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thereby assuring the successful ac-
complishment of civilian-staffed
mission in the naval war in the
Pacific"
1t. Lester c. Haas, U. S. N R.,
husband of the former Miss Eunice
M. Kal, 2800 Woodley road NV,
has been commended for his per-
formance of duty while serving on
the staff of naval commander, Vice
Admiral Kirk. as Photographic in
terpreter prior to and during the
invasion of France, the citation said.
IL Bronze Star Awards.
Awards of the Bronze Star have
been presented to II Washington
area men. They, are:
1t. Paul R. Kohout, 80, u S. N. R.,
1928 Stafford street, Arlington, now
on duty in the beneficial suggestion
section, shore establishments and
Civilian Personnel Division, Navy
Department.
Brig. Gen. Frank A. Allen, jr. U.
S. A., 223O California street NV.
Master Sergt Edward K. Gilger,
line chief in a Thunderbolt group,
1901 street Sc, now in Belgium
1t. Col. Richard H. Free, COM
manding officer of an engineer bat
talon, 1852 South Abingdon street
Arlington, now in France.
First 1t Wolcott w. Morrow, in a
tank battalion, 38l1 Thirty ninth
street NV. now in Italy.
Col Charles R. Bathurst, engineer
303l Sedgwick street NV, now ir
the Southwest Pacific.
Pvt. James V. Rodier, paratrooper
r. F. D. l, Vienna, Va.
Pvt. Robert L. Scale, paratrooper
Herndon, Va.
Pfc. Paul Waller Hoye, engineer
l0l6 Sixteenth street NV, now il
the Southwest Pacific.
Corpl Louis j. Stanley, infantry.
men, 2 Seventeenth street Sc, nov
in France.
Staff Sergt. George E. Guide
Lanham, Nd, now with the 29tf
Division.
1t. Kohout was cited for hi:
achievement as commanding Officer
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Willis Is Top Athlete
In Son Marcos Class

Flight Officer Gordon Phillips
Willis. son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
F. Willis. jr., 6228 North Dakota
avenue NV. was presented with
the outstanding athletic award for
his class when he was graduated
from San Marcos (TexD Army Ali
Field navigation school recently
Flight Officer Willis was captain OF
his class at the school. He was
employed at the Navy Yard when
he entered the service.
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d II q q I a w MS
Christmas = New
Y e ar greeting
cards.
Avia tion Ra-
dioman IF ir S t
Class H. David
Hall, 81. son of
M RS. Fred B.
S m i t h, 1922 I
street NV, has
sent about 80 of
his original mes
Sages, his sister,
Mrs. Jeanne H.
P r on sky, 1917
North Taylor
street, Arlington,
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Serqt. Hartman Stors
lin Teu Patch Leuaue

Staff Sergt. Wilton Hartman
Suitland, Md, is right fielder and
hitting star for The Tea Patch
League" softball champions of AS
sam, India. The team is undefeated
and open to challenge by any United
States armed forces team in India,
a dispatch from an Air Transport
Command base in India said.
Sergt. Hartman and his team
mates have been together for two
years, either here or overseas, and
are now living in the same basha at
their ATC base. Sergt. Hartman
wears the Distinguished Flying
Cross and the Air Medal with
Clusters to each.
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the DOmDS With
precision ac C u
r a C y on the
bridge. 4
Sergt. w 90 d.
ward was cited
for his partici-
patton in combat
missions against
the enemy in the
Balkans, North
ern Italy, France
and G erm a n y
during S e V e re
and a d ers e
weather condi-
tions and oppo-
Sitinn by LARGE
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Signal Corpsmon Races
Wires to Leyte Fronts

Corpl. Francis E. Thompson,
Signal Corps, landed on Leyte with
the first waves of fighting men to
work on communications lines.
1T was plenty hot at first
Thompson said later when telling
about the landing, land at times
the infantry advanced so fast we
had difficulty in keeping the COM
munications running along with
them" Despite the difficulties, Sergt
Thompson's outfit strung more than
1000 miles of wire on the island
Sergt. Thompson formerly lived at
118 c street Sc.
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% u I S I andlng
service in the
Division of Shore
E S tablishmentS
and Civilian Per-
sonnel from Sep
tember %, 1912,
to December Is,
1914. He was
dir ectly instru-
mental in effect
ing the supply OF
t h ou S a n d S o1
civilian employees
to West Coast
activities a n d
the Navy Yard,
Pearl H a r b o r,
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of a cloSe-ln tire
support We s S e ]
during the inva-
sion and capture
of a large enemy
held i S | a n d in
the Pacific war
area in June,
1914. He gal
lantly exposed
himself and his
ship to intense
enemy fire in Or
der to direct bar
rage rockets and
gunhre in sup
port of the ac-
tual landing of
q aSSaII1t. troonS "
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Sullivan Helps Down
jap Plane Over Truk

