davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-07-22
7 DNI NIEWOu ~HAJDAMACKIEJ.

Wszystkich przedstawicieli wiadzy
u~krainekiej, rekrutujacych sic wyla-
cznie prawie z nauczycieli / pop6w,
| ogarna} prawdziwy sza} W pogoni "a
} lyskiem. ,,Komisar" W Drohobyczu,
posel ukraihski 1 radykalny socyali-
sta Wftyk zfobn mirony, a kradl TAX
b~ezczelnie, Re usuneli go 2 tego sta
nowiska sami ukraihcy. Zbogaceni
ma urzedach popi / n~auczyciele pro-
wadzili zycie tax rozrzutne i hulasz-
cze, re sami Rusini skarzyh sic: -
| Me daj Boae 2 Iwana-pana." w
| Stanislawo wie W restauracyach | ka-
! wiarniach odbywaiy sic oTgie PREY
| pominajace ~bahanalie %roSpustne z
czas6w upadku Rzymu. Prosci ma
wet zolnierze obsypywali ,,moiody-
ce" tysiacami ,,brywni."
w tym samym czasie ludnoSG pol
ska cierpiala straszna nedze / g'od.
| Chleb przez caly czas dano Polakom
| tyIko 3 ray, gdy ukraiilcy op}ywali
we wszystko. Maka kosztowaia W
samborze 80 koron ia kilo. Gorsze
jednak cd giodu byly przeSladowa-
MIA. Zab6jstwa 4 mordy aresztowa--
nych i jehc6w ~odbywaly sic masowo
/ ukraihcy mowili otwarcie: ,,ziemia
miekka - lopat jest dosyt. Slusarza
Mazura, ktory ME zglosil sic do pra-
cy PREY budowie pociagu p~ancernego,
skatowano W okropny spos6b 1 "a
~strzelono ma podworzu wiezienia, in
3yniera Jarosza, ~zabranego przy Cd
wrocie z Sambora, zolnierze ukraih-
soy zmusili do p~rzenoszenia ich ma
ramionach przez rzeke, a n~astepnie
zastrzelili. w podobnie okrutny spo-
sob zamordowano ucznia Filasa.
Gdy zolnierze polscy weszli do
Sambora z okrzykami ,,niech lyle
Polska', ludnosC polska milczafa
giucho, a gdy zolnierze zapytywali
sic Icy ciesza sic z ich przyjscia',
odpowiadano wymijajaco: ,,cieszyh-
bysmy sic, gdyby wojna sic skohczy-
Ia" Nastepnego jednak dnia, gdy
zjawili sic oflcerowie polscy. ludnosc
wpadla wprost wszal radosci.
To zagadkowe zachowanie sic lud-
nosci wyjaSnia sic tenn, he uAraihey
parokrotnie. %przebrani W mundury
polskie. udawali polSkich zolnierzy,
A sdy IudnoSG wftala ich radosnie !
2 wydobyta z ukrycia bronia biegla
do polskich rzekomo szereg6~, pre-
brani Ukraihcy m$cili sic okropnie.
TIE dixie i~nstynkty r~ozwydrzenia
byly tel giownym czynnNkiem ,,pah-
stwowosci" ukraihskiej, gdyz pc "a
hulatyka dygn;tarzy / zolnierzy TO-
czyly sic miedzy ukraihcami JAYNE
spory i walki. Wladze cywHne by}y
W ciaelych zatargach z wladzami
wojskowymi, reprezentowanemi g{6-
wnie przez najemnych Niemc6w, a
czesciowo | Czech6w. Pistia bolsze-
wiekie jawnie zwalczaly wiadze u
krainskich nacyonahst6w. o pozio--
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-07-22

'woz ME zostai gwzgledniony i c..
tego trzeba sic spodziewat, re re-
kEizycya bydlS zostanie wkr6tce
podteta.
