The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-02-08
IHE DAILY
SHORE STORY
leave of Absence.
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us far. they say. in love ana
waTe which accounts Tor the 1acS
y j fhaf lieutenant David Ashley anu
PffYats John Robson were IN IosS
with the same girl. Less than 2 yeL
aEo. before the war cloud oVeLsLeNo "a
a an other considerations, tney ne1
both been promistng young DuslnSS
men of Glendale. n. J. EVeEy o 4-t.-1t
tlley fook the s:29 train for New YORK,
mi everv evening they caught the
1ss0 back to Glendale. hoping that
Nsrgerv smith would be free 70 en-
Eertain them after supper
And bfarEery generally was, IN sPlee
~ tae fact that her eyes were the coloE
tho deep blue sea and that hef mar
was streaked with golden sunoesmS.
-g,6r Dave and John were generally ao-
B1itfed 10 have outdistaDced all ING
miner Young men Of the town and the
contest for Margery's hand had mar
nowed down to battle between theuu'
. 10 the interested onlookers 1t appear
cd as Il Dave was slightly more Ia'ot,
cd tfan his jealous rival; MaFgeFy =
smile was Just a little brighter noE
him, and when she looked At mn
there was q light in her eyes sucn as
NO GEi9 GlSS E6sA SNSsh S9SSA@"
either too blind or modest to know
mat he vas the favored one He lived
a a continued state Of ANXIETY, and
Sriad his hardest not TO be jealous
S-hen he saw John turn into the gate
Of the Smith home.
SO things stood when President vii.
son declared state OF war e1ls1ea
between this country a2d Germany.
Glendale was, OF course, excited; and
Margery and her two suitors felt the
thrill Of new order OF things.
at means that well send hundreds
Of thousands OF soldiers over there,
Dave announced. and believe me.
I'm going to be one Of the first to
- 1sEt John laughed disparagingly-
'.t doesn't mean any such thing,
he answered. "All wen do will be te
patrol our coast more carefully ana ::
TO make more mutions for the allies.
And- SO, according to their lights,
Dave applied for entrance to the First
Officers Training Camp, at Fort
Myer, Va, and John continued his
duties as assistant manager for Jas.
McCnIlun and Sons. In the course OF
a few months, Dave was commissioned
q first lieutenant: and John, his skep-
ticfsm suddenly dissolved, found him
self drafted into the National Army.
A short time later he was ordered to
report to Camp Dix, n. J., where he
found Lieutenant David Ashley as one
Of his company officers.
Meanwhile, the contest for Mar
gery's hand had progressed merrily.
Taking advantage of the axiom that all
is fair IN love and war, John had a
rather glorious time Of it during Dawes
three months at the training camp.
EiargeTy was rather Lonesome: and al
though she wrote at least twice a week
: to Dave she welcomed Johns visits,
for even the movies" in Glendale
weren't much Of diversions. So. when
November found both Dave and John
at Camp Dix. the latter had drawn
almost on even terms with his rival.
But sane officer. Dave had the
easier time Of it. Occasionally he
found It necessary to give orders to his
rival. but when he did so there vas a
twinkle in his eye which robbed the
situation of all bitterness. In the mat
ter of leaves of absence, he was per-
fectly fair also. Each Of the men was
permitted to visit home once every
two weeks, and Dave managed to fix up
things so that he and John alterD2ted
on their visits to Glendale.
Things might have gone along with
out change until the end OF the war,