The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-01

A sound of CHEEKY voices rises from
the chateau cellar and Nine. Diane and
| little Georgette emerge, followed by
| Mile. Louise with her square tin
lantern. The half light fails to hide
| the copper red Of Georgette's hair, and
the redder spots OF color in her cheeks.
| Her aunt, n sturdy figure, swings two
shining milk pals in one hand, holds
Georgette by the other. and clatters off
to milk The cows.
| Mime Diane is an institution with us
at Grecourt. In the first place, she is
| the right hand man of mile. LOUISE"
t'otherwise Miss Lewis, who is in charge
OF our farms. Should the latter fail
to appear in the early morning, or ut
the uncertain hour of the evening when
our seven cows are MIXED, Nine.
DANES firm step is heard upon our
duck walk, and her firmer voice calling
I.'Mile. I.ouise." Failing an answer, she
effects an entrance forthwith. an
nonncng cheerfuly, II do not care how
find you-you wonId never be em
barrassed by mel"
AS rear or vanguard comes Geor-
gette. Georgcttc IL five years old, and
charming. She is dressed as our
erandmothers used to be, in tight
topped, fun sklrted frock, with flounced
pantalcts showing below. She adores
Mile. Louise" Her dimples. her shy
little smile, and courtesy attest 1t. She
beams, And II Is no wonder Who but
! Mademoselle would notice the desti-
tute state Of Georgette's doll--possibly
. | u refugee like herself-and glue on it's
, head and dress It CONNIE une petite
Americaine?" And who but she would
teach her to sing. Robin Jolly Robin"
or shake hands with her gravely as II
she were n grown lady, and not Geor
gette at all?
There is only one rival to Georgette
lin Mile. Louises affections eight
year old Robert. who walks all the way
? from Canizy every morning for milk
/ With head cooked on one side, rec
scarf about his neck, and wooder
!, sabots on his feet. he Is really n be,
quilting little figure. To him Mile
: Louise has taught the Bob white
q whistle. and by that note we know tina
Robert has arrived.
VI But Mile. Louise has more than COW.
, and milk among her responsibilities
= There were. for instance, pigs. 1t wal
on Sunday that they arrived, three o
j them, loose In big army cannon. Al
h most simultaneously arrived detach
n ment OF engineers whom we had in
lvttcd to dinner. and two distinguish
a visitors whom we had not invited. A
y che or our number put it, in descrih
- ing a similar event, Everybody seem
st to get here on Sunday"
IS The sojourn of the pigs among u
~ was short they being bartered for OF
: most valued yet hazardous possession
=, | the duck walk. The chickens, arrivin
u, with equal informality, We're dispose
il of in less haste Seventy-five of then
Grated, were delivered to us by coup
~ of soldiers. These men demandt
firmly, but politely, that the demoii
-. Giles count the chickens. because tht
Oh wanted their consciences clear; TIL
they uncrate them. because the capita
had commanded that the crates be r.
turned; that they food them at on
because the poor things were dyii
for hunger, having had nothing to e
for three days! But there was no p'
for them, no food, and no mathemat
clan sufficiently quick to count t
he bobbing heads. Mile Louise ga
he cigarettes in lieu of the crates, sign
M On faith, and put a kettle of potato
OF on her stove to cook for the CHECKER
rat supper OF how the unit carpenter 6
The to work on the chicken pen and
we how, q few days later. Mile. Lou
ich piled what was left of her chickens
so board n truck and sold them throu
TIL the country side, these deserve cha
ed; tiers in themselves.
ng. On our way home from Nesle WI
Fat opertakcn by our English friend
any Sunday in Il car with an American
'ed' ficer. They picked us UP and s
ess. that they were on their way to q
get court. preceded by two loads Of du,
hin walk and men to lay 1t. Perhaps
ICES did not crow! Duck-walk is whnt
and used in all camps for walking o
hief mud 1t is made of two big boa
FOR with small Stats between, and of
lese covered with chicken wire. When
Iho arrived the walks were all laid by Ell
rom nice Tommics. We gave them cho
) or late and tobacco, then made tea for
de- officers, and a Jolly time was had
The all"