The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-10-11

4 | to them because there was nothing els'
? on board for me to wear.
did not see my husband for TIVE
days. 1t was hard to know he was OF
/ the ship. only few feet away. an(
yet | could not even speak to him.
begged so hard to see him that they
finally let him up. and after that be
was allowed to come to me when be
was off duty.
He told me the men were getting
anxious to land. They had recovered
from their seasickness and wanted to
see what it was like lover there" All
were in the best of health AS their
appetites returned they complained
more and more about their rations.
which is to be expected At mess one
evening a homesick Sammy talked
about the deep dish huckleberry pie
his mother used to make He almost
| caused a riot.
You'll be pickin' berries out of the
air soon. boy. lead ones" said Sam
my. who had eaten his pie mostly off
Of lunch counters all his life.
| For the most part those were dreary
days for me. as | saw my husband
| only for short time when he did get
up to my prison. Outside 7 could hear
| all the noises of the troOps-noises that
had sounded so sweet in my ears be-
| fore There were the calls of the crap
| players the plaintive music Of the
ukelele. no longer soothing to me now.
and the harmonizing of the old, sad
tunes. Previously the accomplished
player of the luke" had been the most
popular man on board. and he was yet
for all | know. but not with me. |
would have liked to kill him when he
tuned up
Much time was on my hands for
thinking. | was proud Of the respect
these soldiers of Uncle Sam had shown
me-a girl-when they had every OPP
portunity to take advantage of me with
me living among them as one Of the
gang. | am speaking of those who
were aware of my presence on board.
They ought to make a fine record in
France, both in and out Of the trench
es. | was also proud / hadn't been
seasick. although I had never been on
the ocean before. had shown up
some of the rockies in this respect any
way. for they had been seasick crowd. |
Neither had l had any fear Of SUBJ
marines. even though l cannot swim a |
stroke. This was more than some of |
the recruits could say. Several Of them
had been very open pored as they broke
into sweats of pure fear with each
submarine alarm for drill purposes. 1
felt, perhaps, / would fit better in the
trenches than they would.
About noon one day | heard a great
on board. Men were run
ming backward and forward. shouting
and calling to one another. Things
were being moved in a hurry. The
whole ship throbbed with new life. l
tried to discover the cause Of the ex-
element by peeping through nay single
portfolio, but could see nothing. A
guard came to my door and knocked.
Land Is Sighted.
Land to starboard!" he shouted. He
was a nice fellow and couldn't hold
out such startling information from me.
There was a lump in my throat the
'ize Of an apple Would I ever set foot
n France? The officers had promised
hey would do all they could to get the
to let me stay. The army
Ulcers were especially nice to me-
'elieve they sincerely wanted to see
ne win ont after the chances I had
aiken.
Some of them | know openly urged |
e permitted to land. 1t was the ships
aptain. technically in charge of me.
1ho killed all my prospects. as | found
ut later.
1t was on Saturday we came into
ort. We were not sure of the name of
ne place. although we had a PRETTY
air idea what it was.
Extra guards were stationed to
'atch me. The qnartermaster captain
as taking no chances on my sneaking
shore Once he passed my cabin
Watch that portfolio" he ordered
She's as slippery as an eel. We don't
ant any more of this foolishnesS.
BY and by the ship came to anchor
could hear the men going ashore
as my husband with them? | did
ot know The thought that he might
! ordered off without 50 much as a
bobby drove me nearly crazy | guess
was quite mad for a time. | was no
niger soldier facing fate with a
nile. | was woman deprived of one
the sacred rights of love.
After long while the hustle on board
ased. The boys were going. | could
ar the shouts of welcome on the
ore and the music of the brass bands
ASS bands reminded me of home and
e good old days at the camp in Doug
5. started to rave again. | threw
ysef on my berth. Some one picked
2 up in a pair of strong arms and r
BOD me on the floor. 1 let out one
If whoop of happiness. 1t was the
Id man"
I've got permission to stay on board
re with you until Monday, kiddie."
told me. ''In the meantime the
Us are going to get busy and do their
rndest to grab you a job over here"
Then and there we did song and
nee. Monday. This was only Sat
Law. ANYTHING could happen in that