The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31
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for her six letters from him which
had been delayed in the mail. What
is more. he did arrive himself shortly
afterward, and it was over the tele-
phone that he learned of her death.
Here is a pleasant letter from a
General to the little Red Cross girl
he left over here: "Brest, SUNDAY -
Dear Miss X Here 1 am on board
the -, which sails in few hours,
thinking of La Belle France, and Of
Paris-and of you, and wishing with
all my heart that l was safely tucked
away with you at the Opera Comique,
listening to the wonderful music, and
wondering when we will ever go again.
| miss you and our good times to-
gether very much, but most of all I
think. our petit Souper at the hotel,
even if you were hard hearted and
certain things were d6fendu. The
privilege of knowing you has meant
lot to me, and 1 will never forget ii,
and u hope you will not. And il I can
ever be of any help to you. you must
let me know, will you not?
II am going back to my home and
my work, and 1 shall often think Of
for you love the things that love, and
you are the sort of girl man likes to
be with. Don't let the world ever
change you or harden you. l know
you will not, and some day we may
meet again and compare notes, over
a bottle of beer and an omelette. With
a heart full of regrets at leaving Paris
and you" Signature illegible, as
they say in copying official documents.
This war seems to have been the
| occasion for the adjustment OF all
| things-the readjustment, more prop
erly speaking. New boundary lines
are being established in the physical
universe. idols are being thrown down
and others set up in their stead. The
only one who has not taken sides who
| has worked alone and who has never
been beaten, is Cupid. He goes right
on shooting his darts either OF love or
of fear; he makes out his own cases
and kills or cures, as pleases his fancy.
For some he has dashed the cup
from their lips at the psychological
moment when they were reaching
forth to- partake. He has given hope
to the hopeless, and in the general up
J lltdN dl ne IltS lIlGIlCu lIlb ItSOlNo
Of the doubtful ones and given them
courage to undertake to make over
their lives. a thing they would have
never undertaken under other circum-
STANCES. A case in point:
just Like Chambers Stories.
A man with eagles on his shoulders
and Sam Browne belt which will not
come off had been living a perfectly
conventional life, to all appearances
a happy married man, before the war
| Whatever his marital troubles were
the weIld knew not.
| Since he has been over here his wife
wrote him that perhaps it would not be
a bad idea to terminate a state OF
| things known only to themselves.
They both have plenty OF money, and
| the question OF the children could be
amicably arranged In the meantime
he had met a little Red Cross girl
modest, and as gentle and yielding as
he himself was masterful and dicta-
torial-just the girl to make a good
wife FOR a man in his position. No
decisive word has been spoken. no in
discretions committed. but that girl
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the discouraged man Of the world.
A brilliant society woman who
Knows how to make a position for her
husband and who can push his id
vancement in the army may be very
good and helpful companion without
being at all a satisfactory wife. Ana
sometimes when a man is no longer in
the first heyday Of his youth he begins
to dream Of peaceful. quiet interior
This man is such, and IL his wife
does not change her mind perhaps ne
will make up his mind to take her At
her word: he may decide 10 Put m
end to the false situation in which they
have been living for so many years
After that, the little Red Cross glFI
loves the eagle which she hugs in her
breast: it is off his shoulder.
A young soldier came up 10 lea
Cross girl who was serving in 9is
canteen at one of the depots. lie was
on his way to the front, to Chateau
Tlierry. which was then the centre OF
the thicllest of tho tight. He held out
bronze Victory medal To her. ahe
said; "Win you accept this" Don .
be alarmed" he exclaimed IN the next
breath, IT want you to do something
for me-"
| Whatever 1t IS" she replied, j Wall
do 1t IL 1 can without the medal
NO" he cut in. II want you to a'-
cept it. Perhaps 1t will help u'n
a minister's son, and she was a e't'
cons daughter. We have known O.. u
other all our lives, We were ynElf .'
and we were both going 70 be miss! H.
aries" Here he Gulped down d sou
and laughed sardonically. 81 have just
received a letter from her. She is mar
ried TO another fellow, not m'ss!o"-
airy. Take the medal" then LEANING
over the counter. land pray loF mo
that too may win my victory, 'F esq
never come back" And he s;aESe'eu
out and onto his train. without even
leaving his name,
These are only few Harmless u'"0
stories, cleaned at random, tH' '.a'
may help to give an idea Of the '"'
mense role the Red Cross girl had '''',
called on to fulfil in this great worn
war. Again God bless her, and may
she prosper in all her laudap's en-
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