The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-05-31
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;s.n ~ MAS, IN An .OlliS@ IN ,%sB&1Al SI&1,
] was sitting at my desk talking -
q Lieutenant Of the Jersey Nat1saAa
Guard. On the wall was q big war
map decorated with yariously coiored
little Gags showing ,hs position Of the
opposing armies on tho western front
in France. Ia frnnt of Iue on the desk
lay New York paper with big farins
e, headlines. g,
lusiTAkiA SUNK AMERICAN
LIVES LOST!
The windows were open and feel.
ting at spring pervaded the air.
Through the open windows came the
strains of hurdy gurdy playing In tho
street, pidn', Raise My Boy to 10
. Soldier"
"Lusitanig Sunk American Lives
Lost !"--"l Didn't Raise My hoy 10
Bc a Soldier" To us these did not
seem to yihe.
The lieutenant IN silence opened ono
of the lower drawers az bis desk and
took from II an American fag which
no solemnly draped over the war map
on tho wall. Then. ,uraing to me with
grim face. said
How about Il. sergeantf Yon had
better get out the muster roll of tho
Mo9nted Scouts. az 4 tAlnk they will
'sa 'ss~sses. tn t4ss sea7@e t-f,s fsw ssSss.r
We busted ourselves TIL late In tho
evening writing gu, emergency tele
grams for the men 90 report when the
call should come from Washington.
Then we went home.
cross~d over 10 New York, and as
went up Fulton street to take the
subway IL Erccklyn, the lights In tho
tnl buildings Of New York seemed 10
be burning brighter than usual. "a II
they, too, had read "Lusitania Sunk !
American lives Lost !" They seemed
60 b" glowing with anger and righteous
Indignation. aud their rays wlgwagged
the message, "kepayl"
Months passed the kilograms lying
handy. but covered with dust. Then.
our mrmereous morning the lieutenant
with Sigh u disgust removed tho
nsg tron the war map and returned
20 'hS$ ,'essN immediately followed
this action hy throwing the kilograms
inte he wastehaSket. Then We looked
~ each nther Ia Sleacc, I,e was
slU.rmng Ia hts chair and felt de-
pressed sud HNhasy
Tho Telephone rang and answered
" II was "a business call fer me-. ~,
Gutstag my services for an upt.of.
town assignment business was tiot
very good. s,> This wHs very welcome
After llstvni1g ~ the proposition I
s*cnsed 10 ~ swryed by "A pecu!.sr,v
strong farce within me. aui aaxvery,,
81 am sorry that cannot rcvep, yonr
Offer, bat am leayirS for England
neat week and hung up the rrcctv~r
The lieutenant swrae around In hts
chair, and stared a. me TT hlaak aston
tshm~n'. A shaking sensation came
over me. bur ! araaatlv answeseg. hts
lock with We'll, It's So, Tn going
And | went
TIE trip across was nnvvep'fpl. I
landed 1T THlagry, FaS'Hni. thea eot
into n string Of matchbox cars and
rrecees'fl to Iorion. arriving there
about 10 II "a, | toNA rr,>a in a he,el
aesr 81. rascras stS'Sce for "iive sad
ax--ags extra" Tho r>osa was ustlss
the tlrv. hut the extra SEEMED "a
keep ue w8gWi That n.ght there wss
a Zeppelin RAID, but thda't sce rnach
Of II; tneau~e the silt Ia the eartaias
was toe Sg,sA ana | bad no desire TO
make Il larger Mex nerusss lhe tg,,
erhcas hell tsRs. rnd Sofaeone asked
-Ar~ ycn there" was, hsriy. Any.
way. leafGtd thar the gSpS had NJ.
turned to the3r iS.As-,ani, 81 wat
cot into the str,,ct cx0Scsias to see
orsuss - awfs, Ievstta,.oa and s c>sw.
er,ns rere'sce hu; everything was
normal reop,e were cslsaly prsvs,d-
.nS To their work, CsaSssax the
street. ] seSxssssd a B,sNeie With.
'Caa yea direc, rae to the e.scc az
damas~F
He aassd NE. VIVA. dsaSEeF
In surprise I answered., Why. the
DAMAGE caused by The ZSpS,