Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-10-31
ALICE YARDLEICH FINDS
THERE'S SOMETHING IN
A SONG, AFTER ALL.

- ming with the silly song Whicl
had been 80 recently popularize'
In 3 musical review.
It was the -air" Of course that car
ried it, Just as air always does carr.
things both good and bad, In or GU
Of peoples lungs.
The gathering milknan on the street
the yawning maid servant at the door
the ribald little newsboy sorting out hi
papers, thin people rushing for theii
i trains, fat people sallnterinR to oper
up their shops, one and all apparently
we're whlstling, singing, some frag.
ment or other Of the foolish refrain.
Bring me home SOldier-for a
i s0u-ve-ne-Rr.
Tail or short or fat or thin-as Ions
as he's q de-ari
A Captain or q Colonel, q Buelel
OK q Cook
Got to have a Soldiers face for my
Memory Booki"
In honorable viudication, however, OF
this strange contagion, It is no more
than right 10 explain that the later
hours Of the day were to stage In that
same city the stupendous and heart
stirring spectacle Of an American Le-
| gion reunion and parade.
II was from this parade that Alice
Yardieigh was running away. But 70
try TO explain just why in the process
OF that running away she was to find
herself three hours later driving some
what recklessly through southern New
Hampshire with only a large chicken
pie and its accessories for company
would be like trying to explain the
w1tcheries OF Bermuda moonlight,
which OF course can't be done.
This being the case, nothing remains
to be stated except the facts them
selves, which are st least brief.
In Bermuda, six weeks before the
day IN question, she had met an ex-
tremely interesting man with q very
reasonably interesting sister. She had
taken quite q great fancy to them.
Quite apparently they had taken an
equal fancy to her. At the moment Of
parting, as though in mutual regret at
letting so pleasant a contact lapse ut
terly for disuse, it had been suggested
they all meet together again for lunch
con in certain city at certain speci-
fled date. 1t then having occurred to
one OF them suddenly that the date
selected was the date Of the great
American Legion parade another most
gratifying point Of congeniality was ac-
knowledged then and there. One and
all Of them, as 1t developed, held an
absolute adherence of war, or the
though of war. Even single soldier
on parade was like a stab Of sorrow
to themI And when 1t came to o
whole cityful Of soldiers on parade
Why not come to New Hampshire
instead for that day7" the sister had
suggested almost instantly
ABy all meansl" tne brother had
urged.
aOur place Of course win be In chaos
with house cleaning" admitted the sis
ter, but we can at least pack up a
lunch and go out somewhere into Gods
beautiful green peacefulness and have
20 ali right, II I can bring the
picnicl" she herself had acquiesced at
once. II know q woman who makes
the most detachable and easily trans
portable chicken piesl And-and--"
Agreed, theni" had been the last
Across the very railing of her out
going steamer the compact had been
sealed and delivered. as it were
without fail--?" they had shouted
to her across the widening breach Of
tide.
without fall" she had shouted back
at them. Even at that moment she had
wondered a bit self-conSciously If her
eyes were as shining bright with pleas
urable anticipation as theirs were-as
the brothers eyes were, anyway?
So thus, being Of q New England |
that not only meant what \
It said but took 1t for granted some
how that other people meant also
what they said, she had speeded up the
purchase of her new car, driven the
chicken pie woman almost frantic with
hurryings, and on the
day in question, fleeing |
1er beleaguered city almost at dawn,
1ad arrived duly at the lovely village
only to find that except
lor the very definite house cleaning
;haos which had been prophesied moth
ng remained Of reality except q very
waving her away on the ripple Of q
iusty rug from the doorway OF home
'tead empty otherwise Of human habi-
alton.
aGoneI" droned the Finnish maid.
Gone goneI"
eyes, but where9" protested Alice
1ardleigh-
without moments cessation Of her
aithful labors the Finn kept right on
ipplirig the dusty rag.
Soldiers" she explained. ~Gone Bos-
on to see soldierSl"
@But I tell you they don't like SOL
liersl" cried Alice Yardleigh. That Is,
hey like them so much that they Just
ant stand kheml" she found her
elf babbIing quite idioticaIly Il tell
on I hate q date with themr
~To0 had" conceded the Finn, but
cry forget. Some young ladies come
o pretty. All gone Boston to See sol
iers. NO come home tin tomorrow.
IN left writ ON kitchen table,
let me see the wTitingl" demanded
lice Yardleigh.
Expeditiously from a cavernous peck
{ the Finn had produced the same. Its
roof was fndispu&able
Thus. with flaming cheeks, Alice
yardleagh had turned then and there
nd departed. Even the psrrring engine
( her car seemed chuckling family at
er discontinue. BY the time she had
cached the end OF the little village
Ereet she Was even chuckiing Just q
tile bit herself.
'But what q perfectly appalling
hing" she admitted, ito have been
Ng0kten so soon by such an attractive
lanI And by his sisterl" she had added
~ wam vsrsk fowaver g,yaff1 she had