The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
A TALE OF
ADVENTURE
By PAULINE D. EDWARDS

A number of ladies' were making
clothes for Belgian orphans at Rec
Cross headquarters. Naturally the,
talked as they worked.
Come, Madeline; can't you tell us o.
some adventure that has befallen youf 2
MY life has been very uneventful,'
was the reply.
You were in Europe, weren't you
when the great war broke out? Surely
there must be something interesting In
your experience at that time"
There was a romance"
"Oh. do tell us about I'll" chimed a
dozen voices.
1T wasn't much of a happening, but
since you want to hear 1t / don't mind
telling you.
"You see. / was In Belgium when
war was declared, but didn't know
that the Germans were going to come
In such hurry, and hadn't seen all
the sights. So l delayed getting away
till they were driving the French be-
fore them toward Paris.
That's the way / got into Red Cross
work.
The only means by which l could
travel were the ambulances carrying the
wounded l set myself up for a nurse,
taking care of load Of wounded men
who were being carried to the rear.
till shell exploded under 1t and blew
It and Its contents sky high" A
Weren't you killed." asked one of
them.
mo" said the story teller; II wasn't
killed"
What saved your
Il was leaning over a wounded SOL
der at the time, and when he was
blown up his body constituted a pro-
lection for me. He was killed, though"
1T seems to me-" remarked one OF
the ladies', that there is some unnec-
essary information given here. Go on
with the story so far as regards your
self alone"
And leave out the romancer'
Nor shouted every woman present.
They took the ambulance I was In
to Calais
II thought it was blown to atoms"
put In listener.
THAT was a French ambulance.
was picked up by English Red Cross
workers and at Calais was taken
across the channel"
The speaker stopped short, as though
she had finished her story.
Where does the romance come tnT'
asked several ladies at once.
"Oh. I'm going to tell you that Do
you want to hear ity'
"of course" all responded.
Il stayed in England a long while, |
caring for wounded soldiers In the hos |
pital At last sailed for America In a |
British ship. That was when the sub
marines had got to work, and we were |
all fearful of being sunk to the bottom
Of the ocean. Most of US remained
dressed day and night. | wore tailor
made suit I had bought In London.
You see IL 1 got through safely /
have to pay duty on 1t. and IL
we were blown up and | was saved |
would be well dressed and correspond
ngly well treated. II | was drowned
nv corpse would be well gowned."
How thoughtful" remarked several
listeners soto voce.
1--WE hadn't been out thirty-six hours
when there came the sound OF an ex-
,losion forward. | knew at once 1t
vas a submarine. / went to my state
DOM, got out all my jewels and put /,
hem on"
What for?' asked a surprised lis :
ener.
For the same reasons I wore my
ailor made gown. I've been asked !,
ot to give any unnecessary informa- :
lon. | think won't tell any more !
( It," !
go on" was the universal cry. i
well. when | went up the compan-
,nway l found terrible scene on =
eek. The officers were protecting the !,
oats at the point of the pistol for the
omen and children. When one of q
lem saw me and how well dressed / a
-as-most of the women looked like =
ights--he offered me his arm and es- G
,rted me to boat. | got in, and as =
e were pulled away from the sinking !,
lip threw him a kiss of thanks" =
How lovely! Was he the romancer A
"No. I'm going to tell you about the ),
,mance now. The sea was running
oh. and one huge wave came along =
i'd turned our boat over. l gave my
IL up for lost. Fortunately my tailor
ade gown / told you about caught a
/ OF air under it, and this kept me up
r awhile. But the seas finally took
the air from under me, and / was
'out to sink when i felt myself drawn
,on some boards. Ii was an impro-
sed raft. loolsed up into the face
the handsomest man ever saw.
= This raft is not capable OF support
z us BOTH he said. L give my life
At you may live With that he rolled
into the water"
How beautiful exclaimed a chorus.
We women don't appreciate the ef-
Z Of own adornments. There was
in my preserver's eyes.
lich no doubt was heightened by my
lor made suit and my jewels, all OF