Wprawdzie ME naleSy zapominat,
re pobrane przymusowoT bydio poi
die ma potrzeby naszego wlasnego
wojska, ale o ileby z~apotrzebowa-
ME dafo sic pokryt ~jeszcze jakis
czas " wolnym handlu, to byloby W
kszdym razie wskazanem rekwizr
eye bydla odwlec u mas jak NADIA
lei, ably ME wywolywaG wSr6d lud-
noSci rozgoryczenia, tymczasem zas
~postaraes sic o zralezienie sposobu i
Srodk6w ma zaplacenie wspGmnia--
nych nalezytosci "a byd}9, dostafczo
ne rzadowi austryackismu.
w koncu dodajemy, re ma konfe-
rencyi u generalneso delegate po-
stanowiono spraws wypiat, zales.
Iych "a bydio, odda6 prokuratoryi
skarbu DO fachowego orzeczenia,
kto wlaseiwie ma W ~pieniadze "a
piaeiG, ely ,,Pecus", ktory zarobil
miliony, cay Rad polski.
Jest zatem nadzieja, re ia bola-
czka n~areszeie W niedlugim czasie
bedzie usunieta.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-07-22

armie, lecz bsdzie mu zawsze brak
sztabu jenera1nego, r6Wnego ME-
mieckiemu. Ma ~szczescfe starry feid-
marszaiek omylH sic, p~oniewaz Fran
eva iuz w6wczas przystapf}a do re-
organizacyi swego sztabu jeneralne-
90, do zwiazania 60 organicznle re
swemi wojskami linfowemi. Polska
Jest dis W tenn ~pofozeniu, liz Wrog
czyha zewszad, by wzriecic pozaf
wojny, dlatego rnisya wojskowa fran
cuska jest szczeSliwa, il moze udzie-
lie pomocy odwiecznej i wiernej So
jhszniczce Francyi przy tWofzeniu
nowycA zastsp6w ofieer0w sztabu 1e-
neralnego, / dumna jest z tego zau-
fania.
Przedstaw iajac imiennie obecnyeh
prdgesor6w: puikownik6w Faury,
Jordana, i %Juillarda, jen. Spire no
Ayl W imieniu n1tsyi f.arcuskiej ser
deczne ~zyczenie nowopowstajacei u
czelni.
Wsp6lne sniadanie, podczas kt6re
90 bardzo serdecznie przem6wii do
zebranych pc polsku pc f~rancusku
dow6dca szkoly sztabowej jen. Pu>
chalski, z~akohczyio uroczystost.
DIS juz trwaja wykiady. Od 60
dzfny Sci rano do 7ej wiecz6r Z ME
wielka przerwa ma obiad pracuja ma
81 ~przyszli sztabowcy.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-07-22

lejowy, stanowiacy jedyne poiaczenie
Kr6iestwa z P~ozna6skiern.
Gdy Poznaf odciety cd Warszawy
znajdzie sic W rekach Niemc6w, WOW
ezas rozpocznie sic poch6d ,,grentzschu-
tzu7 i ,,beimatschutzu" ma Kroiestwo
ola objecia ~dyktatury mad proletarya-
tenn polskim.
W sferach robotniezyeh Lodzi op9,
wiadaja o wielkich iiosciaeh broni, gra-
nat6w recznych i karabif6w maszyno-
wyeh, kt6re nadesziy jdz do Hodzi z
Niemiee przez Zagiebie pod ladunkami
wegla.
Jak gr6zny mote bye ola Polski Ia
XII zah1ach ~odciBaj4ey Poznah cd War,
sza~y. ~ chwif ataki niemieckiego IN
Wielkopolske - teg9 dowodzic ME
trzeba. Nalezy vice jaknajszybciej "a
JAG sic ego sparalizowaniem, wykry-
ciem i obezwladniehiem.
