| Show romele ollan by BOOTH copyright by doubleday page E R XVI XV 18 that flounder in fit tile soil tit nt first too beep ft op within it to lit be roine t to tile muriace now atilt gradually be bc anic heard as tin the thunder of a feet tile training hnylka arting the tires of dowil own and village auml country bitle were tile draing aw and cifes fifes of it 11 wit mir r t lint it citino closer anti cloger to in bwy overy I 1 linuel L between tile the two MO oceans all UK tile old symbols bec tinie symbols briglan fill icil new ni its if no lit oil aim had ever won irivin before lic foie Ani erlen was ta ilke it tiow word mord wid tile SOUK song america cwi wwi iv na like a now new hong ROII all the alu dusty iima of or illIng liiK candidates w ek f aln rig to 0 rouse bored auditors etli nie lie old lik flag nil all tile ot of school HIOU will anil church and chit till nil these afine orn flaccid things hud deonly into living color the ti and strange to sn sm ti alth a meaning that 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ions at lust last less kind I 1 birss vu mirly slie site tind collie to comprehend coni momi thIng of the lie colossal coloss nl geranan threat fit tint and tile the that touched thim oils bright dianner if i f which tile lio lennil grants children piped pipe so briskly tit in tile the ni laHlon duhr ooin klio he began to though nhe aliu could riot not told just why vy or liow or nt at tint lint understand itzik ng ivic rf tied tier glicr site she began tu to under tinder tint hor let country to alic tit life had flung its line those thou 9 across tile sea to stand lutill hold leold iliadi nhung and Luden ladendorff dorff till till their heir king kongs duties and crown their krupp mid and skoda Illon engines and their t rous other oilier engines rn sliu of inen into ough file long huze of hulsted sen nilles and thi the of licad villela baic perceived lud that brown itar jive of ours s ond jand knew it stood there hal that Pre rc edorn and the nation itself might lio not perish front from the lie earth so it 11 week later she alit went halile and cattle came nervously to er mill and found liow ho to direct tilt lie letter slie alke iun tol to write lie ile was via in ili france As ae the old elirose went site she poured out aut tier ile libart art it boenis to to tier her e er give wrote dont understand nils tile me I 1 felt that hint my illy bittel to you ton hall driven you to i iche tile step you ou did I 1 relt felt that I 1 tad sent you ou wile to ho killed lind and that I 1 ought to lo bo be tilled for doing it lit but I 1 kildew tint you iou lind had other too I 1 knew of course that you tho light tit of ow country inore florin ami tilt or tile or of any land tiling thing I 1 could stay hut I 1 thought stint what hait I 1 sald knight have iian the prompting thins thing the word ord that threw you into nit it so fco hastily anti bufore you vere really ready perhaps I 1 cadee fit to bear that terrible response glifty bul ty I 1 dope you under strand my aly great mistake has been beell I 1 thought I 1 was so ua liven lit in my any starting everything with it ti id never proven unit that ur Is 4 t ip P bornt filing hili and nil other evits were I 1 was ia wrong wron I 1 was mis t rii rang war tilt eliy worst ul slavery Sl nery la Is it worse orso evil 11 and ili drw X 1 to tell you ou I 1 lime have conic collie to tit see that you ion nrc are making war mir on 1111 thos tillit nuke slavery Ys yes you tire fighting xe s that lint emike looth war nr and slavery cli iMry k nl itt you iou are all tint and I 1 humbly lium lily uvence anti lionor till nil of you moo m libre lit KI till lilt t rig lit wim WAT I 1 line have collie coine home r work in lie ili eted cross here hen I 1 work rl till 11 ll lay und land nil day I 1 loci lerp say sa ill to 0 o litot itt I 1 really tilean to 0 o you vm ith tint lint t pray unil anti tilt oil how I 1 pray it sod iod lie fie etli ath you ion ond and grunt grant you on fe lie victory V I 1 por you ton win antl aall will win forgive Vor give lv me ine f 11 weast please mid if 1 you ill could you write to nil I 1 k know now fini leive lm things to do more inore cital rital ant farls but oil h boll ou mcasey this letter which slie mile find inkeri 11 r not to ofis ns she into ent fj i oltia course to the american aix lir I ces in ill france and jin tilly found lilla whom it oo tight ito he delayed not lon long to ft