Second 1t. Joseph G. Sullivan,
20, OF Washington, and another P-38
pilot shot down Jap plane over
Iruk on the first flight of land
based planes over the former Jap
anese stronghold. The two pilots
attacked the Zero as it started to
head for fromation of Liberators
the P-38s were guarding. 1t was
hit by both pilots and burst into
flame. 1t. Sullivan's sister, Miss
Frances l.. Sullivan, lives at ASIA
Connecticut avenue NV
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Crowder Aids YuIe Fete

Staff Sergt. Harold H. Crowder
husband of Mrs. Lessie Crowder, 767
Kenyon street NV, helped his bud
dies celebrate Christmas with q
wing, drumstick and Yuletide
prayer.
He is member of mess hal.
staff in Britain which prepared
thousands of pounds of gobblers
dressing, mashed potatoes, Gran.
berry sauce, celery, plum pudding
coffee and hard candy-a dinner tc
compete with "mom's."
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WhitIock Brothers Meet
As Mission Is COMPLETED

Capt. David B. Whitlock had q
happier landing than he expected
when, on his return from mis-
sion, he was met on the field by
his brother, First 1t. Roger s. Whit
lock, a communications officer with
the AAF In France. It was their sec
ond meeting in two years. Both are
graduates Of Princeton University,
where they were members of the
Key and Seal Club. Their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Whitlock, live
at $40 Cedar parkway. Chevy
Chase, Md.
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Col. Storr Officiotes
At Chapel Dedication

Some 300 members of an infantry
regiment of the 31st tDixie) Divi-
sion came out of fortified bunkers
and pillboxes on Morotai during a
Sunday morning break in the mon
soon to help dedicate a memorial
chapel in the jungle, erected to the
memory Of 106 members of their
regiment who died in combat on
New Guinea, an, Army dispatch said.
COL Edward M. Starr, formerly a
District resident, officiated at the
dedication.
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puOt, 1919 DaV-
enport sire e t
NV, now in the
China = Burma
India theater.
L t. c. ON d r.
j o h n Howard
Anderson, 80, U.
S. N. R., 37O2
Third street S.,
Arlington, n ow
stationed in the
engineering di-
vision, Bureau of
Aer o n a u t i c S,
Navy D e p a r t.
mont
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Alexandria, is
attached to the
medical division
Of the 18th Army
on d ty in
France. She has
b e e n overseas
since June, four
months after she
enlisted in the
w AC S. Pvt.
w o ford was
graduated from
L e e jackson
High School in
Fairfax County
and was en-
ployed at Fort
entered the serv
SEATTLE, Wa
bamonte, 146 8
Newton street
NV, has been
advanced to yeo-
man first class
in the SPARS.
Yeoman Alba
monte entered
the service in
December, 1912,
with the first
group of women
to enter the
Coast uar d
and has been
S t a t o n e d at
Seattle 81 c e
February, 1943.
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navigator, 1900
Biltmore street
NV, now in the
Pacific.
Photographers
Nate First Glass
Winfield R. Bur-
dette, 26, U. S.
N. R., 1885 Green
street Sc, now
at the San Di-
ego Naval Air
Base.
S cond L t.
Donald V. Ben
nett, "a, Bit pi-
lot. 62l2 Forty
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NV, now in the
State for re-
assignment.
First. 1t. Will
liam F.. Smith,
B-24 pilot, 1921
Thayer avenue,
Silver Spring,
Md, now in
England.
S e on d 1t.
Oscar A. Aubin,
pilot for a troop
carrier squad
ron, 1880 Sly
teenth S tre e t
Sc, now in the
India = B ur ma
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HuImes, Grimm Together

