Evening journal., 1922-04-10


in the oppression OF these frightrul
days. She said That It was hers. too.
In her letters she always men
toned Tony. She wrote to Tony
every day. she told himi and there
we're few OF her letters burt mem
toned a parcel OF some kind sent to
her husband. Tony never wrote.
She once or twice said. without
any comment. but he Is writing
often to Mrs. Stanley and Lady
Grace Heddon and Sophie Basildon
and I hear bits Of him from them
and know he Is keeping we'll. OF
course I pretend 20 them that their
news Is stale 10 me- / feel most
| frightfully that the best thing every
woman can do In this frghtful time
10 10 do all she can for her man out
there; and Tony's mine. When this
is all over-oh. Marko. Is It ever
going TO be over7-things will hurt
again; but while he's out there the
old things are dead and Tony's mine
/ and Bngland's-my man for Bng-
land; that Is my thought; that Is my
pride; that is my pruyer."
And n few lines farther on, And
he's so splendid. OF course you can
imagine how utterly splendid he is.
Lady King-Warner his colonel's
wife. told me yesterday her husband
says he's brave beyond anything she
could imagine. He said-she's given
me his letter-'the men have picked
up from home this story about an
gels at Mons and are beginning TO
believe they saw them. Tybar says
he hopes the angels wero near him.
because he thought he was IN hell,
the particular BIT he got into. and he
thinks Il must be good for angels
onlarging for their minds. 20 know
what hell II like. As a matter OF
fact. Tybar himself is nearer TO the
superhuman than anything saw
knocking about at Mons His daring
and his GOODNESS and his example
are a byword IN a battalion COM
posed, my dear. with the solitary ex-
ception OF the writer, entirely OF he
roes. In sticky places Tybar Is the
most wonderful thing that ever
happened
Cant you imagine him. Markof"
II
On the following day, Tidborough.
opening It's newspapers. shook hands
with itself In all its houses, shops
and offices on its own special and
most glorious V. C.-Lord Tybar.
Tybar's V. c. was the first thinr
Sabre spoke OF 70 Mona when, a
fortnight later, she came down and
he went up TO her at Northrepps in
the afternoon. It's brilliant gallan-
try. rendered 80 vivid TO him by the
Intimacy with which he could sec
that thrice attractive figure engaged
= In It's performance. stirred him most
/ deeply. He had by heart every line
~ its official record in the restrained
! language OF the Gazette.
2 The left flank OF tho posi-
ton was insecure, and the post
! when taken over. was IN prepare
- for defense When the bat
e TALON was suffering very heavy cas-
e ualties from a 77mm. field gun a
very close range. Captain LORD Ty
e bar rushed forward under tntens
d machine gun FIRE and succeeded q
4. capturing the gun single-hande
l. after killing the entire crew
3 Later, when repeated attacks de
e veloped, he controlled the defense q
the point threatened. giving persona
Il assistance with revolver and bomb
. Singie-handed he repulsed on
a. bombing assault Il was en-
tirely owing 70 the gallant conduC
Of this ofloer that the situation wa
ID relieved
oh, rare and splendid spiritl Fo
4 tunes darling thrice worthy Of he
h dowryl
(Continued I'm Our Next Issue)
nJeed nevv +ires9 Coz Oao,t r.,