The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-11
IHE DAILY
sE0RI STORY
1|Bett and the Bid War .

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poH09t4Y DOUGLAS.
S1ggpQ0er syndicate
y Ez14s eyes we're q wonderful
oiqe sud he's hair dusky brown
her bDs we're Ike poppy buds
and dgf seth Rere-buE the lonely
aifE1an 1lo f1ew daily over Betty's
ear1ep "a not Know an this. Neither
dio 1e bew or even suspect that
Betty rs 9s loneIy as he.
rden was walled IN by a
sseat bktck val But there was much
q % - ne gar6ea and the lieutenant
q Tie peeFicSn Flying Corps who
cons over % England to ny with
tis alies 4ound and watched the pink
clad ffnee ae he Jew daily over the
Essex hor9es,
Eieutensrt French had sailed on the
bik Eu1afder With many troops some
fhrea 1odths before. and each day Of
the hree 1onthS had brought more
sickenIns sense of loneliness. His
none II fone Island was Just mod
est eo1peIg cottase, but there was a
garden cat, bis dog Binks and a
rat the young lieutenant
fhousht TIE. finest IN the world.
had Seen dying very low. almost
tIushiug the teee tops OF Epping for.
es hen snddeply at the very edge Of
forest he looked down into a
srdens hat made his heart beat with
1enesieness. There was pink-clad
s,ogtSlns 2n1ong tne noWe[s. a..
va al pc had seen the uFst
Attef that one glimpse OF the
ge9ssttl Essex gsroen Lieut.. F[enCH
qa1lS over the spot ana waLehea
sel eae6ea or paint or 90 DIS OF
{ps that MADE nun quite ueS'
pefte 20 betp bes.
d9ys When the wind or ram pre-
vented the eTeat wings OF his BE4stol
fron tstkibe hip aloft and the big
blrd vas = pRisoGes IN the hanger. the
tying l4ap caateq tpward4y: Mnep
the noon vas pr1ght and the suns
go aking attempts to cross the
Cost ne Eapteo only 70 tly 4eoVe
eaFoe9 a1o' IN sense leet .ShaI
Re 4s ntotecttns hef anu heF uea4
home foen harD>
he nut blossoms were out anu
moved gps IKE !oany CLOUDS "a
sly De1oW htro *hen Lieut.. fIencn
dad about cone to the conclusion
nat he tsonlq have to come croppeE
81 rep aofen INTO that walieo eAFeen
! y ccitent y he were 70 I'VE on ~
FelIt and wondered as to how this
ne N the PINK ttock would accept
4ote were he 70 drop II INTO nef
saSasns
gut VINE the fruit blossoms were
hnine slor1ousIS the American bird
found courage to drop his note,
~ me SiSI ID the pink dress was evil
ely n1afried and it would be per
sefIy congentiopal to make friends
vow that St1e NrSS properly guarded.
she had come out that morning and
very 4enderly, cautiously she hS9
pnshed . gfeat Rheel chair out over
stones s1a down the garden
mt y rested beneatn tAe nun ~
rees And IN the chair was an ci-
se1aded hero OF ners whom sne
opdeft9llS p0sy ABOUT uneu Sne
lels R comsoItably enjoying me
that she gent back to the cot;
taSs and fesufnea win enalLs any =
sIl9 rs son 9us ;11S.s enG Is II
sden an q oI1At4snt Ee9:
omes 10 tset he had left paint on
oEt eTefythtng there in the Long
Islsnd5 honoe 50 mat notnlns ""041
loe shGpb5.
sas, tpat BEtseol p!los u
2Sne. 20 SFl4tI our apPie pEos-
so OF III Few bricks tFem our
essg. ny he = .oesaS OF . 0,sG:
synoad eAc!aiLneo eht4u ISIIr
Icalsy, s1ad Watched the huge wings
crop STU lo%eS -, ,,..,.
Betty 30 her OfotheF cou4o pot1 I
SEE ne nlfo MAJ n1cassh now, snu
VILE hey, satVed, their aanoS at nlp
anitajon ana greet1ng ne crop,
eed small pacKcage. which landed
Slmost ct 9etty's teet.
me aefoplane vent up and up buzz
oudlys
BETTY picked MP the nfssive and
$50 8 uttfe CRY OF delight.
5sle5 i .ioft. Her brother
aed aSorecfaf lively.
ssAnerieab!'' they exclaimed in uni