Me chodzi t1taj o represye W sto-
sunku do wszystkieh Niemcow, W Pol.
see. W Iodzi samej znaczna Geese IA
brykant6w- Niemc6w dawno juz porzu,
ella hakatyzm. Trzeba jednak bez.
wzglednie unieszkodliwie p~rowodyr6w
hakatyzmu komunistycznego i komuni-
zmu hakatystycznego, kt6rzy al nadt6
dobrze ujawnili sic W czasie okupacyi.
ma sluzbie niemieckiei.
Stuletnia prawie walka o polskost
Lodzi i t%ySiacletnia 0 istnienie Pol,
ski, lyle razy kofczona i wsnawiana
must bye raz nareszcie r~ozstrzygnieta
ostatecznie.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-07-22

l peine treSci przem6wienie jen Sosn
kowski - oficerowie sztabu winni
swfecit przykladem ko~lezehstwa, a.
by ME by}o rywalizacyi, jak to sic
zdarzalo gdzieindziej miedzy sztaba-
mi. Zreszta precz wszelka WASH, ME
masz iuz dis zadnych podw6rek
pareeli, a jeaeif jeszezs gdzie poku'
tLja wfd2a, upiofy l ciS1fie apr'S
dze6 - MECH gina!
2 kolei imieniu szt&bu, paiE
Hallera, przem6wi} do obeepyeh
podkreSlajac ich zadania " piracy,
pulk. Malczewski.
Zakonczyf przem6wienia jenersa
Spire W imieniu n~ieobeenego Jen'
Henrysa, kt6ry przez nieso wyraza
DUE zainteresowanie szkola j ebie-
cuje ia czesto odwiedzat. E6zyWszy
posdr6wienfe obecnym przedstaWi-'
cielom wojskewosci polskiej, Jen
Spire oswiadcza, IL miedzy pofoze--
MEM wojska polskiego obecnie, a
armia f~rancuska po r. 1871 zachodzi
ogromne podobiehstwo. Ffancya
w6wczas miala armie rozbita, wo1'
sko polskie zmartwychwstaje do no
wego zycia po 100-letnim niebycie'
Feldmarsza}ek Moltke, mowiac
oficerami sztabu pruskiego, wyrazh
sic. il yr6g mo4e wystawit wysta-
wi W swoim czasie przeciwko Menu
CON siIna | znakomicie zaopatrzona
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-07-22
WIADOM0SCI Z PRASY KRAJOWEJ.

ME ,ypatryotyzmu" ukraihskiego
wymownie swiadczy fakt, re gdy do
SHY do Sambora wieSci, re pod Lwo-
wen W szeregach polskich walcza ko
biety, pisma ukrainskie zaznaczyty'
re | onf maja swoie ,,heroiny' (boha
terki), mianowicie 200 ,mosodyc'
20 tamtej stroiie frontu pefni siuz-
be. =. szpiegowska.
Prey odwrocie Ukraihey obraoo-
wall wszystkie wsie polskie 2 konl'
/ bydla. Burmistrzem sambora jest
obecnie p. Lopuszahski, a komendan-'
tenn powiatowym p. B~ielahski.
(,Gazeta Poranna")- e czcrWca.)
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-07-22
REKWzYCYA BYOkA
" GALICYL .

