Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-10
.lvEN1NG EDITION.
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,bat he must make the mo
o. p es ss,nr 1.-The officers headquarters
: ssard the raucous laugh OF VAIN
~, and ca<ht a glimpse OF ms
co. head and neck through a WINDOW.
His heart sank! Walnwrfgnl WIS
hack! Then he had peep sen 9.h ~
and they must be gong 'na 1ousa and
He Aed to the Hostess House anu
~ ~ and distraught as he ate
vs. sinner. suppose Wainwright
shnu,d come in while they were mere
a and see Ruth and spoil those iass
Sew minutes together! The
was unbearaPle.
Nobody wanted much supper ana
they wandered outside IN t's so.
waning air. There was a husned
sarrow over everything. Ever stle
toughest soldiers were o asnAtleu
Of tears. Little faded c!uns
to big burly sons, n men sonS
smoothed their gray halr a"nMalu
+, and were not ashamed. A pail OF
y aSs cat at tho foot of a trey hand
~ hand ard no one looked at them,
excent in sympathy. There were.
nartings everywhere. a few
Nth little children in their arms
W. m wiring down hurried directions
and receiyine a-bit of money, but
most dcsolate Of all was the low OF
lads lined up near the station whose
friends were gone, or had not cope
at all. and who had to stand ana Gu
! dure the woe of others.
I Couldn't we walk out of CAM:
! asked Ruth suddenly. must we 20
On that awful trolley? Last night
everybody was weeping. l. Wanteu "
weep, too. ut is only a fe" steps
from the end of camp to u quar-
ters Or is it too far for you, Mrs.
Cameron"
"Sothins is too far tonight so l
NAV be- with my boy n hour long,
"Then we must start at once" said
Cameron. there is barely time to
reach the outskirts before the hour
when all visitors must be Out ot
camp. 1t is over three miles,, MOTH
err"
IT can walk it if Ruth cam" said
the mother smiling bravely.
He drew an arm of each within his
own and started off, glad to be out of
Wainwright's tncighborhood, gladden.
still to have q. little longer with those
he loved.
Out through the deserted streets
they passed, where empty BARRACKS
were being prepared for the next
draft mon; past the Tank Headquar-
tiers and the colorcd barracks, the
~storehouses and moro barracks Just
emptied that afternoon into troop
trains; out beyond the great laundry
and on up tho cinder road to the top
of the hill n the end Of the way.
There at last, in sight Of the Mill
tary Police, pacing back and forth at
the~entrance to camp, with the
twinkling lights of the village be-
yond, and the Along wooded road
winding back to camp, they paused
!. and the woods Fat it's edge made a
blot of greenish black against q. brill
| liant stormy sky. The sun was set
ting like a ball of fire behind the
+ trees, and some strange freak of its
rays formed a golden cross resting
, back against the clouds, it's base
buried among the woods, its cross
bar rising brilliant against the black
i, Of a thunder cloud.
Look" said Ruth, "it is an
omen!" They looked and a great
, wonder and awe came upon them.
:. The Cross!
Cameron looked back and then
down at her and smiled.
\ "It will lead you safely home" she
: said softly and laid her hand in his.
$ He held her fingers close FOR an in
n slant and his eyes dared some Of the
q things his lips would never have
e spoken now even If they two had
been alone.
: Continued in Monday
: Evenings Herald.