The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-09-02
Followed oeIIehtsaI Days.

lighted with the young man. He had
every quality b make theiK loved one
happy.
Followed delightful days ofSlove and
sunshine-then came the quarrel.
ALI over a trivial matter, too-as are
most lovers quarrels. Hereford, aston
ished and heartbrOken. tried to ex-
plain. Madeline, proud and angry, re-
fused to listen. Hereford stumbled
home in the moonlight with his brief
dream Of love destroyed.
Madeline nursed her pride and would
not send sfor him. Then Mr.. Langdon
sent his son on trip to another island
to be gone a week.
Hereford held to the hope that Made
line would be In lenient mood by
the time oflhis return.
She, not bearing from him, became
angrier than ever and would not lis
ten to thespromptings Of her naturally
generous heart.
Several days after Hereford's de-
parture, which was unknown to Made
line, Tom Drisko received a telegram
calling him to San Francisco on urgent
business. Theytleft at once.
There was noa time for Madeline to
see HeEefordA even il she had been so
inclined, and ,she thought she wasn't.
On the way OVER to San Francisco she
bad more time 70 think over the foel-
ish quarrel. SheN wished she had let
Hereford explain. The remembrance
of his grieved look and his sad eyes
hurt her conscience \and kept her from
sleeping.
Il win find a cable from him when
we land" she said to herself. This
thought was sourceSsof great conso-
lation. and she begaA to be almost
happy.
When they arrived sat San Fran
cisco and found no word from Here
ford, she was angry with herself for
having capitulated eveR If Hereford
didn't know 1t.
Hereford had lived on 6he hope that
his sweetheart would rehent and let
him explain when he returned, which
he knew he could do If she. would only
listen.
The blowtfell The Driskos had left
days beforeA, and there was no word
for him. Many times afterward. when
he would have been glad to again beg
Madeline to listen to him he did not
know how to reach her, as the family
had planned to Stravei IN Mexico.
Then came NE entrance Of the
United States inttA the war.
Hereford strongly patriotic always
had an additional l\eason for enlistini
his country nrstA and thereby
means of forgetting Nhis lost love IL
work. the more danger pus the better.
Madeline had been on feverisf
round sof sightseeing an Z pleasure In
vain endeavor to forget\ To lose re
membrance was Impossible, and sh'
begged her mother to retu.Sn home. Oi
the way east Mrs. DriskoN asked he
children ITO stop off at Getty Sburg will
| her.
MY de9Ts," said she the day afte
they arrived at the hotel, THIS Is tn
'ohihHCAouHyA VI tAiS udlLAc VI \ OObIJ'
burg, wiheRS your grandfath err wa
wounded. We will take tatx1 AM
20 to the very spot on Little Roun'
sTop."
Mrs. Drisko was overcome witt
emotion when she viewed the beaIfti
full landscape, the peaceful wheatfieAd
the peach orchard and many ,othe
spots made famous at this greatA bat
tie. With tears streaming down he
cheeks she looked at her strong yOunI
son standing so straight beside ne
and knew that hen too, was willing "
shed his blood for his country.
Not that she would have him d.
otherwise-for her heart beat higl
with pride on thatAday when he tol'
her he had enlistesl-but for the 'sor
rows of the world and for the tear
and blood that must be shed befo4
the most infamous tyrant since tn
world began could be- laih low In tn
dust, never to rise again.
/ Came the sound of marching fleet
They looked around. 4 Mrs. Disko, wit