St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02

uhi .na iLh lhr SECOND lneri"..n
,rniy. ~hu ANNEXED I hre- .in;: 4
tack thoN, !anrullra just Al dawn
an 2tkr llli.. !. SRI nu mild .mng.tha.
~ I tia of 'nr 'rtiiic. and The ordoi
to c'a-, trinn hld IIut reach The men
it, the irnn; lac un,ii the l.iei MO
trent, WI, "a .Unnrr. ped with ii from,
fox hole to 10y mol,
Then Il quite sta, Hing thing oc-
Cured. T,it Skyline III the crest
Ahnn4 vi tom grew suddenly popu-
lous with da! nag 4"'lie.l and, down
tie slope, Il the way 10 the baib,t
wire, STRAIGHT tor Ihc Americans.
same he tia.nann troops They can,t
with nutstrttchcd' li;lnsls, ear to-cal
Elirs and souvenirs 10 swap tor Gig
;rs1stca, 80 Wtll did they know the
littiH WeakGcn of their foe. They
came TO tell how pleased they were
the fight hat stopped, how glad they
were thr Kaiser had departed for
paitH unknown, how inc it WAS e.
know they would have Il rcuublic al
last in Gcnnnny.
"No," said onG stubborn little p,us-
sian, "it's Il Kingdom WI want"
Whereas his own companions howl
cd hin, 'lown.
The farthea; north al II O'Clock
ON the front Of the two armies was
held ut the c&trtmc American left up
Sedan way Nv the troops OF the nth
Divfsion. The fattlt It east---the
nearest tn tho I.hint----was held by
th0sn negro soldiers who used 10
make mp The old New York 18TH and
have long Lcnn brigaded with the
t'rcnt!. They were in Alsace anh
Their line ran through Thanh and
acluss the railway that leads to Co.'s
maj. E.
When the great hour came. across
the trenches from cur side swnlqlaeti
Il small army of civilians bearing food
and clothing to THEN. kith and A,n
on the other eide. From the highc:;t
steeplc in Thanh the tricolor tluttere4t
gayly, and within the church, there
lnelt in thanksgiving all The old folks
to1m miles around. =
With them, in among them, poiius
knelt and Yankee soldiers, and the
crowd 50 'chokad the aisle and stems
that the pIiost could moi move fcr.
ward for hts services. Bot the words
that hc preached from. tic pulpit
were such words as leave tho eyes
dim and the heart glowing. f. =" IN
Up TO the front, past Montfaucou
and RnNa slc, past Kcfr,onville and
on up, It ts4','k trundled that morning.
Over the tHilboard, nj the endless
mud OF ArRonne and Aidcnnes, there
gl2cA u boy who had hnen drafted in
the heart Of America some six months
before and who. with stop.oifs for
tedious training on the way had
slowly jjourteyed iron, his ho,y,c z,
the -Artcnnas. II had taken him six
rton+ha, il, had pt1t him through th+
chcerless channel Of the. replacement
system, but ii had brought hin, 81, last
20 ftHr s1tz'tif'f+ti',tf'-Httaa APPROXIMATIONS o1
his daydrcans and his nightmare.
He had reached the front. ~
AS IN rode aiong he noticed GER
t:tfri cScieihcnt tingling. everywhere,
hut perhaps that was just the mood
Of the front. When finally the truck
stopped and hi jumped out, the news
was waiting for him.
ut il II o'clock. The war IL
over" ST..
Nlfcli." tf said, II jus. got here"
Then he i.ughcd II short little laugh
that waH made half Of relief and half
Of disappointment And his name was
Private George W. Legion. ~s
Up In high observation post an
American observer was trying to pen
citrate the mist with his German, field
glasses. Tho young officer at his cl..
bow asked him to look due, west.
What did he see? Well, not much
the road TO the forest full Of traffic
no she'll iirr, n crippled airpldne in
The field below. a..
"L0rd, Lord, what good are those
glasses? Why, without them, can
see a little house in Kansas City.
There's a nursery on the second floor
and tho sun, shining In the window,
just touches q cradle there. Inside
that cradle, man, is my daughter.
have never thAcr her before. She was
born since allied for France ..5
Meanwhile, on the roads, below, the
Engineers ware worRtn& with d will.
No time to celebrate, Tor tho roads
must be Kept in shape. But they SAM;
Us they worked. ~ -,-s -
Send tl,n word. send the word over
there }'.-. e..
That tho !, Yanks are coming, tho
Yanks arc coming, t'u
THO wo,%i, in that, hour. had &C.
ra'.'cd new Significance. While here
nnl there across the devastated land
where Marks were at WORK you could
hear akliot burst into song. And the
burden Of al the songs was this
res hunac boys, home, its home we
n ought 10 be-.
Home, boys. home in tho land of
libarty." r.. 3"
N So came to an end the llth Of Nov
enabers,, 10l2r-,the 5S5th day since
America eatAred the war,