Ma temat o6ecnego braku i da,--
szyeh rekwizyeyi pomimo niego by
dIa W Gdlioyi, krakowski ,,Piast" Pr
sze, co nastepuje:
Galicya byia cd wybuchu wojny
terenem eksploatacyjnym ola pahstw
wojujacyCh. Zabierano i rekwirowa-
no wszystko. a wiec obok in
nych artykul6w - take bydlo i to
nietylko ma potrzeby milionowych
armii, zmagaiacych sic " Galicyi,
lecz takze ma potrzeby garnizon6w,
zaiogujacych poza kraJem, oraz dla
ludnosci cywilnej W miastach poza
krajem, oraz ola ludnosci cywilnej
" miastach Austryi / Nlemiec. Obfi-
ty pred wojna bydlostan ulesl INA
cznemu zmniejszeniu. r6wnoczesnie
pogorszyi sic i skarlal q powodu pa
nujacego o6 trzech lat braku Paszy
W kraju. Pc klesce panstw central
Dych byla chwilowo nadzieja, re z
ustaniem walk ma terenie galicyj--
skim i p~oiaczonych z tenn rekwizycyI
poprawi sic stan bydla i pr5y popar-
ciu pahstwowem hodowla krajowa
powoli sic podniesie. Tymczasem MI
stapila z jednej strony inwazya u
kraihska we wschodniej Galicyi, a Z
drugiej zas strony inwazya czeska
M Slasku Cieszyhskim. Odciecie
przez Ukrainc6w znacznych obsza-
row wschodniej Galicyi, PREY row
~noczesnem gromadzeniu coraz wick
szej ilosci wojska ma froncie wscno
dnim i z%achodnim, ~postawilo Galicye
zachodnia pred ciezkiem zadaniem
zaopatrzenia re swych skromnych
zapas6w byd}a W mieso zarowno
wszystkich wojsk ma frontach "
kraju, Jakotez ludno5ci cywilnej ME
tylko pcwiatach zachodnich, lecz
take W miastach wschodnio-galicyj
skich. wolnych cd inwazyi ukraih--
skiej. zwlaszcza W PrzemySlu i We
Lwowie. wreszcie centr6w przemySle
ych ma Slasku Cieszynskim.
Stan ten, trwajacy cd jesieni u
bieglego roku do tel niemal pory,
spowodowaf da1sze tax dotkliwe
zmniejszenie ilosci bydla W zachod-
niej czesci kraju. re obecnie ludhoSc
miejska juz Cd szeregu tygodni jest
prawie zupelnie pozbawiona /miesa.
zarzadzenie rekwizycyi bydia W
zachodniej Galicyi moze PREY obec-
nym stanie rzeczy spowodowaG o.
gromny wybuch niezadowolenia
r~ozgoryczenia wsf6d ludnosc' rolni-
czej, tenn wiecej, re setki tysfecy ho-
dowc6w ME otrzyma}o jeszcze dotad
swych naezytosei "a bydlo. dostar--
czone ma spedach W r. 1918 rzadewi
austryackiemu. Pretensye, z tego ty-
tuiu pochodzaee, wynosza okolo 9
miiion6w koron, a vice kwots bar
dc pokaana, kt6rej wypiata mogla-
By niejednemu roinikowi dopom6dz
do uruehomienia zniszezonego wotna
gospodarstwa.
Gdy sic nadto zwazy, te wobee
de]precyacyi waluty koronowej wlo.
sciahstwo nasze lokuje wszelka gao
szczedzona got6wke W inwentarzu ~
wynn, jest jasnem, ze wszeika PREY
muso#a dostawa bydla pred ufs
gulowaniem waluty W caletn pahstE
vie moze bye przedsiewzieeiem BAR
do niebezpiecznem.
Ma konferencyi, odbytej dnia 13
czerwea 1919 r. W ministefstwie roi
nictwa i d6br pafstwowych W. War
ssawie 1 " sprawie projektu prtepro
wadzenia rekwizyeyi bydla, przedsta
wiciele g~alicyjscy zwroeili ma te mo-
menta uwage i postawili wniosek,
ably W Malopolsce wstrzymac wyko-
nywanie rekwizycyi bydia, az rolni-
kom tutejszym zostana wyr6wnane
wspomniane wyzej n~alezytosei, o.
rae al zostanie ustanowiona jedno-
lita waIuta. Wniosek ten jednako--
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Nv spos6b bardzo prosty! WZie-
lam do pomocy RUFFLES - kt6ry
usunal lupie&, a obecnie Who's pick.
