The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-05-01

II WONDER" she said instead, what
is keeping General Herbert? Father
said he had special appointment"
Il wish for your sake" said the little
man, that General Herbert had come
instead Of your humble servant"
II don't"
"Whyr
How do you suppose a girl like me
could entertain him?"
The little man laughed
what amuses your asked Gladys.
THAT you should suppose that man
Is a great big noble creature covered
with glory simply because he is a gen
eral. How many generals regulations
have lasted as long as that Of Alexan-
der Pope, the poet, who had a miser-
able body and never q well dayT'
Papa contends" said Gladys
thOughtfully, that persons admire
their opposites. That evidently isn't
true In your case"
II don't deny that l would prefer a
more imposing stature"
81 don't mean that at all. What / do
mean Is that you, a delicate, sickly
man; don't seem to set any great store
by bravery"
''There are different kinds of BRAY
cry. Moral bravery is always admira-
ble Physical bravery Is as liable to be
found In a savage as In the most civil
lied man. That 1t is akin to the cour-
age Of beast is evidenced by the fact
Tint vUhorn khnrv int
fight are frightened out of their senses.
When they get into it their brutal ma
ture comes to the surface and they
fight like brutes."
"How do you know how men feel
when they go into battle?"
The little man showed a bit of con-
fusion at the question, but was equal
to the occasion. He said that he had
read great deal about soldiers.
$50 have l." the girl retorted. when
l read about battle l always wish l
were a man and were In it."
II once read a description Of a bat
tie written by a man who had Just
come out of 1t. He was writing at the
field hospital where the surgeons were
at work. His battle pictures made me
glad that wasn't IN it."
"Oh, suppose If one is not
She got no further Hearing the
gate close, she looked around and saw
her father hurrying up the walk. On
reaching the veranda he said:
II am sorry, general, to have kept
you waiting for me. But see that my
little girl has taken good care of you"
"Your little girl has knocked me out
at Tennis
What! Tennis? With that wound
Of yours? Gladys, what in the world
play tennis for? You have endangered
his life"
Meanwhile Gladys stood mute with
establishment, to say nothing of con-
fusion. 1t is said that all the scenes Of
a mans life are rushed before his eyes
when he is drowning. Certain it is that
everything Gladys had said to General
Herbert came up to mock her. He
came to her rescue.
"Oh, Miss Gladys didn't know that /
was even a soldier. She has an exag-
gerated view Of what a general should
be and what many of them are, / am
sorry to say-an old fool too old to
fight and too stupid to show others
how to fight But we have been get
ting rid of those fellows on the other
side, and nearly all our generals are
now good men. AS for me, have new
er yet had general command, and
I'm not in a hurry to get one. A bri-
| gade is all I'll get, anyway"
Gladys retired, leaving her fathers
| guest to instruct him with regard to
the necessities Of the Canadian troops
at the seat of war. By dinner time she
had recovered from her embarrass-
ment, and General Herbert had become
in her eyes a greater man than If he
had appeared as a six footer, booted
and spurred, covered with decorations
and swinging big sword.
So long as Mr.. Oldershaw was pres
emit Gladys was tongue tied. But after
dinner the father found it necessary
to attend to certain matters that called
him to his study. This left the gen.
eral and Gladys alone, and she came
out from her shell.
General Herbert has since rejoined
the army and left a bride In Canada,
nee Gladys Oldershaw.