answer aid euid ito in time she held in a n stroking slink liiK hand offa he missive lie he hud had sent tier tu forget nil au that comic talk nw jw of your telling ti to id written lily father I 1 ang I bilog ilo u at the oret first canace a month HIMI lin lint haf t before avat day when you sald 44 my ity mind wilts andr up the arst i 4 line inie there was any atalic of war and you ciul hit nhoun aa responsibility fur lit my going its as sonto some little or of course I 1 ilont menu I 1 tilt liny tiny mi attention to the daiter flit cat things you baill because I 1 it lid anti I 1 used to borr worry v over ncr it tit lie cause I 1 mis afraid some day d ii it would get you ion into trouble and dw im fin klud gini ailo cut it out right nou ou lit fie it 11 regular kill girl now you always were anti I 1 knew that till oil right rl lit ini ili not its scared to write to you us its I 1 was ns to talk to oll hl KO go I 1 you HU know I 1 nils MIS in slit to pit get your our letter it sounded blue but 1 I was MIS gand to gut get it you let but ill write to youl you I 1 I 1 dont suppose r you could lime tiny liny llen liow how glad bind I 1 was ins to get your lour letter I 1 could sit here unit and write to you iou ull till lily day if lot let tile me but im a corporal corpor nl no now when you on answer this alil f I 1 fisli cud w say liow how tile old town looks tint and if tit alie ass mss in the front flout yards ards Is ni as green us its it usually Is and everything anti and tell nic alte boino inure inore about everything tiling you ou think of when lian you are working down tit til tilt lied cross like you ou said I 1 guess ive wad your letter tho live tul lilon thries tind and alint part ten in lillon I 1 ngeun where you oil underlined lined that hint you and wint lint you said to yourself nt lit tin the itra cited cross oil but I 1 ans glad to rend read alint dont forget about writing ally else you think of like ahle that well I 1 vas intel interrupted then and tills this 1 I the next nest lay day of course I 1 vant tell you where we ie are arc because that darned censor will tills this letter but 2 I 1 t t va 4 r they were soldiers I 1 kucsa guess lie will mill let till this 8 much liy by who 10 lo 10 lo do you think I 1 run ran across in a vIl lotge yesterday two hoys boys front from the old oil school lays days and we certainly did shake hands a few times I 1 it was that old oil foolish dutch T add albert ington In both of thein lieuten I 1 heard lienard fred Is still training in tile suites and about crazy because OIL chiy 7 dmit send dilill over yet ct if you lime tiny itlen idea linw how kind glad I 1 was to rot get your letter you ou lose uny tiny time answering tills this one OIK any liow how im going to write to you ion aaen every few lays days if I 1 gut get the chance lie ile cause answer more than one of elu cm but seo see hero here cut out that lint sent you yon to lo ile 10 killed stuff youla got tile lie wrong iden altogether weve rot got the blk big jul job of our bhea we know that lint tint lut ere going to do it Ther thoroll Th croll till lie ile mistakes nil anil bad thides but we u wont ant till full domai now excuse elcue me fur for say ing it this way uy doru dorn but I 1 dont know just liow ilow to ex express except kulii su lii of course we e know ctrl carl ct rl illy going to get anch conw but blit it usten ne c conn collie oer here to get aft killed particularly we me cuin canic river ner to give these ti li 1 ou oil cun call em kllc Ll tise lc Inna ilage if I 1 write it with altti it blank like e tillit lint but befort before no wt get 1 licek ack n w rk ro to dj d what 0 P o citina title for they riot not nil fill of acin in be as tind bill fl onn sonn s if its 11 good filing you dont know what aint we ve do it ito be solin nf it No oi lIlI niale ninke cai y 11 sit As s 1 I dinv inv ini ile little a lot or of rood good ones nini tiK thein flat bin we v know lint hill alu done 14 lie 0 4 o t this it N I 1 dmn E country mid ani we know what they moan to do to ours so were got going t to attend t tell to llian of course why vin ini liere here it you dont forget to write pretty soon dora you su say in it your our letter ietter 1 I was ns kind glad to get mat letter noil you say sn I 1 linto have things to do CIO more alian agtos nil Is dorn doin I 1 think you ou iii know without illy sit saving y rig so bo that hint of course ouido while mille I 1 have