The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-14
I LEARN THE AGONY on
NO LETTER" FROM
MY utS BA>D

Mail came Thanksgiving week to
thousands OF war brides. some OF
whom had been waiting for Il near.
~ two months. Years hence. when
the war brides OF today are grand.
mothers, they will tell OF the weary
hours they spent watching for the
postman in tho fall OF 1915 Mail
came To Mother Lorimcr "a bunch
OF letters from bob, hut not line
came for Bobs wife,
Mother Lorimer did her best not Co
let me see that she noticed my ag.
ony She made NO much ~ her
own letters before the family that
they actually forgot to ask mo for
news
All that Bob wrote was not good
news lie had been hurt slightly -
had been thrown 10 the ground In AN
explosion and while he had no
wound except a scratch ON hts fore.
head. he had been sent to a hospital.
Ia a dared state.
Ry comparing dates. | found that
Bob had gone into action the morn.
ing after writing the last letter
had received from him II Was tho
letter containing tho famous Henley
verses. which end Not IN vain
shall | look for you again" That
letter seemed TO unite Hob and me
closer than We had been az any time
since our quarrel | always carry Il
with me, but now wonder II u In
TO be the last love letter / am ever
I going to get from Bob
Mother cam. up 90 my room with
4 her precious letters after | was In
bed She did not try to comfort
me-shc just stayed around while
TO give me a chance to conflde my
grief TO her II l wished to do 30.
but | couldn't refer To Il directly
without having ~ OF Mysteries. So
| simply asked her To read over the
parts OF her letters which referred
TO bob'a vcasuaity"
Hurt about tho head She read
surgeon thought at first had a
bad case OF shell shock. but when |
came TO. after three days OF stupor.
set out TO convince him that | was
absolutely all right IL took two
weeks for me to make him sec A.
But at last. which Is tomorrow. I'm
off 10 take my place with the boys
.n the trenches again"
Writing 70 his father. Hob an.
nounced that he had got his bochc
at last. in fact. several Huns. hut
a. he pulled hts bayonet out % the
first. man he grew sick. he said 80
sick that only the need % defending
himself from second Hun gave
him strength to 40 on with the
nEht
knew very weli why killing made
Bob 80 sick. It's his philosophy.
once upon a time. when walking
with me IN the country. he had re-.
fused to XIII a snake which fright.
encd me Let u GO he said. 1T
loves It's life as well as you and l
love ours
Bob also had written TO chrys-
on the "" stationery which has
made the red triangle so welcome
from end TO end Of the land But
not even in chrys' letter did he re
fer TO his wife.
md only yesterday ! was earnest.
~ trying to put that fear Of divorce
out OF my mind. only yesterday
was thinking about how I and other
war brides ought TO reconstruct our
homes on permanent happiness
foundation,
IL looks TO me as II were not
going TO have chance TO begin
over again" with Bob. lie viii want
his mother. not me. to make him
comfortable.
II seems 10 me that II there were
a remnant OF love left for me IN
IBob's heart. he would want to save
me from the dreadful humiliation
am now enduring.
TO Be Continued