Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-09

pistol. the latter of which he IL
going to use on a dog il il doesn't
sten biting at his feet when he comes
riding along on his bicycle
| 50
| On side lot in Northwest Wash
ington one day last week an inter-
national bali game took place The
| players were largely imaginary. since
/ most of them are about 5000 miles
away. The umpires were two small
| boys.
had occasion to call attention not
long ago to the high quality of the
| Imagination of Washington children.
! and instanced a little girl who
I stroked eat through the thick plate
glass of q drug store window. -.
But this international ball game
| beat that.
| The two boys lined up opposite q
| board. fence. with base bali and
| two gloves.
Johnny, official announcer, stepped
| forward with the bali
| Gen. Jehn Pershing. commander
4 of the American expeditionary forces
| at the batv' he beloved.
( Bang. The ball hit against the
| fence.
.Gen. Pershing struck cut" came
the ignominious announcement . few
/ seconds later. 80
Sir Douglas Haig- called the an
nouncer.
Sir Douglas got four balls.
King Albert of Belgium. sad to re-
late. followed in the footsteps of Gen.
Fershirg. Just why those boys made
Gen. PershinE. their ereatest hero.
strike cut ii was hard to understand.
But they did. Z
In fact, the brave generals 'over
there" must be poor base ball play
ha THAR h1fffn0
ability sized up correctly. Every
body struck out, including GEN Diaz
of Italy and Premier Orlando. AZ
for Clemenceau. he hadn't a chance.
President Wilson, came the thrill
ing announcement.
Bat I couldn't stand to see the
President strike out, so went away.
st had dream" he said. 81 had II
when was i'll with the influenza, and
want to offer it to all those who
lost dear ones through the epidemic
do not know what the dream meant.
Perhaps it has no meaning. But IL
seemed beautiful TO me.
Il could see myself i'll in bed. Around
my bedside sat my ten best friends.
the United states Five sat on one
side of me, and FIVE on the other.
Suddenly. as they sat there. We
heard the distant whirr of an air.
plane, The sound was unmista kabie4
thunder of the engine shook my bed
Through the window the plane
came, gracefully alishted on the door,
and the aviator stepped out.
my friends arose as one man, and
stood at salute. - ~s8
Heaven has sent for YOU said
the aviator. ~
He never looked at me.
Ny friends smiled at me. and then
seated themselves in the plane, The
propeller whirred, the great sngine
roar. the heavy-laden craft called
through the window.
81 sprang from the warm bed. and
ran to the sill. -
There in the distance Aew the plane
could see hands waving.
"The whirr of the engine grew
fainter and fainter. The plane tteelf
became smaller and smaller. Soon ear
and sight failed me. and knew thai !,
they were gone. -, J
II bowed my head on the windo01
sill. They Were gone.
AFTER awhile became consciouS
of noise, distant noise. I FAiee1
my head. Was it the sound Of an sis5
plane?
the distance grew larger and iares
plane. aew directly toward pc.
aThroush the window it came: TN
aviator stepped cut. and ten men fel
lowed him, They were my friends,
The aviator stepped back int ~
a'hsaven could not take then sws
from you he said"
CHARLES e. TRACEWNxAn