Corps. Bill Hulmes, ~ East Myrtle
street, Alexandria, and Bob Grimm,
1864 Southern avenue Sc, formerly
employed by the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Co, had not
seen each other In three years when
they met In New Guinea. Both hold
the speciality rating Of parachute
riggers.
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German house,
a barn, a shack
that
will keep the
weather out. For
a while We were
sleeping in an
abandoned Ger
man Army camp.
At one bivouac
there wasn't any
kind Of shelter
or building avail
able so we put
up our pup tents.
B u t We ly
slept in them for
tun lo,,c kv
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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D. c.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER g. 1914
Flying Crosses Won
By9D.C {. Area Men;
II Get Bronze Stars

Distinguished Flying Crosses have
been presented to nine men from
this section. They are:
Staff Sergt. Woodward D. Pealer
bombardier, 1909 North Capito
street. now in Corsica.
Tech. Sergt. John D. Woodward
81, aerial engineer, 8403 Sixteenth
street, Silver Spring, Md, now in
Italy.
Capt. Richard R. Coursey, jr., %
Mustang pilot, 3407 OrdWay street
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.Stover Is Adiutunt

First 1t. James A. E. Slower, whose
wife lives at $500 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV, has been appointed ad-
jutant at the AAF Convalescent
Hospital In st. Petersburg, Fla. Be-
fore Pearl Harbor he served In the
Hawaiian Islands for SO months.
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the son of Simeon T. Price of 5314
Reno road NV.
Shortly after graduation from
Dewitt School here in 1912, 1t. Price
enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He
received his wings at Blytheville,
Ark. on February of this year and
went overseas in May. While at
Dewitt he played quarterback on the
football team.
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~ ~ At~A -
with Palm given
by G n. d e
Gaulle and the
Air Medal with
Oak Leaf Clus-
ter in lieu of a
second award of
t h e decoration.
He has partici-
pated in 40 mis-
Sions.
L t. Pric e's
wife, Mrs. Bar
b ara Cozie r
Price, lives at
$685. Utah ave-
nue. NV. He is
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numbers of enemy fighter aircraft
and intense antiaircraft fire.
Capt. Paul H. Rice, U. S. N, re-
tired, Scott circle NV, has been
awarded letter of commentator
with the Commendation Ribbon for
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Curtin Becomes Citizen

Pic. Donald G. Curtin, 3911 Lange-
ly court NV, was one of Is Ayneri-
can soldiers who became citizens OF
the United States while stationed at
Fort Bennings, Ga. Pvt. Curtin Il
. natiH, OF Jamaica.
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part m e n Z an
nounced.
Gen. Lenzner
came to this
country fro m
Germany when
he was 6 years
oil d. He W a S
graduated from
West Point and
at Yale Uniyer-
sity was award
ed the M. s. de-
gree. Gen. LenZ-
ner has been
Ov e r S e a S two
y e a r S, partici-
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Makes Own YuIe Cords

One Washington sailor found time
between dive bombing and his duties
on naval aircraft carrier some
where in the Pacific to design, write
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Ii. Simeon 7. Price
Wins Many Citations

First 1t. Simeon T. Price III, 81,
first pilot on B-26 Marauder in
the Mediterranean area. now wears
two Presidential Unit Citations, the
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|Lenzner Is Promoted
TO Brigadier General
with Sixth Army

Emil Lenzner, 3411 Rodman
street NV, has been promoted to
brigadier general with the 6th
Army in France, the War De-
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Sights of War Ruin in Germany
Make Soldier Feel Good

Put. Joseph N. SWitkes, 21-
year-old surveyor in the field
artillery. Urote the tollouing let
tiers to his Russian born parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Suitkes,
6420 Seuenth street NV.
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1t. Harold It. Comdr. Anderson.
Gibson Payne, jr., 81, U. S. N. r.,
290l Eighteenth street NV. post
humously awarded the Air Medal.
Second 1t. Phalam j. DOYLE, 26.
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NOVEMBER Is.

