The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-18

cut on his temple.
"Why-wh-Why-" Stammered the
girl, completely out of breath from her
run. "Why-er-are you the OneT'
'"The one," he answered, little puz-
zled. "Why-er-yes, I guess I must
be; that is, whichever one you mean,
l guess I'm it," getting slightly mixed
in his English, but smiling into the
girls troubled face.
"Why, 1 mean are you the one that
shouted for help just now" explained
| Aline.
Shouted" he replied. "Well,
| should say did. You see, l was sound
asleep when this thing came along in
such a hurry. Why, I thought shell
from a Pinch field gun had struck
me, and I certainly must have yelled
| loud enough to have scared off whole
| regiment of the enemy. You see, at
| first I really didn't know just what
had happened. I'm sorry If I fright
ened you. Won't you sit down a mo-
ment?" and he spread his coat out on
| the sand.
"Well, really, you did give me quite
a shock" admitted the girl, sinking
down upon the sand, just beginning to
feel the reaction. 'But then," she
| went on, 81 really deserved it, for, you
| see, l threw the shell. l do hope it
hasn't really hurt you," she finished
anxiously.
Nothing but scratch" he assured
hnr talxinu down hic han6knrnhiaf fO
prove his words. "It's not worth talk
| ing about and certainly not worth the
| awful racket 1 must have made. But
you see it was the shock, coming as 1t
| did when l was sound asleep. But
| there's no harm done, SO don't give 1t
another moments thought"
And so they sat there in the glory
Of the summer sunshine and chatted as
only two young folks can talk, who
are mutually attracted to each other,
and for the rest of that morning and
many morning thereafter Sammie
Allen and Lem CrOthers' summer
| boarder walked together on the hard
stretch Of sand that lay between their
| two homes.
| But three months is not forever, and
the end of the furlOugh was drawing
near. Again the two young people sat
on the sand at the very spot where
they had first met in such an unex-
pected manner.
In low tones Sammie Allen was
| speaking to the girl at his side. my
times nearly up, Aline," he said, land
l shall have to go back, Aline, now,
and think that our pleasant days are
over" He looked at her suggestively.
"Must they be-quite-over, Aline"
He rose and, taking her two hands in
| his, helped the girl to her feet. "Aline,
| little girl, won't you tell me that
there'll be even happier days for me
for us--wlIn / come hOme-fOr gOOd?'
And with smiling eyes and little
tremulous smile on her lips, the girl
went into the Outstretched arms that
awaited her, and when he sought her
lips she did not deny him.
81 really think that / am the only
man In my company who can truth
fully say that he has suffered twice
from shell shock and survived" said
| Sammie Allen some time later. "The
| first took away the use of my arms
and legs for q little while, but the
second robbed me Of my heart for
ever"
'Well, 1 was frightened out of my
wits when it happened" confessed
Aline, "but since it has turned out like
this" giving his arm little squeeze,
"why now, Of course, I'm very glad
that / gave you that second shell
shock" ~
And together, they wended their
way toward the Allen farmhouse.