The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-02
FRENCH CITY OF TOURS
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/. ~ all guess orders were given L
! u<t yut:H As II some one attempted |,
! ;,'t II Il boat il which he did not h."
! long. orders wrr" also given to she"
til" first man to jump overheard. :" ii;
| Ia avoid any panic. Well II usually
! took nay compartment; fifteen minute!
! tn empty and then 1 had Il h Of /,
Z I'm" getting through the crowd OF mcI
on thc well deck and go up three NOR
! decks ~ my boat Believe me. I'm SUR
! IL Il torpedo had como up along side az
lis tickling it's nose, that my boat w"u!c
| have bcru lowered ana flew tho coop
| b..fprr | could ever get to II. Gee.
felt good. They wouldn't allow me- Il
! get into another boat. they wouldn't
allow m" - get on n raft and they
wouldn't allow me to take chance AZ a
! dive and swim :or It. And sometimes
| wondered II they wouldn't have
. plugged me for staying on the boat.
sure would have been ono oSiracizcd
and l"n,>om" young man il any misfor-
. tune had oVertaken.
But despite tho ever present topic OF
subs and all thr necessary precautions,
non. nf the fellows feared them. That
il tru.. ON the last day when We ali har,
to stand ihru" hours on dci'k fully
"Turftrd for Il sudden departure. ~
Kaiser Eill had arra rcntly sent ono oc
h;S unseen hands down 10 git US jus:
before, entering The harh0r OF refuge.
I guess III" sub commander thought bet
ter OF our own guns AMI even still bet
e" ot our Formidable protectors foC he
never made his appearance. But he
didn't have 10. for | learned thr next
morning that tho sub had been sighted
from on high. 4 mic" It'll" explosive WAS
gently placed IN Mr.. Subs vicinity and
no more little slh Cor quite 4 bit of oil
ami debris was seen TO rise. VIZ did
not see this. AZ II was about two hours
atte- our passing the spot You can
believe !; Or not. but | think practically
every fellow on board WAS hoping. 20
hav" 4 round AZ I'll" sub ST. rs TO get 4
lltth excitement stirring. but Of course
wn did not care to swim for It.
Well everything Chat this letter.
EIus; hAr. an end and 50 with the trap.
One Anc afternoon "" pulled into II very
pretty. quaiu; and historic port and were
told to 'vamnose' the next morning.
We didn't have 10 hc told. for wc wrrc
blamed glad TO got feet on sod nnro
again. even If that sod wasn't in the
domain OF the good old u. s. i. Tho
town was somewhat larger than Wheel
ing in population and about as dirty.
altho this was offset somewhat by thu
many light colnrcd buildings. practical
ly all being constructed OF light color
I'd stone or brick We spcnL FIVE days
there awaiting orders and OF course saw
about everything of interest We went
thru;i:"h m old castle built or added tn
by Caesar and later added t" by French
kings. After sizing up tn" place and
noting the depth ~ tho muat. which Ia
~ this date. still about forty feet deep
in some places, I could readily So thar
X Surr was some task for an army 10
ca1turr Il minus the present day guns.
Finally We got our orders to move on
70 our next stopping place, casual
camp. This was located in an even
nucr historic city and of more beauty.
I" my notion. Hero was located an ola
chateau. formerly the home uf gone.
hut not forgotten French rul"rs, III"
home ot one oc Frances most popular
writer's. and several ancient churches
We took them all in. MS We got u spend
Interesting. as was the old home place
Of the AUTHOR with It's pretty garden
which IS still kept as he LEFT it.
One, afternoon. VIZ got moro orders
these telling US 10 report (" Tours and
le:t that same day. riding about two
hours IN tho French railroad. After
getting. here we und" rstnod NC wcr.. 80
be assigned hero permanently. IL there
is such word as that in military CIR
cles and took upon ourselves ;hc task af
hunting rooms. Tho task WAS n hard
ono. not especially on account Of the
scarcity OF rooms. but on account Of our
inability To- purlcy French. W" con-
siGcrcd ourselves lucky {" find us To-
Gated ut the end "t 4 long tircSom"
day am located near the barracks
ut 81 Rue D'Ambois and have Il dandy
room. roonng with fellow from M!<s-
iSSipNi who clmc over with ne W"
rn, our breakfast ut the house. Will" ""
cat lunch and dinner al the mess III
The barracks.
w, SUR, have some time talking Ia
me Madame rs she cannot understand
English and vice versa. Every once IN
a while she WASTES an hour Of cur TIM"
trying 70 toll us S"mcthnE. For in-
stance one Sunday afternoon | was try
ing to catch up tYl nay nail and Il was
hot rs hlaZcs. Th~- Madame INTERRUPTED
n" and tried 80 toll II" if il got tow
warm ! could go out IN rh" did back
I"n:cgl' in tho shade. She couldn't maxi.
me 'cnmprc' SO had To drag M" down
stairs and max" M understand phys
icaiiy. Last week "" paid for our
room ard lost another hour. II sur" -
funny and more or less Of 4 pleasure.
for yuu can forget that you are IN III"
presence II ladies and say what ynu
choose. For instanc" you VIII often
hear an American trying 20 talk Ia Il
FrrnChlnau and he can: thInk Of tn"
word he wants. invariably. "A" will
turn his head look al on - his cont