ME sic pussy 1 ruzwija''.
w ciagu dw6ch Tub trzech dni, iu.
piei "a pomoca RULES zacznie sia-
bic ma Waszej glowie, a "a jakis ty-
dzieh zupelnie zniknie. Jest to szcze-
"a prawds! Wasz aptekarz zwroci
Wan pieniadze jesli RUFFLES Ia
wiedLie.
NigCy jeszcze ME okaza}o sic cos
uodobnego jak RUFFLES. M6wiac O
RuffIesie, ME rozchodzi sic o jakis
perium, jakas czczosG, lub 'jskies
giupstwo. RUFFLES wzmacnia ! o.
4ywia zaniedbala I zbiedniala skors
glowy, doda energii ! posili korzeh
wlosu ! og6lem jest to jedyny r
dek, istniejacy dotad 2 podobnymi
warunkami. Bezwarunkowo usuwa
lupiez I udatnia najwspanialej wlosy.
Kupcie sobic dis jeszcze jedn+
tutelke "a csc cd Waszego apteka-
RIA. Gdyby go ME mia' przeslijcis
76c ma podany adres, a otrzymacis
butelke = o~placona przesylka. +. "A.
Richter and Co.. 1880 Washington
ST., New York. N. Y.
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were interrupted. Not one man, but
two followed the whistle into the
house.
Hello Betty" Steve cried Joyful.
ly, there's my old bunkie, Fred Can
field, on his way to Manchester and
stopped over to surprise u.s."
A little chagrined, for housewifely
reasons, Betty nevertheless greeted
her husbands chum brightly. Had
she known Of his coming she would
have had lunch in the dining room,
of course, with the family china and
plate. Steve read her thought, so
continued: ooh, never mind any
lack OF style this noon, dear; I've
told Fred about the doings this af.
ternoon and he'll say a word, too.
Why, this is Delmonico's after what
we were up against most of the time
hey, Fred? Come on, Buddie, I'll
show you the house while the vine
lays an extra plate.
Bettys housekeeping wa on in.
spection, she felt, and so the resolve
to keep Steve and his messy tobacco
away from those immaculate rooms
"o5 SLO"uSu Jul VI ueT ullQQ. Win
some help from the preserve closet
the meal passed off very creditably.
Then Steve announced that he must
return to the shop for an hour or so.
and II he should be little late, why,
Fred would fill In the gap.
While the young husband was ex.
planning to his rather annoyed little
wife Just why his return to business
was necessary, Garfield strolled into,
the next room; but he heard plainly
the small lecture that followed. Bet
tvs voice grew a trifle sharp as the
ex-soldier was given to understand
Just how plainly that tobacco show.
ed up on the blue rug, and II he just
had to smoke any of the nasty things
that afternoon she wished to good.
ness he'd at least come out in the
kitchen to make them.
The husbands low.voiced reply
did not reach the next room, but
Garfield gave a low whistle. MIMI"
he thought to himself 80 that's the
way the land lies! Doesn't that child
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addy Lormer Am sun Av and Sets Out to Find Me-

Chester has turned up" My faith
full Tommy met me at the train and
hurled this bomb my way as he steer
ed his bus toward the little hotel.
I've been talking with Mr.. Lorimer
he came down to the grocery while
the ladies went TO the Easter service
Mr.. Lorimer feels awful. And he hasn't
dared say word to either of the la
dies.
We knows-about me-from ohes,
ter?"'I exclaimed.
Not much. Only that you amt
dead. And its such great news, one
way, and such distressing news tother
way, seeing your being lost SO long Is
about as bad as your being dead would
be Mr.. Lorirner Just can't tell hi5
wife and daughter, though they say she
is strong minded"
Tell me-all the story-from the
beginning, Tommy"
Chester turned up-I'll tell you why
later-and he has confessed all to Mr.
Lorimer. He said he'd been in love
with Eloise yanderlyn when she was a
ladies' maid and he was chauffeur
And he had driven her to the station
with nurse-he was SO taken I'D with
seeing Mile. yanderlyn going off to
Europe that he didn't pay much atten
ton to the nurse. but after he had left
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realize what rolling and smoking
those cigarettes means to Steve
how it helps to calm nerves still raw
from that awful din! OF course not
but I'll make her."
