El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-04

regiment was organized at Fort Bliss
girls. with a courtesy. say to the
queen Good night. majesty" The
: little LIliputian soldiers make q milf
/ tary. salute before the king and say
/ &c him, Good night. sire," And then
t they 90. singing marching song.
I which one could still hear en- decres-
/ cendo as the wagons which had
I brought them disappeared in the dis
/ lance.
Vow" the queen said 70 me. CT am
! going 10 receive you in my little
wooden house"
/ And I follow her there. with the
maid of honor. into one Of those little
/ demountable fir-b0ard cabins which.
7 in less than two hours. can be trans
ported from one place to the other
q ike uOmads' tents. Among stuuted
bushes, which the sea winds had for
ever been tormeutiuE. the royal cabin
has been set upon the sands and is
all surrounded by a border OF flowers.
spare wall flowers mostly which by
clnt OF earnest effort have been made
Z 70 grow here.
The interior OF the little house IS
E OF distinctive charm and simplicity.
OF furniture there is only q writing
B table and divans with cushions OF de-
cided shades Of color and strange de-
signs.
The door had remained opened wide
. lfH|AA A-AN 0aaaAHaH HaAA NlEaA Win us
brushes with the perfumes Of the
sea. and there. while I sat face TO face
with her majesty, I was given the
honor OF q long quiet chat. As If by
silent agreement. we said nothing Of
the anguish Of the hour. no more than
il the barhari-ns had not been so
very near. pillaging our fatherlands
The queen had turned the CONVERSE
ton TO Beuares and to Hindu re-
ligions. when, at given moment. all
OF sudden a cat passed before an
open door. like an arrow. q big black
cat that was running away. body 10
the ground. and seemed TO be at the
height Of terror. An. 10 had been I'D
something. the unfortunate thing the
police is on its heels- A geudarme,
who follows. passed almost right be-
hind il, at tuL speed, and clapped his
hands TO make the greatest possible
noise Now the queen could not help
laughllg-ir had been so Unforeseen.
this noisy cat episode. in the midst
of our profound reflections upon Bra
Eamism,-and- recalling. no doubt
that am an attentive cavalier Of eats
said 10 me. laughing all the time
Don't fear, no one viii do them
any HARM no, only 20 trighteu them
That is because they come here. all
the cats from the village. 10 rob the
nests OF our nightingales. So find
myself obliged to ask the good gem
darme on guard not 10 fail TO give
chase after them"
Il am going 10 show YOU our little
nightingale wood" the queen said 20
me when the audience had ended Il
am going TO have you go Through IL
when you leave
We then beto0k ourselves along
those pretty narrow footpaths where
only two can walk abreast. the maid
Of honor had grociously coded TO me
her place beside the queen and was
content to follow two or three steps
behind us The slender trees which
grow I'm clusters on the sandy soil, I
have hardly more than the appearance !
of bushes. three meters high. and ,
hardly afford us any shade. But % is E
nevertheless very adorable, this little /
wood. adorable for being enclosed and I
yet having kept its wild appearance ]
You make very good picture, Z
with your two harmOuizinE blues" Ii &
COmtesse de c., the maid Of honor. q
said TO me. laughingIy. Though u
wore only the common horizon-blue .
Of the military uuiform)
Showing Nightingale Nests.
With what simplicity and with 7
what youthful grace, the queen. i'm I
passing, gently bent back the ]
branches to show me the nightingale |
nests. do You see" she said. how I
they are, nesting SO low
Next month" the queen continued, !
"the woods viii be fun Of big yellow /
a q q
right here is a stalk OF one
she stopped down TO pick it and TO Z
show it 20 me: Look, do you know
An. as II I did not know St, Is IL /
not a flower Of my childhood. which /
grew abundantly on the strands Of my /
island Of Oleron, a species OF large
mellow. of a pale satin yellow and I
smelling agreeably. I was moved at
finding IL here, this flower of my
native country, in the queens hands.
At the edge Of the wood, the queen
leaves me and turns back TO the villa.
and the yell0W-violet woman has the
goodness Of coming q few steps fur
-her 10 the railing where my auto is 7.
waiting for me- But We instinctively E
turn, both Of us, to let our eyes follow, +
with the same sentiment OF religious +
the svelte royal silhouet 2.
down the sands she y
walks, with her head bowed down,
IS IL suddenly having become alive
10 the terrible realities, no doubt be-
,ause the sun is going down and be-
sause, like us, she suffers uiscOur-
aging melancholy at this fading Of the
light; the night Will come, full Of
surprises and Of dangers for her, de-
.pite the frantic thrills of joy that
soon. above the rumbling Of the artil-
cry. her little singing prOteges viii
start for her And 4. I shall return
% Dunkirk, where I shall surely hear
gain the horrible voice Of the large
-larm siren
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