The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-16
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and reported TO the reintive of the un-
fortunate man. They never know the
truth. He is listed In the bulletins MS
among the accidentally killed.
In the last ten years have several
times read stories In magazines Of
towards changing. In a charge. to he
. roes- I used to laugh at it 1t seemed
easy for story-writers, but I said.
''Men aren't made that way.Y But over
in France I learned once that the
streak OF yellow can turn nil white
picked up the story. bit by bit. from
the cliptnin of the company. the SEN
tries who guarded the poor fellow. as
well as from my own observations. At
first did not realize the whole OF his
story, but after week OF investiga-
ton II stood out as clear In my mind
as the mountains Of my native West In
the spring sunshine IL Impressed me
so much that / wrote II all down in
rest hiIiets on scraps OF odd paper.
The inridcnts are. as I say. every bit
true: the feelings OF the man are true
Il know from all I underwent 10 the
fighting over In France.
We will call him Albert lloyd. That
wnsn't his name. but Il will do:
Albert Lloyd WAS what the world
terms a coward.
In London they called him Stacker.
His country had been at war nearly
eighteen months. and sttil he wns not
In khaki
listing. being alone in the world, hav-
ing been educated ia IN orphan asy-
iurn. and there being no one dependent
upon him for support. He had no good
position to lose. and there was no
sweetheart to tell him with her sips
10 rn. while her eyes pleaded for him
10 stay.
Every time he saw recruiting SER
gs.int he'd siiDk around the corner out
OF sight. with terrible fear gna~ing
at his heart. When passing the big re-
cruiting posters. nnd on his way to
business and back he passed many. he
would pull ;ieyn his cap and look the
other wBy from that awful finger
pointing at him. under the caption.
-Your King and Country Need You;"
or the boring eyes of Kitchener. which
burned into his very soul. causing him
to- shudder.
Then the Zeppelin ruIds--during
them. he used to crouch In a corner Of
his clearinghouse cellar. whimpcrng
like whipped puppy md calling upon
the Lord to protect him
Even his iandlsdy despisrd him. al
though she had to admit that he wus
good pny."
Iys.
one momentous morning the inndlafy
put the morning paper at his p,a,c be-
fore hs came down To breakfast TAX
Ing his seat he read the iinrins hend-
line, "Conscription Bill Passed" and
nearly tainted. Excusing himself. he
stumbled upstairs to his bedroom.
with the horror OF II gna wing Into his
vitais.
Hnving saved up q few pounds. he
decided not to leave the house, and to
sham sickness. so he stayed In his room
md hnd the lnndlndy serve his meals
there.
Every time there wns knock at the
door he trenibled all over. imagining Il
WIS n policeman who Ind come to take
him away to the army.
One morning his tears were realized.
Sure enough. there stood policeman
with The fatal paper. Taking 1t In his
trembling hand he read tbai lie. Albert
Lloyd. was ordered to report himself
to the nearest recruiting station for
physical examination. lie reported I'm.
mcdiately. because he wus AFRAID TO
disobey.
The doctor looked with approval
upon Lioyd's six fee, of physical per
fection. and thought what u fine
guardsnnnn he would mike, but exam
ined his heart twice before lie passed
him as physically ft;" II was beating
80 fast
From the recruiting depot Lloyd was
taken. With many others, In charge Of
a sergeant. to the training depot ut AL.
dershot. where he wns given IN outfit
Of khni,i. md drew his other equip
IDcnt. He made a fine.lookiDg soldier.
except for the slight shrinking In his
shoulders and the hunted look In his
eyes.
At the training depot II does not
take long to fnd out u mans character.
and Lloyd was promptly dubbed
Nihuy- III the EshsnSH hrhy Niuus
means cownrdly.
The smallest recruit In the barracks
looked on him with contempt. and was
not slow 10 show II In many ways.
Lloyd was good soldier. learned
quickly. obeyed every order promptly.
never grouscd ut the hardest fntigu,s.
He was afraid to- He lived In deadly
fcnr Of the officers aud "noncoms" over
him. They also despised him.
One morning about three months
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