El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29
England Adds Women to Naval Force
Already Have Been Nicknan1ed Wrens


greatly fatigued and he leaned toward
her, whispering something
Apparently in ansW er TO his re-
quest, she removed the horizon blue
KEPT, with the gold numerals, lCl
indicating the number OF his regi-
ment. on the front, and smo0thed his
shock OF raven black hair. When his
hat was removed one could see a great
Y shaped scar IN the front OF his
scalp, where treDanning had been re-
sorted to for a fractured skull
The girl kept the kepi in her lap
and the tired soldier leaned his head
on her shoulder. His eyeless face was
close 70 her milky white throat. Then
she turned her head toward him and
kissed him lightly on the cheek
Not even the most brazenly curious
dared stare for a while after that. but
that the couple were married Then IL
came back to most OF the passengers
in the car who the soldier was and
who his bride was. Il was only fort
night a go that the daily newspapers
told Of q beautiful girl proposing 10
and marrying a soldier who was sisnt-
less, armless and had undergone a
trenanning operation for fractured
skull
Wed School Friends.
The girl and the soldier had both
been born and brought NJ In the same
little town in Normandy They had
scarcely known one another except
In school; for while he was TIE son OF
a poor farmer. she was the daughter
Of a shopkeeper in the town. and.
moreover. she was the prettiest girl
in the locality. Prosperous youths
from surrounding villages paid court
to her: the farmer boy had never
dared to aspire to her hand.
Then the va came. and the farmer
put on his uniform. took up his rifle
and went to the front He was wound
ed three times, but each time was able
to go back. Then. at the Aisue, IN the
summer or 1916. he was mutllated
by n hand grenade when on a night
raiding party headed for the German
lines. He lay in No Mans Land for 90
hours. until the following night, when
his comrades crept out to the shell
hole just I'm front Of the enemy
barbed wire entanglements where he
lay. and carried him back to the
French lines.
He lived through st. to the surprise
Of the surgeons who attended him,
News Of the mutilatiOn reached his
home town. and few weeks ago he
received a letter firm Mile Marguer-
tie Lavenue. Just 20 years old aui
the belle of the village. telling him
that she had heard Of his misfortune,
that his duty for France was finished.
but that hers had just begun, II he
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Offer Is Surprise.
sgt. Georges Roy. himself only %,
was stunned at the proposal He could
not believe II was true until she came
TO Paris. TO the great hospital located
in the Grand Palais on the Champs
E1ysees. and told him she meant IT,
They We're married soon afterward
in the Church Of saint Pierre de Chail-
I lot and then took a honeymoon trip
to the south OF France
George Kessler. the champagne
manufacturer. and AIRS. Valentine
Webster. widow Of an English officer
killed early IN the war. are carrying
on relief work for blinded French.
Belgian and British soldiers. And 10 Is
from their fund that Sgt. Roy and
his bride went on their honeymoon.
And from the same fund Mr. kessler
I has purchased a home in Normandy
for the blind, armless soldier and his
bride They are going down to the
I country in q few days
ar. kesslg- and Nrr- Webster are
going TO continue q. look after the
/ couple ana already ROY has been
granted q pension OF 1900 francs a
I year. But there are 5000 other blinded
7 E-e-cLTuen who must he looked AFTER.
( sld So rakcs money Tor them. goo