got it lingo por things filing 4 to do just wl in every nian mail over oer lure here lins anil and everybody tr body tit nt ille for foi that matter well tile thing thin tillit la Is most important impel tant in tilt world ti it me inc next to helping win vill this war its reading tile the next letter front you ion dont forget how atud ill be to set get it tint nal dont furget forget you iou have anything to to do with my lily being over liere lien unit that was ua lt it was soni ethIng eche anti and you ou bet whatever happens im kind glad I 1 came dont ever forget that eliat I 1 durn dorn knew it was something elso else her avent back to tier her first recollection ol of filin in ili school froni from that time tillie on lie had bemi just an ordinary everyday boy lo 10 Ilmi dering through lily ills less tn tit sehimo mill and through its ills with ath millot its tile millions of other otylior boys boyi loun loan dered along with thrle thi ir own nil and their own avillus as she saw swinging 8 inning ills books ind and romping horne ward from the schoolhouse or going fly her fathers front yard rattling it 11 stick on oil the fence its he e went carefree care free tint and but shy lay as ai it leer if strangers looked nt at him till and 1 I alania not lucli of a talk talker er alic lind had always felt so go superior to win him blit shuddered as aiho thought of it ills quiet tidd had been so much bettor better than her talk all ills Int intelligence ellla fance was proven now when it cattle canie to tile the groat great test to ile bo of it ii stronger sort than tiers ile he was wise and good and gentle and it nian man I 1 we vo know what theio done to tills this country and what they mean to to da to ours ouis so were going to attend to them thein she read tills over oer and site she knew that Rani aey spy wise ali e tint mid gentle find and good would fight eglit like nil an ini chained ilu devil 11 and that lie he and lili his coni comrades rades would indeed and indeed to do what they caine for it ion oil lie said site she nodded gently agreeing and knew what it was that atiat seat ent him yet It anisey lind itla hla own secret here and did not t ell it t sometimes there rose faint in ills his memory it a whimsical picture yet one that lind had always meant much to hlin lie would see sec nil in old nian sitting with etli a little boy upon a rustle rustic bench beach under it walnut tree to watch the decoration day parade go by und mini ham spi would see n of sunshine that load had got through the walnut tree and make a bedazzlement or of glinting title tiny lints lines ovar it 11 spot about tile he size t of a anscer up gie old ro loins white hatt hair and lit in rain hamms memory the little boy sitting beside tilt I 1 lie veteran ute run would auld liala close cloie ills I 1 eve ui i drowsily playing that lint tills this sunshine spot its iia it white birdsnest bIrds nest until lit lie liml hail it a momentary 0 of f n glittering bird that N pit there and wore ore n lilue blue soldier cup call on its ita head licina and ramsey ll ninsi would breitag oil out t of ills his nici mainor nory thoughts liou slits that the lie old tit annn had got t into the childe head that lily day we knew that fighting for tile alie freedom of man tind had to will aln in ill tile the long run we ere ekre oil oti the side of gods gillim long igo we e began to see iff hints of ills rial man hns has to mil in ills fre freedom from froin himself kilell iti in tile the light have to liht ll UK tit men let in ill tle the lark dark that la Is tile the answer we load tile the light that made ais it never nimr douht doubt A long while porn dorn int with alth the let ter CT in hor hand before site answered it find took 1 it upon n her heart to wear thill that was MS the place for it slave it was alre alrand atly althin tier heart where liere lie he would donld lanil it when lien lie caine hoine dionn lignin anil and site beheld the revelation acet in tier tills ordinary life if f iraln was ns tint tilt ahr outward glinting if f it 11 idah kind spirit as lilai liichi find ns tuitui vill show allow al anil ill yet vot it MI its lint V tile life of tin nn evera tilt lioy the streets of f alie t lie toil berv div full till nun now of hoys boys 10 lo like anin in itsey af at first alicy lic ft ere jim hoys boys in tint form then alit n one saw that they were boyno bt allore they were A ere Rol illers ID 13 |