NOVEMBER 10.
1--WE had two busy days yester-
day and today-and some good
times, also.
whenever possible. we try to get
indoor shelter - either an empty
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SdIu. IL IS MS nrSt Christmas
overseas. .--,
He also composed the two-stanza
poem.
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20. Ser 8. Deaember

Qie eriten Gage nod Der abreiie
ibres 8etters perbra9te uIrifa in Ell.
mem an apatbie erenaenoen 3uiton-
De. 9ie @rI6opf,1ne, ipel9e Iotpobl
forperlt6er als moralti9er Gn1tren.
eung gu foleen pflegt, eetp6brte ibr
cine gepiiie &aIt, bod nit 6er Riid.
tebr ibrer &raft begannen aud ibre
Sualeu tpieoer, uno MN flommerte
ite 7iid an ibre gntriiituns, belt li9
miibiam oaran aufredt, fudte In if.
rem grinnerunsen mad ieoer 4leinie.
felt, Die Gilbert belaiten fonnte, fa9te
Die 5lamme ibres 3ornes nit Silfe
ibres Stol5es au itets tpohfenoer Sobe
on.
gs mar elm Spiel, bel tpeldem er
iid Die Singer berbrannt, netter
ni9ts, iagte iie ftd; tparl,nt biloete i6
mir Elm, ct lei beiier als bic anbernl
aber 10 iebr lie iid audi abntiibte,
ibre 3ufunft fonnte iie ii6 nun nibt
poritellen. es mar ibr, als lei ~bas
2eben ploslid in ieinem 2aufe eritarrt
uno iteben seblieben. 8ar es ibr be.
itimn,t, balo gu iterben, ODER iolte iie
Sabr Inn Sabr in nidt enoen moaen-
Der Rube oieie oiiiteren @dloer an.
itarren,$ big ibr Aus een6li9 br69e2
Sollte Tie, an ibrem Stode ,,n,ber.
idwanfen, Die ygreigniife oes lesten
Serbites tpie einen ldnsit berblabteu
Sraum INNER iu1o innnter tpieoer ai,
ibrer miiben Seele boriiberaieben ie-
ben, INN enolid neben ibrem Batter auf
Dem fleinen @ottes afer bon @lode.
nau CUR etpisen 3ube iid nieoer5ule.
gen! 0eben ibrem gaterl Ser @eoan.
fe an ibn traf iie tpie Elm gortpurf. Sic
muBte ia Ieber. muBte arbeiten, ,par
bod iein Name nod ,riht reingetpa.
ihen. Sic bate aar,8 onraiif eersei.
len, uber nun ioIlte ale Rroft. bic
| ibr nod gebIieben. MIR lnebr bieier
aufgabe getpeibt Iein. @enn iie t1gIih
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lgepreBfen G1ppen itnItD es gel09rteDetl.
Die llnfhlittfer3e mar beinabe ME.
bergebrannt, Gilbert bob tie enlpor
inb beleubtete uIrifas 3iiee, alg mol.
le er lie fir etpig in lein geod6tnis
eingraben Sn oenl uniiberen 2i9t
leridienen Die 5datten unter ieinen
augetl ilno an ben eingeiitnfenen
Sdldfen beinabe idtpara, uno falte
SdtpeiBtropfen feu6teten ieine Stirn.
Cine Win,,te lang itarrte er in oes
WdoGens Gntlib, oann Itellte er
oun1pf nufitobneno Die Serge ouf ben
Gid, preBte feline bebenben 2ippen auf
lllritas Sdiirae uno idritt Der Siire
5u.
&ein tpeiteres 8ort tpuroe geipro.
den, nod einnal lpanbte Gilbert ii9
Inn, cine oer5tpeiflunesbolle Sroge in
ben tobn1iioen Queen, bod 11lrifa
itano 90, bo6aufgeri9tet, ben 8ltd
itarr auf Die Bano eebeftet; 10 trat
er ,oenn binaus in Die ounfle ga6t.
Durb Die offeneebliebene Sir trieb
Der 8ino Die tpelfen 8ldtter binein
in oos 3immer Biz Dor l1lrifas SiBe,
oas &ai9eln oerIelben idien fie aus
ibrer gritarruns gu tpeden, iie ianf
in Die &ttie uno barg bos 4ntlis in
lire S1n6e. ".
: Hlos1i9 fubr iie tuie6er empor,
orauBen ouf benz &iestpeg tpuroen
8ilberts Sdritte borbar; nod tpor
er ibr ntdt oerloren, Elm Bort, elm
Ruf bradte i'm ibr 5uriid. @rihau-
erno oriidte iie Die S6nbe an Die Ob.
rem ben Aane bteier Sdritte ni9t
81 boren; ibre 2ippen prebten fid
aufeinanoer, als u,iiBten iie ben gdrei
5rriidbalten, Der fid eetpaltlam ibnen
entrtngen tpollte. go blieb tie fnien,
big eublid ieoer Fon eritarb, Der
Btno ote Serge alsblies ltnb tiefe
Dunfelbeit ite uniting.
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Cine
l9orft0nt9i1l
l11. Ifortiekunal

