Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-16


afternoon. said Mrs. FORD at the break /
fast table .Wc must all 60 downstairs 20 /
see them parade.
Worrrnton was very gay that day
Flags nuttcrcd. horns bicw and bands
If music went tranpng up thr nun
street ia the air OF ne NtaT-Np4hR"u
BANNER. Everything was bright faPPy
and fun Of life
Bon Ford pcrchcd himself on The top
stcp Of apurch Here ne could sec tfr gay
crowd the putting tram and the soldier
pouring out ot the coach nF'e'h M''i
happv The town boys SWarmrd An'u' A"'i
shouted themselves Eoars, }ut h2n n'I
not ION in for Ben was lame llr '"oh'''
AZ the soldiers AT the men 1ild W"ii'rh
walking rapidv and At the soldiers step
ping hrsky "a The Music S!o"IN ibe '''lS
trcklCd down his chcck~
Back on thc porch >at Nr Brown
and fh, professor Of the hIh syh"''
Brown. sand the professor 80 haN'
/ twenty wounded mcu ln our county l'f
4 of them have been injured li icgo ald "Ii I'M
/ What DAN thcy "a uow thr> arc ha'h,
\ Most III them were lahornE pr"rc
arI Lr4w nul> hou to u~ 'hcf ha'ld@
Gor ! living. replied AIr Brown m
Il win bc 4 hard question ta an~ "'r
and II Is up to us. cotnmcnc"d '''
nraf,.SSnr again. "to care tor thrw low
Nil NJ hylp thcm IT. Ar.p tA"h~.lN''
Thcy arc too ald now ~ ea I'll Isl l'''
The tWa mrm went mtn jar 'o.-'''
thl parade >nt.uG eur ~ ~l-h' "id RI I'll.
IN tLc qmct arglu ta ~tlhtN tac pT"hH"
n .be wounded men What would theN
doe Of course ihty would Ec' pensions,
h1t everyone A thcm desired tn Work &nI
make MS avu mo,scy' HOW tre~ nr fa ~'l
and a. nothing. Brave fellows. VIC ."d
followed thc flag across tst alttc.-~W'i''
f.ld, III France How hr cuNIr4 ta1H'
thcir trim abroad even 4 thrN were wound
cd, And how he ioHccd ,o up ~om' A'he
Nothing could da. hc sighed glAnc-
INC down III 4,~ cruiCn | am lame u'N
! self. but | have two good arms \lANh'
can ia oi aid to the soldiers ln >2in' way
Now I3c,. tor ~omr months hAd ",7l
hu>llv teaching hm~,n shorthand RI"
az haa Kept Il secret tiE ""fhlh'
long hons at home Ee hAo hHcoiht II
much o. au expert that hc was ahi' X
t&kr down tie Worae II 'a9' III i'i
son ordinarily spoke
III Have ii be exclaimed aS he A'p
hlc.l rapsGly nomcvard II Gan EST Up
cl4>s II mo wounded men and teach then
Tba, might Ben babblcl about tow
calling one bv one on the wounded ~o
di erS Most ot them were htfi III IF
leg seven having bcen ,rpplc.. >o
~ be obliged "a wear e-utchcS ana thTe
J. had lost fnger- Ben ezplame1 Pm p.a
. He would every afternoon teach n II
! mother small back room ami the lnr
7 would bc ahic ~ learn 70 thls way h'" I
Urlte shorthand Then he borrowed
7. tvr,ewriter from Judge Jenkins
The next day the wounded men earn
e pram-,lv III short t-me they "er
al busy irving ~ gct the dots aild c;'','h
+ down right IhIng~ went on sni', 'lLi
L for some months IN Tins way ana ie'
knew about the class IN winch ''Ppie
I Ben was dong hls duty 5" h9N'A
" IN far- months some 81 tht men WeI
ahIe t. pet ioh. IN law Offices IS stcnI-
e r..phrrs Ben told the minister about %
y nee. IF books aud vitE.u week the roo
: was gwen lot of new chalr- and table
! and books poured ~ rapd.F
r Bv Christmas the wounded men, "A
aF had come home iicpie-s were aIl a. "2i
J. The wee}. before CHRISTMAS Ben went non
% one RAINY afternoon discouraged lie f.
blue and showed II, foT the pam III hls h'
was coming back
90 After tea some ladie- came INTO =
" room
~ BEN saId the talicst woman " 7
id pad snDe have good new for No
u Wn l;.dje> If Warreutol have notice hp
I'd Won tf,ok tIu the work d helping he won
ed and how greatly you succeeded No
w. are going to do something ior 50
The famous surgeon, Dr. Carr wili PC
town TINS week and you are ~ cpn@1
WIN hjm And the expense VIII be on y
Grateful Ben did not know what
sav b,jt when lie returned home aft
,stv-rpnntf,. ,tavatthe doctor te-idcnc
co,n,i4rely cured lie felt that II Il
rs be.t tb.ne In the world rs hclp yoITe'
4ll -tnat Is b1 helping ooEcrs