The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-13


literally In the state over them that
we three we're In thai morning az the
mere mention Of tho word bomb.
I always think Of that rather ludi-
/, crous occasion In connection with an
other. when the first raid that I was
ever in took place. That was the n
Just preceding the first night aeropiane
raid some weeks ago. and was n OF
' the worst, I believe, that London has
had. II took place at about $50 O'Clock
just afser I had finished breakfast and
was about TO start out on the perfectly
we'll mentioned, nomenclature GRAND
Of exchanging some French embroid-
cred napkins. bought the day before.
held the big parcel under n arm
and kept the ham OF the other ON the
elevator bell until the lelsureiy ele-
vator boy saw ~ 20 ascend 10 my
Toor. Al length he arrived and non
chalantiy threw open the door. then,
all Of a sudden. drew himself up taut
a. N hit.
whats the natter" 7 demanded
Get tn he commanded. ITS "a
raid" Sure enough. there had been a
sound OF a busting bomb, II had not
even caught my attention, but this very
small boy heard it, message and un-
derstood Il. He had heard others like
il before.
"oh. take me TO the roof" I or
dered. ~animaiinE into interest. Here.
then, was one o. those raids we had
all been talking about. and ! was to
have the opportunity 81 seeing u when
we had been In London for 50 very
Short a time.
The elevator boy paid no attention
TO my order. He started the elevator
with a Jerk and a double-Quick action
downward. up" ! demanded.
lie paid no attention but raced down
that elevator shaft as rapidly as the
machinery could carry us. When No
reached the first floor W. found the
dukes and the ladies that are now
sea tered about all English hotels
minsling in the lobby with the deliv-
cry clerks off the wagons the laun-
dresses from below stairs and the
Mattresses Air raids are great lev
ellers and are agents OF democracy. 4
thick -iipped girl from the east side
who had called for laundering stood
on the front Stone steps and cried
with her hands TO her eyes like a little
girl who had been punished. Every
time a bomb burst h emphasized the
noise with a scream. The little Ital-
ian hotel proprietor wns rushing about
among his guests. every few minutes
calling a boy in off tho street who had
started on; TO see the raid, / made up
my mind 20 sec Il. and hurried out
through the ~passageway by Lord
Northcliffe's house. which leads into
the Green. The proprietor called 10
me to come back as II I were a small
child, but when ! only hurried faster
he abandoned me as II with the
thought. she Is one OF those fool Amer
leans hat one cannot
OF course he was in the right. bu. I
am glad he did not recall me. That was
a wonderful sight which was visible
from the park. and one I think scarce-
lily TO be seen again. There was q fleet
OF aeroplanes high up In the air. like
a flock OF birds. flying together. OF
az "A distance. from them was one lone
~aeropiane, This n was English. and
the other twenty-one were the attach
ing Germans. II seemed very ran
Indeed to think that on that beautiful,
soft morning men had flown all OF
the way over from a distant shore with
wv hHf vi pun RbNF VI NllAAklHh hfaAh
with them-that II they could they
would have killed me. who had never
meant them any harm. and consider %
an inflnites'mR, bit in the days ach-
ievement. In a few moments n boy
came from the hotel to ask me please
to return TO il. and did, with only
that one little glimpse ~ an air raid.
IL seems strange TO haNe been there
800. go. - -. - - 80. a...a
80 little. but hat Is one of the points
to his experience. that * one Of the
l~reasons why Il does finally get" YOU
You are in the path OF d~esth-deallng
weapons. and you never know where
lthey will light.
That thought began 10 fasten in my
mind until IN a few days I found my
self becoming A. alarmed over acct
dental noises as the rest OF LONDON. II
o book fell on u floor OF a door 70 A.
adjoining room banged / jumped with
the rest Of them.
"OHe OF the raids We experienced
tame at night. ! had been sound asleep
for two hours and woke up suddenly In
n deathly quiet world and with this
sense that something awful and biz
was about 10 happen. In a few minutes
the sound OF bursting bombs spredf
Through the night. They made a dull
thudding noise n we're punctuate-
by the sharper bark Of aircraft guns
1.-THE noise was terrific and unrythmi
cal I threw on some clothes ant
hurried downstairs, other guests o
1.-THE hotel a preceded me. They "a
round the lobby In boudoir caps an
~bathrobea IN pajauas and o~vercoats
ITO give an appropriate finish 90 tht
scene, people in evening dress pres
emily began 20 come in from th
theaters.
In the midst OF II a woman. will
hair flying over her shoulders and
loose red robe over her white night
gown, half dragged, half carried
sleeping boy into the roam She ha'
got him downstairs, hut had been IN
lahle 20 wake him up She kept repeat
Ing 10 anybody and TO nobody that h
was the heir to one OF the large fort
unes NJ Australia and she dare not lie
him die. She had given up his fathe
20 the cause OF freedom and tho en-
lpire, but she could not give hor boy