uOer IDr Ntppet, nut Oua geiIl9e 2cU'
gen ibrer 8r,tit 5eugte bon Der Gre.
guna tpelde in tbr tobte.
,,aannit bu mid nidt beriteben2'
pieoerbolte er fleben6.
sd beritebe MIR zines, ndnIid,
oaB ou fir gut befuuoen; mid gu
tdui6en", iagte fe bart.
oOb bu biit grauiant, l1lrifa, aber
pielleidt babe tb oieie Sarte berbient.
Sore mid 3r @noe, es muB bo1fom.
men flor tperben atptiAen uns, ou
muBt nidt nur wiiien, oaB i6 btd
liebe, bu nuBt ertennen, oaB, obtpobl
i'd Elm eebunbener Mann bin unb
folelid fetn &edt babe, gu Dir gu
ipreden, tpte i1 es tue, bic 2iebe gu
Dir oenno6 oos Sodite uno Seiligite
iit, mas id ie empf,tuoen. Sd babe,
bepor i6 DID fannte, ebeniotpenig ges
puBt, mas tpobre 2iebe iei, als id
abnte. tpos etn ebtes g8eib beoeute;
on bait mtd betoes eelebrt, l1lrtfa,
lmo nun 1pei6 td aud, mas ib nit
Dir oereint bate Ietiten uno oonbrin.
gen fonnen. Du btit i9on, aber nidt
betne Sdonbeit alein mar es, bic
mid eefansen nabm, nein au9 oeine
peiblide @roBe. Ridt oos 9eoiirfnis
3u berrl9en, ouf beine l1meebung
ginfluB 3u nebmen, bot bid, tpie ou
bebaupteIt, In @lodenau 1nter bieien
einfaden Ba,lern feiteebalten, ou ber'
leumbeit bid lelber. Beil bu 10 eroBs
miitig unb mobr biit, neil bu DEM
aortfiiblenoeu &er5en oes Deibes Die
energie bes Nanues bereinit, barum
biit ou Die 8oriebuae oieies D0rfdens
eetporoen; bu muBteit btele armen
teilnebmen loHen an oeinen S96se,1,
oenn ou -bi1t reid, ulrifo, unenolid
rei9er aIs td, un6 ou fonnteit aud
meine goriebane tperben, ou biit oas
Sbeol n.einer Erdume, l1lrifo, oes.
baIb bobe @rbormer1, babe WitIeio
NIT mir"
Die Iesten Borte i9ienen Gilbert
eeeen leinen Biuen gu entidliipfen, er
tpor gu lllrito eetreten un6 beuete iid
3u ibr berab, aIs tpoue er in ibren
8ltden fein llrteil leien.
Sic 5itterte beftte, aus ibren melt.
eeoffneter augen ipra9 cine tooltde
Ineit.
sage mtg, oaB ou midi beritauoen,
oab ou mir slaubit', flebte Gilbert
leiie.
,tNein, netn", rief Tie lei6eni6aft-
lid, ,,ou liieit, i'd CLAUDE Dir nidt.
ou bait mid bel6gen bon anfane Bis
ou gnbe."
9ie angit, bic aus ibrer Stimme
iprad, salt nt@t ibm, iie salt ibr
ielbit, Die &tefe tbrer eisenen Quol
eridredte iie; tpar es oenn moelid,
oaB tie ihuad ,perben iollte?
SOU bait bonn eriten Gugenblid an
unredt an mir eeban6elf'. rief iie
atemlos, als fiirdte iie, ,t1terbro9en
3u tperben; ,,5u tpuBteit, tpas ou tateit,
ou muBteit boruusieben, pas fou1.
men peroe, ih fonnte es nidt; bu
bdtteit fIieben, mir all 6ies eriparen
iollen; aber es tp6re natiirli9 piel au
'piel beeebrt, boB Elm Mann einem an.
senebmen 8eitDertreib entiaee, BLOB
I'M Elm armies Beib 3u ihonen. 8 In.
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banne1r, nelde, ioboIo es ounfeIte,
