Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08
A Grocer IN Arms.
/BY LIEUT. J. =. MORTON.
UJE COULD light"

BIZ LIEUT. J. =. MORTON.
CHE COULD light"
''Yes. q could nsht.s
Remember him up 1t Hooge7'' X II +
"Do II Not likely to forget IL. y u
Il knew he'd go west pretty soon.
He never gave q thought to himself
or his own safety" Nsb
att was all Z kind o. game 10 .ir1.~
Eyes. an he was Just . great child:
with all his pluck-just q big cllild.V
a silence, and then, once more.
.. sBut he could fight"
In this manner, though In q diner.
might have talked Of q lost comrads.
And some great man would have
ing place. sG ''s
But these mon only spoke Of pri-
yate Tom Jennings: just plain Tom
4ennings. who could light When
who has gone west, one knows one
- face to face with the mysterioue
force We call tradition. That kind 81
man becomes part Of 4 regiments
tradition. The rest live Up 10 the
i %sics % ~ what aid r. h. did and ne way Is
Before war came Tom Jenninsa 80
living the quietest kind Of life III 3
small Surrey village. He kept 4 little
grocers shop and served behind IL
counter. II was . small shop ana
there was only one assistant, who
on we'll worn red bicycle with
Je1nings-Grocer,' inscribed on IL
Nothing was farther from the rers-
tie-minded grocer's thoughts than 81.
oiering. He was Of very slight buiid
ana regarded himself &c being 81 4
oe .. constitution. His hands were.
SOFT ana he liked eese and comfort.
After his days work he would sit Il
front OF his IRE and read the pauSr
In winter time. In the summer 10
went Tor q stroll through the woods
TO see his sister. who kept q confea-
toners shop In the NEXT village.
p.s sinf Es .pail ss & ssr 81 hhgEass
Tom Jenninss. and blew ai + hXisss
snsoEnsr e yas "a Ms
He IL the Tom Jennings who foreht II
hooS ana Nsnve Chapelle. In front u
Ridge. the 4 mild. ana g dA.ssinss
the two OLD regular soldiers wars
s SpssattinsH Fl when H's'n they said: en- could
him. and his name may 81 rsSd Vo 80. - ~
Illuminated scroll at the entrance a.
inc little church. WEs7g =, AZ 80
With such en- example before his
ana enlisted. and Tom JenninrT pisfsr
from from The next village took over the
said. The dtngy red bicycle q riddSn
now by 2 GIRL ana the businesS
n n Just ~ much a. Il did undsr
But no could light.
one OF two aneceotes Of him survtvo
among his old friends. He Was as1oe6
once. e z competent judge, what Is
'nSWvssit p h :r% ND rcsssr1 Hs ,,.n.a
yOud ave xot ZEN en- s ah = eh $1,000 e
On another occasion. after rsnct-
raid. he was seen. By his astonished
platoon walking leisurely hack 70 the
nrttish line with eleven German prtD-
sHow ara you do Il, Jenning.,s
asked his ofncsr, for the grOccr's al.
minutive stature was . wsll known
"well, sir. said Jennings, .p.rsps
they didn't like to 80 for . man
smaller than themselves" &
And when the platoon commander
the Germans. Private Tom JsnninsS
turned suddenly ssfiousy In Q Quosr.
awkward. blushinG way; ana what
the ofacer told met he added. n 4 4
voice lowered no that it would not
reach, the men standing near. Woas
well 7 reckon it's what they eall
mo-rarle, sir--the moral effect Of be-
ting English. you see. sir; that's what
q. certainly could night. that iittis
fC..-.,.As sassk