Steven was late, so the visitor
helped receive the guests and acqui.
esced readily when they begged that
he address them.
There's something called by some
folks Chance and by others Proyi.
dence," Garfield began; 'ibut call It
what you will, it is responsible for
both Spinney's and my presence here
today" The soldier, looking straight
at Betty, continued: at was day.
light when Steve discovered that !
had not returned with the patrol
from No Mans Land. He volunteer
ed to go out alone, under the eyes
Of the enemy in a search for me o.
my body. Because was his bunkie
they let him 90. had been hit and
lying for hours In a shell hole, help
less from piece of shrapnel In my
hip, when Steve, who had been
AAOLh IONCl W CON6T WIFI
his life in his hands, found me. 1t
was 500 yards to our nearest temper.
airy trench. In all that distance there
wasn't cover for rabbit, save one
big shell hole half way to the line. l
had bled a lot and was in a bad way.
1t was case for quick treatment.
So Steve hoisted me over his should.
er and started. Only a couple of
shots were fired at us. and they miss.
ed. But when We came to the big
shell hole Steve was breathing hard,
and the pain from my wound was In
tolorable. l begged for a rest, and
above all things for a smoke. Stew.
slid down into the shell hole with
me. Then he rolled US each a fag.
I remember he spilled a few grains
of tobacco and OF hearing him say,
"Buddie. there's a lot of that stuff
mixed with Yankee blood in the soil
of this mans land" Just then hell
broke loose. The Huns had laid
down a rolling barrage, and there
wasn't foot Of the 200 yards be.
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the Belgian girl at the station he had
rushed the nurse to the hospital, then
put his car In the Lorimer garage and
caught the mademoiselle's train Just
as 1t pulled out. He says he acted on
an impulse-he just wanted to stay
with her to the last minute"
And he did, Tommy? Isn't love
perfectly wonderful" exclaimed
thoughtlessly.
It took Tommy some time TO decide
this point. Finally he said:
Yes, ma'am, I'm told so. But !
can't ever hope to speak from exper-
fence. ma am.'
Then Tommy sighed softly-but /
heard-and was very sorry. Tommy
vent on with his story.
Chester stayed with his lady to the
1t st, ma'am. She let him take her out
to dinner, and he was mad with love
OF ker. and she was very nice to him,
he says to Mr.. Lorimer. Then came the
smash-up. Chester rushed back to
find her-and got her poor body out
he knew it by some shreds OF gar
ments. And then ma,am, the fire
spread over a freight train nearby, and
something exploded and Chester was
horribly burned"
$50 that's why Chester kept still
about me SO long" / said, for It all
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came over me in flash. Chester.
sick in the hospital. didn't see the pa
pers that week. He nsyer learned that
Eloise Yanderlyn was buried as Mn.
Robert Lorimer"
You've got e, ma'am. Tou should
be in the secret service, ma'am." Tom.
my smiled his approval. After Ches-
ter left the hospital he took 4 Job with
the makers Of his fayorite automobile.
He's to 90 abroad IN their salvage de-
partment aud before starting, no corno
on here for his savings and TO sell i1is
share In some taxis, Naturally tho
first thing he heard when he called a.
the Lortmer garages was how young
Mrs. Lorimer had been killed q &
wreck"
so he went straight to daddy
And he explained about leaving the
nurse at the asylum But out there
they say Mile. vanderiyn was actually
registered-and that she ran AMY.
She was DR.. Certeis' patient
so daddy has seen certeisf''
Not yet He can't''-rommy
Ghnckled-"till Certess reduces few
bumps / give him. Then he addnd
seriously: mt. Lorimer has given lie
case to the police and the detectives
And Rosie. / suppose you mind fhst
what Mr.. Lorimer goes after he gen
orally gets?"
