The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-04

the two girls. I'VE had a very happy
time with them. They fixed up our
hut and made 1t very attractive. and
were always wanting to do something
for us. About the happiest time we
had in France was while we were with
the boys of the Seventy and
II certainly was pleasure to bake
pies and make doughnuts for them, be-
cause they appreciated them So We
were in a quiet sector then, with only
an occasional German shell coming
over into our village. although we
we're bombed a great deal. Sometimes,
when we get to thinking things over.
1t seems that there was more bomb
ing in the Baccarat sector than In
any other sector we were in. The
nights were so clear and beautiful
during the spring and summer down
there in Lorraine, ideal nights for
bombing expeditions, and the Boche
made the most OF them. Three or
four times a week We had to leave
our huts and billets and run TO the
dugouts when the Bocne planes came
over. but fortunately our hut was
never struck, although some OF the
bombs fell rather close
In n DiIapidated MIL.
When the two girls Joined the
Iwenty-siNth Division in the Toul
sector, at that time a comparatively
quiet sector and usually the first stop
for American divisions after they left
the quieter training sectors, they
We're assigned to the 1O2d Infantry.
which held the line at Seicheprey and
companies of which were billeted there
and at Ansouville and other smaller
villages just behind the line. The Nc
1rtyre sisters took possession of an
old mill in the village OF Ansouville, and
there set up their kitchen in March.
1918. The mill was In a terribly dilapi-
GATED condition. Many Boche shells
mad plunged through II. and there was
no roof, no windows, and half a dozen
gaping holes in the walls gave proof
OF the prowess of the German artil-
leiymen. But details OF doughboys
helped the girls. and they put an old
piece of canvas over the roof and
patched up the windows and walls, and
made 1t so nearly alright that it was
possible for them to have lights there
az night safe from discovery by Boche
aviators and observers. And there the
Mcintyre sisters baked pies and
doughnuts from morning until late
a. night, and the kitchen was always
filled with doughboys waiting their
turn at the pie counter and at the
big pans of doughnuts and the big
tanks of coffee and cocoa.
The great majority of the houses in
Ansouville had been practically de-
stroyed by German shell-fire, and all
excepting a very few of the bravest
or tho inhabitants had left the place.
The house OF the mayor. across the
street from the old mill, was patched
UP and made into billet for the girlsl
and there they unrolled their bedding
rolls. stuck calendar on the walls
and q candle in a bottle and called 1t
home.
showered With Plaster.
About the second or third day they
were there the German artillery got
the range OF the town and sent over a
shell that exploded Just outside the
window of their room, knocking out
what little glass was left, bringing
down the plaster upon them and shak-
ing them so that they rolled out Of
their hunks. And on several occasions
during their stay there the German ar
tillery fire got so terrific that they had
to leave the building and take refuge