Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12

thing happened. I remember that
there was a very fine day. and then
such fog as one gets in November;
and then, on the top Of that, three.
days storm, as wild as any / have
seen. When the storm came on Anton
became very hard to manage. When
he was in bed that night took away
his clothes and locked them up. 1t was
the first quiet time had had all day.
went into the kitchen and began to
put things tidy. Then / went into
my own room. But I was uneasy.
After half an hour / went to look at
I Anton-and he was gone. Ach, Herr
Major. think of it. 1t was a night
! like the night that you came for him.
She put out her hand across the table
and almost touched the mans bare
arm. Thunder and rain like the
day OF judgment: and Anton had gone
out into it in his shirt, not even
pair of shoes to his feet"
She drew back her hand and folded
it with the other on her lap. Man
ming saw the fingers lock and the
kunckles whten. She went on:
Though had no love for him, he
was in my charge. i dressed myself,
and / was out for two hours calling
to him. At the end of two hours l
came back. My clothes were drenched.
/ made up the fire and set a light in
the window to guide him home. l did
not sleep. And he did not come. AS
soon as it was light / went out again.
1t was fearful weather. I went UP
through the forest calling. 1 thought
| would go as far as the waterfall.
because Anton used to like to watch
the water come down with such a
roar onto the rocks in the pool below.
/ ho oh on
there on such night of storm; but
it is the TRUTH did not know where
to go. The wind blew so that / could
hardly keep my feet. and the noise
was terrible; but the rain had stopped
1t was when / could already hear the
sound Of the fall that smelled some.
thing burning. / came out between
the bushes into a. clearing. And there.
was an airplarfe FALLEN down and
broken to pieces. had never seen
one so close before. 1t had been burn
ing, and the bits of it still smoked.
looked all round, and / saw a man
sitting on fallen tree a dozen yards
away. He had his head in his hands
and the blood was running down be-
tween his fingers.
II knew at once that it was an
English offcer-I have seen many of
them, because, when / was 16, i went
to England for three years to be
undernurse in an officers family. The
lady's mother was German from near
my home, and she engaged me to go
to her daughter; and I was happy,
and I learned to speak English
There was little boy whose name
was Hugh-girls, too, and a baby.
But II was the little Hugh whom /
loved most. Often after the war came
wondered where he was fighting,
and / said many prayers for him.
Wen, when l saw that English officer
l thought of my little Hugh. I knew
that it could not be: but / though
Of him. Then I went up to the man.
and put my hand on his shoulder,
| and spoke to him in English. He did
| not seem to hear. ! sat down beside
him and wiped away the blood from
his wound: and tore a strip from my
petticoat and bound it round his head.
He kept saying one word over and
| over. 'Fog-fog-fog,' just like that.
And then he groaned. | could not
make him understand anything. But
in the end I got him on to his feet
| and put my arm round him. and he
came with me, leaning on my Shout
! der. Fortunately / am very strong.
II got him home, and took his
| clothes off. and put him into Anton's
bed. Everything that he had on was
soaked. I gave him nightshirt of
! my husbands and l fed him, and
| he went to sleep in Anton's bed
| When he was asleep l locked all the
doors and went out again to look for
| Anton" She paused, took up her
handkerchief. and wiped her fore
head. ''Well. Herr Major, I found
him. First ] found his shirt, which
| he had taken off and folded up. 1t
| was lying by the stream at the head
| of the waterfall. God knows whether
! he meant to battle, or what he meant
| TO do. but Anton himself 1 found in
| the pool below. He had fallen on the
! rocks. and l do not think that his
| own mother would have known him.
| / took his shirt and I went back
Later L meant to go and get help.
| But when l got home 1 found the
/ EngliShman so i'll that I could not
| leave him. I stayed with him all that
! day and all the night, only leaving
| him to see to the animals.
4, Herr Major. he was only lad,
| and in his illness he was like child,
| He would hold my hand tight, tight.
and look at ME with eyes that Were
always asking for something. But
| after | brought him home he nevcr