Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-27
READY TO HELP WIN THE WAR.


 Dear Social Corner Sisters: Tn one of the little 6ountry towns in west ern state there was a beautiful girl of nineteen from Norwich teaching a small country school. She was ex- tren1ely pretty and every young man in tlleN surrounding country was anxious for her company, and while they offered all kinds of inducements she would always say: "fier time was too much taken up in teaching a good school to have any beau, or go a1t6.s mobile riding. and the nittens she 1 ga i've out seemed to fit them all. 9GE. I < When war was declared she used 1 to tell her girl friend she wished she | had been a boy so she could go and help win the war, and if there was 1 ever anything she could do she would be only too glad to help in any way. When the call came to buy war and thrift stamps and Liberty bonds. she at once began to help by drawing all the money she had in the bank and purchasing $160 bond, then she spent what little tine she had after school hours and made house to house can I yass and was very successful in selling stamps and bonds.
 It was on a Saturday afternoon as she was returning to her boarding 1 place from. a long walk selling bonds on lonely road, that, as she came
 near to a sharp curve in the road she heard some one singing The Star 1 Spangled Banner" Her first thought i was could she sell that man a Lib- I efty bond to help keep "Old Glory" waving, when to her surprise she saw it was a fine looking young man about her own age.
 l As he came up he said, Excuse me l thought I was the only one on the road, and as I am pretty happy is how I came to be singing ''The Star | Spangled Banner" You see have beer
 to town and have just received some money from the will of my grand mother with the understanding that I can do just what please with it, ant am going to buy me a motorcycle
 See here: haVa the money: foul ] hundred dollars! I tell you I will havt some fine rides this summer. car
 hardly wait until 1 can get the ma I chine"
 I Now have told you my future plan.
 may ask you how come you to b. I out here all alone upon this lonels
 country road?
 She gave him sweet, girlish smil.
 and said: 'Why, am working for Un
 cle Sam, selling stamps and Libefty ' bonds to help win the war! You see we must all do our part to save ou
 homes and bring to the world peace
 Could 1 sell you bond today? 1t i safe investment and the duty 0 , ievery man.
 In their short meeting she could se' he was very much interested il l1er-%far more than in stamps an.
 bonds. Finally, he said: If you vii
 tell me where you live, and let me cal
 on you, I will buy bond,'' and sit
 ting down by the roadside they had
 Hong talk about the war. He aske her if she thought it was his duty t ? give up buying the motorcycle ain , offer himself and his money to hel i. win the war: and she told him sh ]. thought it was the duty of everyoh : Ito. do all they could, and with he promise that he could call and see he 3 as often as he liked, he gave her tn four hundred dollars and took it a in stamps and Liberty bonds. ! AS he handed her the money he said 1 '1f you think best I will go "Ove there" if when I return I may fin you "over here" waiting for the fel ? low you heard singing 'Tne Star Span gled Banner on the lonely eountr
 road.''
 RURAL DELIVERY.