The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-08-22
"Carrying On"
i'm France
II
BY 1T. CURTIS WHEELER
Of The VisHonfes

BplOre j turn over lot pDOu 'hio
,nc Of many other pages, | must draw
ar you two little pictu.c
The first ! saw ono sunny afternoon
hen the shadows were beginning 10
'ngihcn out. Three OF us. Americans
II, were walking down II country road
hut bordcrcd II rolling field. In the
.istance, ut the end of one long
'raight black furrow, II figure was
Cling ut "A twO.horse pillow. AZ II
uruCd and started back, after consid'
.ruhlc confusion. we could make out
.vo horses, n steady old white one,
nd II frisky bay. The old white horse
plodded steadily along In the furrow
INST made, using what little strength
lr had us clcvGly as an ngcd express
nan. But the bay, being little more
than n colt, bounded up into drnueht
and bnck again, to left and right, like
a green whecl-horsc on a cnisson. As
he team came cloHr. we looked with
management ut the figure guiding It. II
was n hoy Of ten.
The French two-horse pillow Is Lung
lifrcrent from ours. and does not re-
1uire ms mu"h weight on the handles;
mi ever so. he had practically to ride
I all the way. 1t wns plain that guild
ing II when II threatened to twist OF
nr up required every ounce OF strength
he kiddy had. Yet each moment he
lpplied 1t mt iust the right moment
md Just the right place, so the furrow
'"innined deep and true.
As the tenn came just below us In
he field md started To turn for the
aoxt furrow. something went wrong.
'ho hoy was busy swinging his pillow
lround and didn't see II In time. When
10 looked nj the horses they were MI
'nnglcd mp, the bay lunging desperate
v into her old tcam.mate. He Ind
MY n single rein 10 the nigh horse
md on this he yanked and shrilled ut
HON valiantly enough. They quoted
i%hcdicntly NJ the sound of his voice.
lut seemed unable to nov He
Iuehcd forward cracking his whip, but
othing happened.
Never Felt So Ashamed.
Then I saw where the bay had her
.T hind snarlcd up In the trace, and
.upri on clown the road. Il was
n'v u eccon,l's work to lift her foot
~ and straightcn the trace. As |
God m the youngstcr came to me.
,anl;od me, and looked ut me squnrrly
ri,h his clear Blue eyes. have never
'rit so ashame, In all my life.
There he stood, the sweat Of n long
'ry'S work beaded on his brow. in
'iliculous big lnopcd.up trousers aNI
Uun wooden ShOos-his fathers. An!
arrr we stood. three great huliing,
roud.shouldcr"d figures against the
,un. who had done no mans work all
nnt day. There rright he other days.
. h. sure. hut this day was gone, and
icrr was this hoy, blowing for France.
There was an awkward silence and
me of the roon, moved curiously by |
tr"w not what. offered the youngStcr
! package of cigarettes. II" smiled
nj shook his head. saying. obviously
..l'.n. "un rumc pas 'l'0r your In
,..' Insisted the man. and ] wished
.l. lords unsnid: "ur your brother
'c uoy snil nothing for II minute, his
.u. elruCiu. a little, ana I'm the inter
o., had crown much larger than
a. We stood before him like truants,
OIL. 'v be took N" cigarettes, wadd"d
...r down into his hn"giu" trousers,
,rrrMol ch"crrully enough to his
.r'. rnd 'l.ddrd Sturdily on across
.r '.'l. Behind ,s, on the hilltop
r.,, r,r-s,s stood black against tht
.U',
Tlc second picture I saw hut two
IS hn'rrr I left, as ! was walking NJ
,r hin to- dinner. The sun had sci
.s | Inrt the village and the frogs IN
I've poad hclow the hors"-trouch
here the ducks quacked and dnhhle'
10 lhc mud MI day, were beginning Il
irg tllo!r evening Song. Suddenly
p card the pitter. pnttor Of many feet
che road ahead was packed ms far n
he next turn with sheep. On they
Rmc, huttinC each other from side Il
Tide and OCCASIONALLY haaing qucrn
ruSly. Their even, grny-white hack'
.opmcd To pave the road evenly r
idc 10 side, until you began to see
.urtIng back and forth, scores of LITTLE
nlnhs.
As I watched, two mongrel dogs
lardinns Of the flock, came boundlni
.lcutly rlong one side. A lamb ha'
rrnyol IN on the bank thor" and the,
,nunccd upon II to turn II back. Blu
: ne Of them hi too deep, n not ever
,ure shccp-dogs are always proc
aainst blood. saw what would har
i"n Ia u minute and lcnpcd on tn,
nnt. At my approach, the dog
rrlknd of like n military policeman
.iscovrrcd in n cafe after closin
'ours. Tho lamb lay ~motlonless, bloc
, INNING from It's nose.
i The Mothers Of France.
I chilled the universal French appea
4 nr someone. unyOne-"Dis done !" nm
" vas answered Immediately. The shee
nddicd stunidly IN the road below, !
: jgnt of home, while n little girl toile
u ~ the hnnE. She looked at the lam
llspnssionntcly, kicked Il. and II ros
u It's feet Immediately and rushe
p ack to the flock, too frightened almo'
= - hlent.
- Then she called the nearest dog. II