Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-17

him. Receptions were given in which
he was one of the centers of attraction
and hero of the hour. The Guardsmen
never lacked for dancing partners, and
Ethel let Turner see that his star was
more than ever in eclipse.
do tell me something about it !"
she said to Wendell one day. "How
did it seem to be shooting Mexicans?"
81 don't know" he answered. Il
didn't shoot any,"
"You didn'tr'
mo, / don't think any Of US did.
Why. worked from morning till night
digging like day laborer on sub
way. Oh, it wasn't quite so much fun
as you think"
II didn't suppose it was fun.
ST tell you l had enough. Before I'd
go again I'd get out of the country"
"Oh, George!" cried the girl in dis
mayed establishment. ''You don't mean
that!''
81 do mean just that"
''But if your country needs your
she queried.
ut isn't going to need me right
away. If it should want men, therell
be plenty who are looking for glory.
I'm glad enough to get back to my lit
tie job of selling automobiles"
ST declare she said disappointedly.
.sYou talk almost like Roy Turner"
ooh, no, DON'T" he protested. His
head is in the clouds. He's a crank.
know what I'm talking about"
Then came the presidents declara-
ton of war. Ethel, all loyalty and en-
thusiasm, said to George Wendell: Il
suppose you've changed your mind,
and you will be off to the front now y
AZ don't know" evaded Wendell.
There's something the matter with
my right arm, rheumatism or some
thing. / don't think I'd pass" And
he changed-the' subject.
Ethel was a trifle absent-minded.
She was turning oyer some things in
her mind. George Wendell had no
one depending on him, his parents
were well to do. Was he "slacker?'
Her hero had gone down notch or
two in her esteem.
Something like a week after this
she was surprised by telephone call
from Roy Turner, asking if he might
call to see her. She set the time, and
wondered a bit. He had not been
coming very often of late, and she con-
Guided it was either because he had
been going to see Mabel Cross or he
thought her engaged to Wendell. She
was beginning to see what his coming
had meant to her, even. if he was a
pacifist. She was surprised at herself
to find how her heart beat at the
thought of seeing him.
He was a trifie behind time, and
she was counting the moments when
he came.
II wanted to see few old friends
before going away" he said in the
most casual manner.
"Going away!" she echoed.
eyes, I we enlisted"
"What!'' she cried. "Well, you have
changed your mind!"
mot at all. / think just as always
have, that war is barbarism. But If
barbarians force you into it, to save
the lives of others, you must fight
them with their own weapons. That
declaration of war embodies my own
argument, every bit of it. Oh, it is
splendid. / tell you, 1t is classic !!
Every word will ring down through
| the ages. / am glad to got"
"Royl'' she said brokenly, 'may /
give you some little thing TOTO take
with you-something you may need?"
"There's something / need very
much 1t is not a little thing. It's a
great deal to ask for, but" he paused,
looking Questioningly at her.
81 think you can have tiff you're
meaning me-" she said.
So Ethel watched her real own sol
der boy march away with chOked-
back tears and great deal of pride.