aus ieoer gfe berboribIiipften, nm
| iie 3u qualen IN ibrer nanenlojen
Berlaiienbeit.
90 mar nnter Grbeit u,lo Oeiibe
Der 8inter gefommen. tribe Gage bon
yeebel folgten eiranoer obne gnbe,
Die Seden i'm @orfen tparen 1T ibrer
blattloien 5teifbeit 10 empfiuoIid,
oaB Der Birb nit Ieinem leifeiten
ateraauge iie tpie bic 5aiten elmer
&arfe ertonen lieB, bic anblloien fIei.
men Baiier, Die i'm CONNER 10 me.
looifd gerauidt, tuaren nun bon tpel-
tenn 2anb eritidt, ooB Jfie n,1r flang-
los oabini9liden.
ginforn1ig, tpie Ser 0opember per-
floiien, batte Der De5ember begonnen
uno Der ,auf- uno Nteoergang Der
Sonne, welber ben 8eginn nno bas
@noe ber &aeesarbeif beoeutete, por
Die ein5ige &blpedilrne, Die oas 2e-
ben i'm Wearienbofe NIT iib brabte.
Ser s. De5entber tpar Elm sSeiers
tog, Narid @mpfdnsnis, uno bie
,@rafin" iab itd iomit CUR arbeits.
loien &ube berurteilt. 8isber botte
tie dngltli6 alles bermieoeu, mas Die
@rinnerung an Gilbert tpoaruien
tonnte, aber be,te, IN Der er3mungenen
&ube, aoe ite es uttpioerIteblid na6
Der alten Miible, iener stelle, mo- iie
erfabren, baB er eebun6en iet.
i Sn Dem 8aloesbeiligtum berrIhte
nun Die Stille bes Eo6es; 6er erffe
ibpade Groit bate eeniist,, Inn Dos
tleine 8ahlein eritarren 5u MAIDEN,
oas alte Niblrao NOR NIT gliternoen
eisfranien ee5iert, ieoe spur Der Bill.
benoen gptlamen bonn Binoe Der.
tuebt, 6as Ssafobsfraut olIein itarrte
bonn Jrofte gebrdunt sleib ausgeloib-
ten 5adeln gum 9intutel empor. gor
ben NIT @is beoedten 0eibIlteinen
itano nlrifa ftin, auf etneu 6elsItiid,
Dos aus Dem gefrorenen 8alier Der.
oorragte, log elm brdunlider 8eeen.
Itano, Der lie un1pioeritebti9 a,1aoe, es
mar Der GpfIamenfrana, Der fie eiuen
augenblid lang eeibniidt; Die trot.
fenen 8Iiiten, NIT elisern6em Gife
iiberaogen, eli9en elmer &eIiquie. Die
man forgiam unter @los geborgen.
Seftig tpanote Tie ibre S6rttte uno
elite oem Dorfe gu; ME, ME suieber
lpoate iie es tpaeen, ben Balo su be.
treten, oeiien @eiiter ibr nod tauleno.
nlomI gefabrIiaer tparen ols oie ib.
rer Stube.
Ser nddite Moreen bra9te ibr ei.
men Brief bon Gilbert sseopa; er jog
te ibr nod einu,aI 2ebetpobl, btsber
babe ibm bic 9raft biersu gefebIt.
i6rieb er, ober bepor er SeIterreid1
perlaiie. miiiie er ii9 nod einnaI grii-
ben; ct rebe nod oem Orient, auf nie
lange, fonne ct .,idt iaeen. Ser 9rief
trug ben BoititempeI Bien.
lllrifa legte i'm beiieite un6 gina
on bic arbeit. als Der Mbeno einbrad,
iu6te iie einen ibrer aranfen an,
enoe oes Dorfes auf; bon bort au-
riiftebreno, iab iie idon bon tpeitem,
ltngea6tet Der Dammerung, cine an.
Iammluug BON Meni1en bor Der aiir
Der ,@oloenen Come.
Mu2 oIIo&, 6.,.so... gl...~.l... g.:
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-12-06

