The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-01-03
The Girl Who Said
Bad Words
BY r. A. MITCHELL
4. lsl7. western Newspaper Union.


In trying to produce an effect on
child the reverse is brought about
by OVERRIDING the matter. Nagging
children to a certain behavior. try
Ing to keep them up to a certain
standard of morals, often produce O
Numerically contrary effect.
When / was q boy remember one
day passing a girls school just as
the pupils were starting out to walk
/ under the supervision Of couple Of
as notwithstanding teachers as
/ ever ] beheld. One little girl about
seven years old, with heavenly blue
eyes, arrested my attention.
A few days later walked by this
school again. This time the children
were playing in the grounds at recess.
The school was surrounded by high
wall, the only opening being the gate
way.
One of them must have offended
playmate, for suddenly there came
forth, In the sweetest of voices,
volume Of rough words which. quite
shocked me.
I passed on to the gateway and
these children were chasing each
other In the same direction. for saw
them pass, and one of them let forth
at the time harsh expression.
Horror of horrorsl She was my
little angel.
When / was about eighteen I was
shocked a second time In a similar
manner. But this time the effect was
not so dreadful because had learned
by my own experience that goodness
we attempt to force into youngster
usually comes out badness. My par
ents were very anxious that should
take q high grade at school. While
was a little fellow they let me alone
and did excellently; when I grew
older and they began to nag me ]
fell off and sank to a low rank in
scholarship, though confess there
were other causes for my retrogres-
sion, the principal Of which was the
development of taste for literature.
Well, this second shock was this:
had called at house to see a chum
of mine. While waiting for him to
come down to see me someone was
practicing In an adjoining room at
singing. There was a certain turn In
the song that she could not execute
correctly. When she failed on the
sixth attempt, there was an explosion
Of vexation worthy of driver of an
army mule team. The voice in which
the words were uttered was as sweet
as they were harsh.
When the great world war came
on my father turned out to be a paci-
fist /, on the contrary, believed that
1t was our duty as well as our inter-
est to assist the allies. On the Amer
lean declaration of war he did every
thing he could to persuade me to re-
. frain from enlisting, but he had made
me soldier by his very opposition to
, my views. After a bitter argument
. one morning I went to a recruiting
station and offered myself for a re-
cruit. The ambulance corps being
popular, chose that branch Of the
service.
| One day, when we were out pick.
ing up the wounded, 1 was hit by a
piece of shrapnel and put into the
ambulance myself. / was carried to
, base hospital, where my wound was
dressed, and / was slowed away for q
, couple Of months to recover.
Everybody knows that women Of all
) ranks of life went to France and Bel
t GUM as well as the other countries
engaged in the war to nurse sick and
: wounded soldiers. I was quite inter
ested in noting the different women
who were nursing about me. They
( were of all nationalities and grades.
| Those in the hospital where l was
were chiefly French and Americans.
The English nurses naturally went to
r nurse British soldiers. The nurse
: who was assigned to take care Of q
part of the invalids In my ward was
, a high-bred dame working with Others
D of her class as well as some of less
4 refinement.
1 / made every excuse to get her tC
$ linger beside me and chat with me
t One would suppose by the length Of
q time / thus detained her that / need
ed more attention than any other maj
;. In the ward. However, did not sue
t coed in enticing her from the othel
patients, for she served all alike, ant
l. verify believe that every one Of then
o was In love with her.
t One day after battle my Madonni
}. was placed In charge Of the over
t crowded ward. A great change cam
I over her at assuming the responsi
d bility. She showed herself true al
ministrator. Suddenly, when tw
It nurses Fastening In different direC
# lions collided and sent hot broth owe
d a newly wounded man, she sent fort
a torrent Of words not at all in cor
sonance with her serenity and sweet
ness.
n This was the third time had hear,
such words spoken In a delicious fem
n mime voice. It rushed upon me tina
l the three were one.