The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
riln0 Story of How Girl Went rover There with PerShinq

France on this transport With you" hs
| asked. -, go ~"
I'm it, said. was still wearing
nv Dourhboy uniform. He looked -
over a minute. scratched his head, ana
exploded:
We'll Ill be damned"
Finally the officers Of the ship teie-
phoned the police In Hoboks1- The1
| came down in a patrol wagon to get me.
! matron was with them. They: all
seemed to be anxious to do everything
| for me they could. was 20 used 20
D.: the ship by this time. hated to leave
| her. The officers and men on board AL
! wished me good bye and good luck.
! guess IL the truth Is told. they hated.
! to. see me go. too. I furnished utus
excitement for them.
I 1 had free ride in tho police tAxicao
! To the jail The matron loaned mo
clothes so I could go out In the GARD
of. a woman and buy some OF my own l
cried a little. when peeled of my sol.
: dier uniform, thinking how happy !
had been In it-part Of time skirts lelt
awful funny and awkward to me. Inat
i uniform Is going to be locked away IN
chest and treasured all my lie. IL
! hand II down TO the young Carters-if
! there ever arc any.
The officers told me the govern.
ment would take no action against me-
They had denoted my husband from
corporal to private and fined him Two.
! thirds Of one months pay. and they
thought that was enough. coulont
! convince them he wasn't In on 1t orig
! inally. although tried hard enough.
! What surprised me was people seemed
: 70 think had done something wonder
! full never looked at II that way AZ
all. Moving picture concerns. pnoto'
graphers, vaudeville agents. and neWf'
papers came to me with all sorts OF OF
fers never had any experience IN
| business. lived on ranch down Sin
| Arizona when ! wasn't at any army
post. and | couldn't understand what
| had done to bring myself so much In the
limelight. can rope n steer with the
best OF them. but when this New YORK
bunch began TO mill I was SUNK
was alone here knew nobody. One
| Of the newspaper men suggested that. II
wanted to get money 70 ! could join
the Red Cross and 20 back. / ought 70
/ accept some OF the offers. That oecid.
ed me. The money ! make from these
articles in the American newspapers
will be used for that purpose. They
will give Uncle Sam Red Cross nurse
passage 70 Somewhere In France" pre-.
| ferably nenr Private (now) Johii carter
! prepaid.
Now I'm going back to Douglas to SEQ
! the folks. III stop in Kentucky AS my
husband ordered and tell his mother all
about what u flnc Sammie she has for .
! son. Ny own mother will be waiting
; for me-. She never knew I WAS Goin8
until had left. didn't want her TO
worry. But. now that am back. she
writes:
III you wanted 10 hc soldier and
fight with Your man. II was all right
with us. We're proud Of you. You're
an honor to the blood. and that has bnen.
lighting blood since before the Civil
War"
don't know how long this war is So
ing to last. but. II II gives I'VE half 4
chance. I'll be over There with q cross
on my arm looking for Private John
Carter. L. 8. l.. Il hone he's captain
then. He's got 1t in HIND and looking
out for him and the boys.
Thnre'll he someone else I'll be look.
Ing for too-thc rookie" who talked
too much and tipped me of.
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