Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-11-29

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- ths sso1teso saiA. sene home!
Here my maoeef was e0nmAndhg om-
cor Ter to eoopaaise . mile apart and
his MT - - ba1Eaeks 1t the other
s,ae ef tswn vas ~ ea1ysthsnic tine
for vs vsre ''obHgsd'' 70 pass through
4 large park and under the caves Of ,
great cathedral remember New
Years morning. fs1s. % vel IN my
dcgged brain because / was racing
ahead OF my master IN the park and
ran right into that American r. gfri
who musters6 M into the United States
Army and I had not seen her for months
and shs was % serious could mot
undesseand-
Later, however. It explained itself for
the great organ was playing in the
cathedral and outside the heavy doors
thsrs were long lines Of Starving babies
held in their mothsrr arms. mothers
who vero ~ thin ~ their babies. and
the IT. girl had come out Of the cathe-
dfal rejoicing In the New Year, the
clear skies. the promiso Of wofid peace.
whGa lookfng down she saw this mass
OF starving children crying out, toaf,g
all her coin down. il hardly elinked on
the stone steps before it was ciutchel
in baby hands. so she had come out in
to the park to think and saw me racing
toward her looking a. fat as she vishe /
all little babies looked On that wonder
full New Years day.
Then that r. sfri vent to Germany
and my master entrained me for 4
French university for . three monthS
course. but one day I disohsfed ths
rules ef the university. was run evss ~
= Fferchman and was very sick and
Was ordered back to the company foT
eonvaieecence. A. had lived SO long
m American doughbcyr mess. the
French food cid not agree with me AMI
worried my master until - returned
me TO the engineers where John, his
orderly" restored me to health ana on.
day very Unexpectedly psr a pack o,
hi, back. marched me Q Tong way with
all the ccfnrAny then xp a gang plank
ento a transport ana said, "Arneriaue.
coosh, compree"--win Americans ever
speak French.
do not like the ocean. One has very
little exercise. eats less. the soldiers
act queer when the ship rolls and be-
sides oceans are too wide when my
master Il not with me.
Ny next thrill came when sar TIA,
great statoe IN New York liAfbof which
wanted TO bark at but did no. dare to
because all the soldiers looked 90 quiet
And said nothing untii one pulled ny
tar. slaoed me On the bacx and sasi
Miss Liberty. compreet' I did no.
compree until on the pier "John- AMI
all the rest were given pie and ice cream
ana then even = dogs brain began %
wonder what else was IN the United
States that made the soldiers saw.
that's home" with such pride and with
that attention attitude"
Yes' I went through the debsfka tic,
camp and haaiiy went home with John
to Cleveland. Ohio and John ~as kind
~ . private would always Be- to a
homeless dog. I think I felt IKE
French sriis who crosses the ocean. ar
five4 At HobokAn And her husband liy.
ing IN Oregon does not meet hsr-f fe.f
% strange whtn never saw any dogs
which looiesa lfks ne md even bun aes,
s<suss4 afraid Of me-. Was 1t Always
like that - Anyoos 7mpoftsdf s.
But IN August, the last week IN came
my master 70 shas Cleveland home hrr.
riedly paid my board bin, rushed ms n
. taxi q fks ambslaness better, to
train for yST York.
liked Grand Central station not h.
cause thsy hiscssa me to . ladder "a
tae baggage room but beeauoe IN the