The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-22

struggle. the soldiers then in her homo
went to their Officers and reported her
as a quaTrelsnlnc. contcmptious woman.
one who made a practice Of insulting
German soldiers Those unspeakable
towards and brutes did this thing for
revenge.
The authorities descended on this
woman, took her children away from
her by force. sent her 10 work in Il
GcrInan-conQtrstc minc' in northern
France. There the ultimate misery be
came hers. Her husband gone. hcr
children torn from her. her home taken
away. placed ut degrading labor. her
i spirit broken. she fell u prey to German
| lust at last.
Only by yielding to the soldiers
! guarding the mine workers could she
buy for herself the least privilege.
Only by becoming worse than,a slave
| could she obtain the slightest surccasc
from slavery.
She fell. For about year she was
tossed from one to another of tho Huns
in the ncighborhood of that mine. In
! cvttably She became in time menace
to health. and then the Huns in Berlin
ordered her deported. She was sent
back through Switzerland to Eviau with
4 card sewed TO her rags. a card de-
scribing her as syphilitic prostitute.
Homo Patched Up.
She was too crushed with suffering
n mako excuses for herself or 10 toll
her story. There was nothing for tho
French government TO do except send
her 10 a hospital near Paris where such
outcasts so to die. But Madame Doran
did not die. She improved undcr treat
ment. and her distraught mind began TO
clear a little.
One day Madame .Avril 81. CroiX came
to the hospital. Her angel pity and
charity extends to the lowest ou;casts
among women. and she looks for pos
siblc curables among them everywhere.
Attracted by the pure beauty of this
victim. for she still retained some Of
her youthful loneliness. Madame st.
Croix spoke to her. and finally drew
from her the terrible tale OF her mar
tyrdonl.
At once Madame st. CroiH arranged
for her removal to the house In Furis.
There the best medical treatment. good
nursing and kindness worked miracles.
Madame Doran was soon on the road to
partially restored life and health.
Meanwhile, Madame st. CroiN had
soueht and found the soldier husband.
She told him what Ind befallcn his wife
and children. He heard with horror.
then he dropped his head on the table
before him and wcpt until his sleeves
we're drcnchcd with tears. His blttercSt
rrirf spent he raised his head and SAID:
Madame, whatever my poo WIGS
condition. I can have no reproachcs Tor
her can remember only what She was
To me In the past. q true. good wife, l
loved her then and love her now. Give
her hack to me and for the rest OF her
ufc 7 will atone TO her for what she has
suffered"
One Boy Murdered.
This Crcat-heartcd French soldier had
b~en wounded and was now m"biliz"d in
Industry. He could make IL home for his
wife and Madame ST. CrniX helped thcm
establish themselves anew. Then $h"
heran a long search for. the children.
she wrote TO the king Of Spain. VIII" IS
her friend and who. sine" tn" war hN-
gan. has often used his Influence with
tho German kaiser to find lost and i'm
nrisoncd French and B"lglanS. The
children Of these poor parents w"rr ulll-
matcly found and were restored |" 'h"ir
bruised hearts.
Four of the five children were rcstor-
al 10 them. The oldest boy. when the
Germans broke up their home. resisted
tho soldiers sent TO take them away. ii"
was only q child. He did not realize the
invinciblc majesty Of Germany and he
protested with all his young might
German soldier kicked him. breaking his
hack So he died. slowly and i'll great
agony.