The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-04-13

III VEIL

The article bv Maudc Radfnrd War
rem in the April Woman IS Home Com
paniou presents in definite terms the
presence ou the French batilchclds cf
spirit friends. aud mystical aid Of IN.
seen forces attcstcd - 10y living aud
diving sufferers.
Excerpts from this remarkable mar.
ration are given;
Death cumes The heavy veil falls.
and We are shut away from those we
love. We stand on the other side Of that
dark veil. stretching out our arms.
struiuiug our ears and eyes, asking fdf
the clasp of q vanished hand. for the
sound ~ % beloved voice. the sight ~ n
beloved face.
Do those who have left ~ ever have
She power To- send Us back some sign
The question has been asked countless
times. Does anyone who has passed
through the gates Of death cycR. in any
way. manifest himself again un this
carth3 ! do not know.
This war has created abnormal havoc,
uhonrmal chaos of death in this world.
Millions of Young men have dicd-a ter.
rihlc ncgntion Of the ordinary cvclc ~
life. Could II be that because uf this
distortion Of ordinary laws, because II
the great huttali1ns Of Young men IN
the other side 81 the shndowy frontier,
because ~ the longing they have FOR
their lost youth iu this world, for their
loved on's. because uf the unguishcd
longing of those lowed ones. because of
th, enormous propulsion M both sides
could u hr, hccausr uf I'll this. that tho
dark veil that separates the dead from
the living may Tighten so that signs pass
through: that the dark veil may even
ht;i ! DO not know. But ] will tell
YOU what soldiers have told me. Of IN.
pcrnaturnl help they have had in dire
nccrd ON the field Of battle. and Of wha,
women have told me- whose men have
died. and get so the women believe
have not entirely gone.
The stories Of aid ON the battlefield
were the Grst 20 be whispered abroad.
H. the late summer of igli the unthink
ing confidence Of the English people re.
crivcd H. Gf~t shock. II was borne in
upon them that Just because their brave
soldiers wrrc English. II did not follow
0hcy could win against Germans better
prepared than they were. They drank
Of the bitter hcakcrs of disillusion and
defeat. Tho Germans were winning.
the English were fctrcating. 10 this day
it is difficult 60 get a British soldier
who lived through the fiery DAYS ui
Mons, aud after, 90 say anything about
his experience during that awful time.
shortly after the battle of Mons, Ar
thur Mochen wrote for the News 9
sketch called "The Bow mcn.' II wat
% story Of 60 Thousand British soldiers
ordered to hold % salient during the 70
,rcai from Mons. aud opposed by ter
thousand German cavalry. One soldier
rccollcctiug uu old prayer he has seen
cries. ''Muy ~. George be % present
t,lp 30 Euglnnd'' He has q waking
vision. iu which he sees English bow
men of the ancient days coming 20 hi'
assistance. And the Germans are held
back.
one mans version of the Angel of
Mons Nas this: He said that he came :,
himself az night on the field of BATH,
after Mons. with other wounded nhJ
lead men near him. He was torture,
aud thirsty. The strrtcnrr bearers wcr'
not within sight or sound, Tie wundcrcf
II he would die alone iu No Mans land
suddenly he saw % tall, dim figure il
white moving among the wounded men
and ~ he bent and miuistcrcd 10 then
their cries ccnsrd, und they were con
fortcd. when The tail figure came Ia
ward him. he saw that il had the fac,
Of Christ.
Nor are the English soldiers the unl,
ones who believe that they hgvc seen he
vond the veil. Onc sunday when | wa
~ the Gurc du Nord With a group @
soldiers who were nhout 10 depart fo
the frort. ! noticed "a little. sprightly
monkey like creature. gyrutiug and gri
maciug, almost unnaturnlly gay. IN hi
Joyous motion. his tuuic slipped bac'
and saw that be- had a little sacrc,
medal pinned over his heart. He toll
me that one night, under bombardmcn
IN the trenches, be- had seen Joau q
Are. She had bent over the purapct AM
spoken 'n him, telling him not Ia b
afraid, ihpt he would not die. Eve
since he had worn t. little image of he
over his heart. aud h. felt safe.