Ik"mindedp all risht. ] knew tiara
wak 20 use trying 70 hide once dofdy
had aNclue.
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Makin's.
BY DORA H. NOLAN.
Copyright, 1919, by the. Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)

4NV"SPaPCl
- RANULATED tobacco. shows up
on a dark blue rug like-well,
~ as khaki-clad "'buddie" did,
out in No Mans Land, not SO many
months ago, when, in broad daylight
he set out to find his bunkie who
had failed to return with the scout
ing party and-but I'm anticipating.
Picture to yourself sleepy New
Hampshire town so old that is was a
thriving country seat even before the
revolutionary war and now at the
end Of the world war, remains prac-
tically unchanged. Then try to i'm.
agine square red brick house facing
. broad. elm-shaded street, with a
fanlighted doorway squarely in the
/. center OF its facade.
Walk with ME through that door
Into long hail, turn into a big liv.
ing room TO the IiELt and see II we
do net fird Betty Sr!nLy standinh
thoro on this April morning gazing
ruafClly at tho blue IuG which har.
: rnoni3cs 80 VOL WITH the colonial
mahogany furnishings. For little
Mrs. Spinny has Joined the ranks Of
the housekeepers whose men folks
Toll their own cigarettes.
The door has Just closed behind
the young husband, He is off to the
shop early, for this afternoon the
local chapter of the Red Cross meets
In this charming old room where,
long ago, colonial danes stripped
their linen sheets in similar
cause; and Steve has promised to
relate his experiences in that indef.
mite land Of Over There. It had al.
ways seemed an indefinite place to
Betty, for she lacked vivid imagina
ton and the power of visualizing
things.
Just now. though, something very
definite is bothering the little wife;
and that something consists Of sun
dry little. trails and sprinklings of a
graduated brown substance which
besmirches the surface of that same
blue rug.
"oh. dearl" she silioquized, that's
the one ny in the ointment Of having
Stove home again safe and sound.
Why did he have to pick up that de-
testable habit Of smoking cigarettes?
And II he Just has to smoke them,
why doesn't he smoke the ready
made kind-they aren't SO messy!"
The neatness Of that house was a
family tradition handed down to Bet.
~ along with the heirlooms, and that
tobacco, eternally scattered over the
1oors, was bugbear. She sighed and
started to clean the room for the az
ternoon meeting.
When at 1890 steve's whistle
sounded a rather disheyeled Betty
was placing hurried lunch on the
kitchen table. The house was spot,
less. Now. II she could only keel
Steve In the kitchen till he went up
stairs 20 dress-here Bettys thoughts
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tween US and the American line that
wasn't full Of flame and metal for
the next ten minutes. Our stopping
to make and light the smokes was all
that saved us from the absolute GER
tainty of being blown to pieces"
The faces Of the listeners wers
tense as Garfield paused, but Betty
didn't wait to listen to another word.
She rushed INTO the kitchen a. she
heard the door open and Steve come
in. Flinging herself into her hus.
bands arms she cried. ooh, why
didn't you tell me yourself. Steve
that you saved Mr.. Canfield's life?
And to think OF my scolding you
about your tobacco!"
you see, darling" her husband
exclaimed. az was afraid you would
think I hadn't taken into considera-
tion when I took that chance that
day
Betty's f1eshing black eyes looked
back at him reproachfully. Have
you forgotten that am a descendent
of corporal Allen, who saved the
life of his captain at Monmouth, at
the sacrifice of an arm? Do you
think American womanhood has de
generated since that time. steve%
Looking into her glorified eyes,
Steve couldn't say it had.
And when a little later, in the
course of Steve's talk to the Red
Cross ladies, the nerve habit OF those
awful days asserted itself, and Steve
unconsciously took from his pocket
the "makin's' and proceeded then
and there to roll cigarette. Betty
only gazed at him with adoring eyes.