Be9OIL AWO HOu] 0IIeE lit OeH NMDeN
Der Ndnner geleien, 10 5tDar, bnB id
babin fam, nein eigenes gntlik 5u
bailen. @arum bdtteit gerabe ou mid
nit an6erer 8liden nnieben loIlen aIs
Die anbern aue. 9u biit elm reiher,
Dornebmer Mann, uno i9 bin Elm al.
leinitebenbes, betmatloies Mdo6en:
tparitnn bdtteit ou elmer 2aune nibt
Inadgeben Iollen2 8as fiitnnrert es
bid, meine &ube geitort, meinen See.
lenfrieoen bernidtet gu baben, ba 6lt
ben lanepetlieen Serbit 10 angenebm
perbradteit? 9u gibit Dor, mid gu
lieben, bielleidbt IiebIt ou mid AUDI
beute, aber baIo mirit ou mid bereei-
len baben, Die 8elt bietet Dir ia tou.
ienofade @elegenbeiten bierau; ou
tpirit nnoere 3eritreuungen, mirIt ido-
mere 8eiber finoen, tpdbreno id -
OF berlaife midi" idrie Iie leiben-
idaftlid auf, uid bin idon oft ber-
lett uno pertpun6et tporoen inn 2eben,
aber nod niemals 10 tief, 10 grauiam
tief, lpte bon 6ir!'
Sbre gueen funfelten ibm entge.
gen, lie fiiblte it6 beinabe eerettet,
oenn tbre eigenen Borte tpurben ibr
gum Sdilbe.
"Du biit ungeredt", iagte Gilbert
langiam. ,,l1ngere6t un6 unoerniinftig
5ugleid. Sd babe ME mir Dir ge.
ipielt; penn i6 Der ber5loie 8Iit1ine
pare, fir tpel6en ou mid bnlten mo6-
teit, oann bGtte t9 unter Dem, gor.
monoe Der 8erapanotldaft mir tpobl 10
mandes Dir gegeniiber berausgenotn-
men. Sd tpetB, baB ou mid Iiebit, aber
i'd femme oeinen 5tol3, peiB aIio aud
oab ou mir unerreidbor biit, tpie elm
Stern am Simmel oroben. Sd fam
nidt bierber 5uriid, um BIT meine Sic.
be auf5u5tutngen, ionoern nur nm
meme 5eele bur9 Elm @eitdrbnis bon
Der Sait gu 3l befreien, Die id nidt
mebr tragen fonnte, r.n6 I'm Dir 2e-
beuobl 5u iagen, bepor id gebe, Gott
qIlein tpeiB. tpobin. 9eidt tn meine
Seimat, rtdt in mein Sein1, 6enn i9
bin fertig nit oieiem 3errbil6 elmer
@be, tpeldes mein 2eben 5lt einem 10
abgeiGmadten gemadt bat. Sd tonn-
te nt6t i6eioen, obne Dir gu iagen, tpie
Mrs ums Ser5 lit. 8or atpei Eogen
NOR mir oies nod, pertpebrt, oenn id
bate cine @attin, slaubte tpenieltens,
cine iolde gu baben; beute eriitiert
5tpar aQeroings nod cine 5ra1, bic
oas &edt bot, meineu gamen su tra>
gen, ober audi nidt mebr. gor mir
liegt oas alte, idole 2eben, felt es
ei.,en alsenblid lang bon Dir erfiillt
getueien, nod i4eublider in leiuer
2eere, ob5tpar aleroings bergoloet
bonn Mammou gu peibt, i9 bieIt
ME biel a,.f meinen Rei6tum, nun
aber flude i6 ibm, tpeil mir neriagt
lit, tbn NIT Dir 5u tetlen; es liegt fir
mid cine namenloie DUAL in Dem &c.
oanfen, reid gu .iein, mdbreno ou
oarbit, uno 6teie Dual miro mild to-
ten. Bie Oft in ben pergangenen $50
den batte i6 oeine armen, obgearbeis
tetet Sdnoe nit &iiiien beoeden mo.
gen; lllrita, lit es oenn nibt moelid,
oab ih biz belle? 9tein, iage nihts,
peiie mid ntdt no9mals 5uriid, iage