club on tha
date will give a house party to the members
| and their friends The house committee
consisting of Mr. S. ]. Rice chairman; Mr.
NJ Brady, Mr.. T. p. Hess, Mr. II. Weed, Mr.
| Peterson, Mrs Charles Albrecht, Mr.. w
II. Albrecht, Mr.. j. Haas and Mr.. G.. w
Glazier, is planning various forms o
| entertainment during the summer months
| among which are tennis tournaments swim
| ming meets, dances and card parties, a
which various prizes will be awarded. Sew
eral of the members will spend the entir'
season from June 16 until September Il
at wildwood The present staff of ofticer
Is Mr.. w. II. Albrecht, president; Mr.. T
p. Hess. vice president; Mr.. J, Haas, Jr,
treasurer, and Mr.. G.. w. Glazler, Jr., sec
retary.
Mrs, Harry Matlack, OF 1901 Waltor
avenue, entertained yesterday at cards, He
guests were Mrs. Ralph Clark. Mrs. Ev
erett Biddle, Mrs. Charles Robertson, Mrs
John Zanderpool Mke. Jessie Jerome, Mrs
Howard Goodman, Mrs. Joseph George Mrs
Shuster, Mrs Davis Mrs A. NJ Mcclure
and Mrs. Daniel Webster
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Mr.. and Mrs Edmund II. willets, of
Moorestown, announced the engagement of
their niece, Miss Anna Borton wilkins, to
Mr.. John Clyde Rogers, also of Moorcs-
town.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13

Mrs. II. NJ. Butler, wife Of Captain H. NJ
Butler, of the United States Marines, is
staying week with Miss Marie Higgins at
her home in Bala.
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CHAPTER XIII

The first night after leaving lslSwao and
,,,nnonaskoos the big grizzly and the tan
tarsd cub wandered without sleep under
ne brilliant stars. Thor did not hunt for
meat He climbed steep slope, then went
sa,'rr the shale side of dip, and in a small
~ S,n hidden at the foot Of a mountain came
~ a soft green meadow where the dog
tooth violet, with It's slender stem. It's two
,SIv-lika leaves, its single cluster OF ave-
pefaIed flowers. and It's luscious hulbous
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Mrs. Frederick p. EmbiclS, Of Devon, has
been entertaining Mrs. A. T.. Potts, of
Washington, ID. c., for n week
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spend two or three weeks at Bedford
Springs, Pa.
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Mr.. and Mrs Morris w. Stroud, Jr, of
villanova, are spending a few days in New
York
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Mr.. and Mrs. Brewster Koons, of Atlanta
Ca, spent a few days last week with Mrs
koons's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Winter Baily, of STAFFORD. Mr.. Rooms haC
to come to Philadelphia to register. They
returned home on Thursday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fulton Klmball, Of
Swampscott, Mass who will arrive today to
attend the wedding Of Miss Eleanor Ed
monds and Mr.. Stanley Ketcham on Sat
urday, will be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Ketcham
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Writ L. Thompson, of
Jenkintown, have taken a cottage at Cape
May for the summer and expect to move
there the end of this week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
JITH a sigh Geo loosened the
w package of letters which the

w IITH sigh Geo loosened the
w package Of letters which the
Bureau of Good Works was
in the habit of sending her each week.
Too delicate for hospital work, she
had tried many other things since
1914 before deciding upon her true
function in the great war. At last
she had discovered her proper role.
1t was to be herself a correspondent
and to find other correspondents for
soldiers who wish to have godmoth-
ers. longing for the little blue post
age stamp which so brightens the
sombre life of the trenches.
Patiently Geo began to read the
letters. About her the dismantled con-
dition of her studio showed that she
had painted little or nothing in the
last three years. A cushion fell TO
the floor; the cat moved over on the
divan closer to her mistress. Then
the old serving woman entered to
carry away the tea tray-the little
solitary tea which the young woman
had taken while continuing to read
the soldiers missives-a task which
she always found extremely interest
ing.
Those who have never been able TO
have children often care for orphans in
order to appease their heart emptiness.
Geo wrote to the poilus so as to feel
that she had some one at the front.
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she wrote answers were tinged with q
sense of unreality. Twenty godsohS
were net worth one husband.
YEARLY she let fall into her lap
the letter which she was reading her
big gray eyes stared at vacancy; her
hand brushed back from her brow a
tangle Of henna-colored curls.
what in the world has become OF
him ?"
She reviewed her short life. She was
now a little more than twenty-eignt
years old She could have been, IKE
the others, q wife and mother. Mar,
ried before she was twenty to a. good
and attractive man, who chose her
because he loved her, she had not then
truly understood her destiny.
1t was an epoch-that before the
war-when people talked much about
Giving their lives" That formula
meant a good many things TO a GOOD
many persons. 1t covered exploits
even more venturesome than those OF
a little parsonage like Geo.
Geo was called at that time Nine.
Charles Bowler, and one can well
believe that that simple designation
and status hardly satisfied her ambl-
tions. Having married in order 70
obtain her freedom (for she was, after
all. too honest and too conventional to
quit her family and live all alone),
she had opposed to the loyal tenderness
of her good fellow Of husband the
bold laugh-the Nietzschean laugh-of
the epoch.
Sentiment! Husband? Children
Home!
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| he Godmother- Mme Lucie -Madls

acid. IL is going TO cause dissolution
in one place and precipitation IN an
other. ,o,, ~
In the month OF August, 1914, Geo
suddenly realized that she had no talent
and had been living in world OF sell
deception. Her parents we're dead. She
had lost track OF her former husband
with all the violence of the moral re-
vuIsion which had laid hold OF her,
with all the romantic feeling with whlch
the first months Of the war were I'M
prcgnated, she multiplied her EFFORTS 70
get i'm touch once more WIN her
divorce. He was a soldier ne, 100,
and as such she knew that he would
prove a hero.
perhaps he had fallen in love with an
other woman; perhaps ne mao oeeh
killed or taken prisoner.
Geo takes up again the letter tne
reading of which had been interrupted
by her long reverie. Once more sne
signs:
whom | shall turn him over. res, she
is lust the sort Of person whom ne
Another envelope opened; another
letter unfolded.
"Ladies. | am ashamed TO address my
self to your bureau. To deliver ones
soul TO an agency, even an agency as
discreet as yours, Il is horrible. But |
am so lonely, Enthusiastically lonely
amid the terrors of war; doubly
lonely because / formerly dreamed my
self a dream of happiness. II she
whom | loved and who for three years
vas my wife had understood me-
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alone For five years | have been
alone. | cannot endure it any longer.
But now that my life is in perpetual
danger, / need more than ever soul
linked with my own-.with my soul, SO
menaced in this frsil habitat of SOL
dier's body. And then, have just re-
ceived the Croix de Guerre. 1t is so
melancholy that there is no one to be
proud of me-"
Quick, my pen! Quick, my ink!"
Geo has no married name and no
family name. But she needs no other
name than Geo TO be a godmother 10
soldiers. No one was likely to know
her, in spite Of her painting. Nor will