Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-24

There was silence moment, while
| pondered on this story of bhghted
love. Then Jerry broke into my med
itations with:-sI was in the guard
house the other night--all night
I'm the guard house | repeated,
"Why Jerry, not for"
"No'm. Walking with a girl. The
NJ P. got me-"
But you know it is forbidden to
walk with girl
"Yes'm but I'd been walkin' with
her and the NJ. p. knew it all the time
three months and more"
"You were introduced to her,
Jerry"
"Quite regular, ma'am, by the serg-
cant. He was presented to NJ. F.. and
she knew a friend of his. She works
in hat shop from seven in the morn
ing until six at night and TO get
home she has to pass through that
little alley that runs near the Y NJ.
headquarters. was on patrol in that
neighborhood for a while. One night
I asked the sergeant and he intro
duced US and at thrA same time he
asked if he might Salk home with
her. She said, "No, my mother'd
hit me if you did Several times
heard the boys ask her and it was
always the same answer. She'd greet
'en polite but that was ALL
Zone night | said to her I'm going
to walk to your house with YOU an!
she said, after standing OH one foot
for minute, you can walk :, the
corner and that's H.. ! don't want to
j.. get hit by my mother. TIT; corner
was out of sight of her court
$50 you met her every night and
walked with her?'
"Yes'm for three months. One day
: ncighbor saw us and told her
mother and she got hit sure enough.
So she said to me, she said, Jerry,
you'll have to walk up to the place
g and meet her. So / did. l walked in
!; with her and was pretty scared but /
managed to say Bon jour, Madame,
:. and then, 'Bonsoir, Madame and get
Q out.
3 "After that | walked home with her
3 and went in and the family treat me
, fine and want me to stay to dinner
night but | don't. I told the Major
all about it and a ~. NJ secretary
spoke good word for me and the
MAJOR said it was all mistake but
wasn't to walk with her any more
"No one could accuse Jerry of any
Y Don Juan mathods, as he told his love
= tale with clear eyes. looking una
y dashed into his hearers. asked, af-
+ ter moment of serious reflection
care you going to marry her, jerry
q "She's fine girl. She works from
:, seven in the morning until six al
+ night. Ny mother owns some little
houses in Italy and she used to say
a to me that some day I'd have to &C
E over and sell 'em or get soma ient
: money. She don't know whc':; in en-
;, | always laughed and said III Ecvcr
have time or money and we'd better
, let the old houses 20, but now, il
, get my discharge over here we could
, make that wedding trip, you see
I was basely accusing itrry of
having too practical spirit Coz real
!, romantic lover, when he uraeceved
NC.
"You see. if we went Jogethct and
: looked up the houses, think i would
go a long way in making mother
think it was all right"
Then the telephone bell rang, Jerry
; answered it. "All right, sir, yes sir"
He picked up his cap and set it
jarntiIy on his black, curly 't1;r. Stop
PED moment ut the door. Apparent
ly he believed the subject needed
rounding out.
eve didn't choose to come here.
did we? It's what you call Fate. Lots
of US fellows will marry the French
girls, the nice straightforward kind,
like mine. She worked from seven III
the morning until six at night in a
hat shop and her mother hits her if
she don't act right. That means, as
l get it. that we Allies are going 20
be awfully close hitched after the
war There's nothing like marrying
to do it. You get mighty lot closer