The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-06-06
TIE WAR seRvr,|
BY mELVIN STEVEN.
: 10 {. " 6y the Moon.
per SyndicateS

80, anu pou I-1'Hfy was gain, ~
ingly Into tie clear blue ers. n.ss
Baldwin. 2'aey didn't know yse :. q y
very long only for two wa ssea u
exact, bit bo'n were grasrss
same COLE which makes ~ !. q
ference IA We world ~ De
ITS just as If We had k,..-
other for co1r years." the W. y
planned. $50 I want Won :. aa !
as % one Of Your Oldest friends 'a'
That h.l been two weet.
bud hac rived at the Sn 80 y
house for T. Jief rest from ~.
worries. =; was just a coincId. OaSas
Doris hap2aaed to be the vills,s e y
teacher, but the new arrives si
cred 1t at. At the lucklest n.y.
ever hap '"-d to him. Fo,
eyes were like the October 81, ~
cloudiess day and her lips mates.s !.
petals Of Il crimson rose. She s.s
been out OF college a year.
Their two weeks together b,, :.
on enchan'ed wings, and the N. :
finally come when it was necesss. !
bud to go back to the city sr,,.
he looked 'uto the depths Of ~
eyes and became suddenly br,,. -
II love YOU" he said.
He had always thought ths,
he spoke those words, the girl n ~
they were directed would oOs,
arms and smile at him. But Dor, !,
no such thing. Instead, she Dr..
her eyes and traced an aimless D,,,s w.
on the floor Of the porch. Tn -
could not see that her heart W.. =
with the joy of his confession. 4.
her whole being quivered for the 49,
Of him. He only knew that she An !.
come to him at once; and becsus :
knowledge of girls was limited 4. :
agined that she did not care
So, very quietly, he turned a..
from her and hurried upstairs IA \.
room.
He went away the next day VIM
she was making mockery Of her ~
graphy lesson; and for a seem,...
endless month he ate his heart an, 4,
her and then, when he could not nm,
1t an hour longer, he wrote her /.
ter, telling again Of his love and s,ty
her II she could ever care for N,
But In a week the letter came h,s
with the announcement that M,
Doris Baldwin had gone from Nam
tainville and had left no address
And then, having found bushes
suddenly uninteresting, he applied Ia
admission into the first series Of oc
GERS training camps and was admlrs
to Plattsburg early In the sumner
In the course Of three months \
was graduated with a captains crp
mission and was assigned to Csw
Dix, N. J. Then 1t was that be he,d
about the war service bureau Of Glr
wood college. The bureau was estk
lfshed by @ classmate of his who M
unable to fight because Of phyad
defects and who had decided to devoh
his time to the Glenw6od men vhs
had entered the service of the naiin
Every week he sent a letter to b
alumni and students Of the coIlees b
the camps telling them Of the camp
meetings, the football games md q
other gossip. He offered to ansve d
questions about Glenwood men 10 IN
ice, sent sweaters and socks which As
ladies of the faculty knitted, and I'D 4
hundred and one things to make eaas
the days of those who had answered
the nations call.
bud enjoyed the letters immensey;
and one time In the late fall, VIVA
he happened to be in the college tom
he dropped into the Office Of the w
bureau. Jim Handy, the director
greeted him cordially.
Even the goods are doing thing
he said enthusiastically.
"Who are they, and what are ~
doingT asked Dud..
"Oh, lots Of things. There's Don
for instance. she na'
charge"
There's whor
buds eyes were popping out Of ~
head and his hand had Tipped u'
wrist Of his classmate convulsveu
The director Of the bureau looked Y
him wonderingly.
"And you mean to say you n's
where she is?"
"Of course I do"
bud rose suddenly from his GU
and clapped the astonished Jim HAM
resoundingly on the shoulder. :.
"Jim," he announced jubilanuh
thought your war service bureau "
a pretty good thing before. bul "
know it's the greatest thing evez y
Where is sheT
81 suppose you mean Doris JIM - :
'wered. "If you do. she's one o. =.
aides I'm charge of the Hostess 49, :
1t Camp Dix. Where, are you eans
Jim was already half way |" =
ioor. -.
There's a train for camp 49,
caves this town In just five mipu..s :.
he said, "and Tn going to be Oh w.
rain" -,
He caught It without the ieass a.
# trouble. and when he reacneu !,
amp, the first thing he do wa
make a Decline for the Hostess NV i,
lie found Doris there, waiting = -,
he had been expecting him fol "a.
ime, and in Just two minutes ne -. :,
ioht tba MISUNDERSTANDING OF ns''