Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-13

Tits crafty on three legs: An inlnid
for neat corner ne is ,yGnimjured exS Se6
Ne, to state the drawers are
Our new hhbitation is at the top of
an rather nns, !, steep mn. and rs stand at
an upstairs window 1 am appalled, by
the desolation ABOUT me. Not build
ing in n, sigh. to right or left but has
draggled lace curtain has caught in
Tree ana the breeze swells IL into
q af oa hrosd Cups and plates and pieces
| " bread are still on a table. Next
door u bed hangs perilously from a see
o ona,, story window. Farther down the
c cotI u stove or cradle or bicycle
:, l turn to look about the room which
rs 10 pc mine. Here also all the locks
I've peen cut from the furniture. On
inc dressing table is a household ac-
S SJuIx p book the first entry is dated
of black velvet, 80 frames 4 Beside il is
an an, 9ld-fashioned photograph of a
t haRed paoy, and in glass tray are
, remains OF the floor is covered
Inches deep, with torn letters. broken
ornaments n bedding and women's cloth:
| ing. In the Mushroom the material of
.ne pipes cut into finest shavinEs. is
SStrewn about. and turn away sick at
:, suddenly hear a jolly little whistle.
~ comes from Long Joe, who is care
On the vhise posts Of our garden gate
20 ! Try TO sing Il little myself and
.nin i hard Ct the chocolate and the
SMOKES and the sorely needed club.
somewhere in the ncighborhood. proud
serves. as tablecloth. and later no
ice mat some kind friend has put
Inc other two on my. bed. generous
Win loaf of bread. and some cooked
meat meat, our dinner i, soon prepared,
Again the' eXCanuck has found flow
hravely close TO hole filled with
lime AND smile brightly al us in the
caps coffee is quite as good as it was
last night. but somehow even that
o on 1.ss us l;, little. We are all more
it is the first visit close to what the
soldiers tSn call the big show" Also:
ne spirits of the departed owners of
and watching.
During the business of clearing up.
CLOSE by. and there, just outside OF
what was once the dining room door
stand seventeen Yanks regarding us
Come right in." ycils the Kid ex-
f tho d;sh we're almost finished with
oh, how good that sounds" says a
voice from the rear.
inside and boy like --and especially
soldierlike = soon make themselves
comfortable, Hey. Buddy" laughs one
lookit me sittin green plush
chair"
Long Joe hands out the cigarettes
while ! run for the chocolate. CHANGING
alone. When ! ask him why he doesn't
come In. 100, he tells me he makes it
make him too homesick. So | give him
pieces of chocolate and watch him.
until ,n boxing very small he disappsars
back TO the crowd I hear a chuckle and
the remark: SAY. remember how your
mother used ed to tell you to stay out of
One lad. Drawer than the others.
y al lures. Us sure NICE to see rsg9-
fully frightened OF me- It's so long
since they've been accustomed TO So
ciai II; ssnt,, H9weyer. they for
which has escaped from one OF them
begins mad fight with, its image in
cry cry in Wild enj MO WHEN 'e esa
be heard. | remark that "Cammy's"
funny name for a dog. oh. but the
and before we quite realize it we are
all the best of friends, better and bet
ter as the, room fills with smoke and
the cx-Canuck begins 10 sing.
Here in the pitiiul, remains Of some
body's home, with the nickcrinE can
delight glimmerine the remnants
Of somebody's belongings. seventeen
sons of seventeen far away mothers
tt hdt
| Like candle that's set in the win
dow at night
| Your sweet smile has cheered me and
guided me right"
When II is finished there is no APP
plausc. hut out of the shadows comes
more than one di ,tinct SMILE So the
cN-Canuck remembers his own soldier
days breaks into a tune which every
| bohy knows and everybody sings. The
old red carpet tackled across tho glass
less window to hide our light from