| Show AT T ZERO eil HOUR by GRACE A WEATHERBY VAT Y pebble dean denn dominant debutante p paused ill 1 to in net ner dusting ot of the old curios carim 1 in her father a den and p peered ca out at of the window had her varce eora de deceived l cl her fill or ditl did sh the hear the postman postin nn a tes te re wire or enough th the was am it me reading the tha stone alone steps step of ot her home mine she hurtled hurried downstairs to the hall aall where on tray rely me ft were ere the let late ers the there a was a fat letter tor for six sister t at cillo lelitia lath A written 11 a well known m masculine 1 1 hand bond dainty pink notes 1 for brother beeline ted bills bill for far dad and it A an assort assorted it arry for far mother pebble debbie fu found 0 o und ad several seven for herself three were dinv inv invitation italian one me a letter irom from a chum out weft anil and a strange letter lette written itten in n an irregular gular hand bond which bore ban the mark of france this she opened first the page we was untidy and here and onto there were era I 1 ink k blots blot and ad finger prints print the utter letter was short and read gaii as fol at law lows den friend I 1 red story 1 lr in the paper today and ad it was as dd danda how do vou van do it debbie long laug tied ad 1 ly tor for the m writer titer ref referred ad to a little story she 11 had bad written A month oad a or r s so an mal ago which w was vas published I 1 in a news aw poll paper ar she continued it al thoroughly in forested rested te the wether jr la Is id nice imm here I 1 un am 1 in 9 good 94 4 iconic and hope hop you nr are a to be ithac I 1 I 1 ad d rite vou van while I 1 go got the time fany bay mail if you yon m aint aln t t to busy will you rite to yours truly jim bailor bailee dabbles face was man sober na As she ft fin fished the letter poor chap site she murmured A As site she sat ant there in the den her thoughts wandered moldered and she ric lured I 1 in her mind the muddy trench the grim grall soldiers waiting for far the zero hour I 1 wonder what he Is like she nice mused lead the th poor plot spelling and wording betrayed but d the it fact that he be was voted debbie dabbles Deb bleS aristocratic nose 1 I veat meet up a trine trill it at the thought but only tor for a moment he ia 8 at least a wan roan fig fighting fish h th ting j tor for his country the do ducting sting of the cu curios ricas which was always left to debbie a hands was ft forgotten Matten she bat ant down do I 1 the then and ad there then to rite to jim raney bailey she wrom a long cheery let ter und and ran out ant herself to mall mail it 9 life was waa full of events and itch although a ab she did not target forget her soldier idle Z all she did not think of him often and was therefore surprised two m months later to receive another letter e him the letter was longer this time and written in 1 the same bad english and poor spelling spell I 1 he H told glowingly of the he I 1 attack at luck we W a wiped a couple hundred of them ill boches oft off the map cap I 1 topped stopped a bullet and some awne pieces of scrapple but that dont dent mount to much and ad I 1 IM at redy rady to go again debbie debates a eves ee filled I 1 in spite of herself flow bow well wel I 1 he represented presented the spirit of the american soldier quite naturally the correspondence nut d and in due time jim ir wrote to was coming home borne u and ad that he intended it to so see her dabbles a face rallied flushed what would aid her family say it if they knewl knew but it was too late to write and tell jim now new how matters its stood and ad ehe he must make the best beat of it on one a do day she received a smudgy post m card ed mailed led 1 in her city saying I 1 m back and ad will see y you it jim brother ted spied the card first and soon his questions attracted the atten tion of the rest of the family and deb ble was forced to asel film ted thought it a ilat sake joke on ats but mothers ev eve brows went up fl iu horror dad smiled do to ill gly and ad advised advise hw hla dinah daughter to to be 1 nice I to the young wan man debbie determined to do so and dressed with grant care for far the eve ning cling brindley announced him in a grave agn voice 11 II lieutenant babey mile th the A next moment I 1 a 11 tall ll I 1 well net built young fellow alan was coming 1 I 1 ateward toward he her hi hia trim tells uniform true fitted him well and he be was debili s eyes widened this was no jim hadley bailey it idt id t be bel I 1 you vou wouldn a t expect such pe a man as this 0 one ne to write such alb davad fully mussy letters letter at length the soldier laughed at her pret pretty I 1 confusion why jou or area so I 1 I 1 thought suppose you let ft ro explain said he she bat ant down and he took a chair near a her it we was this t hl nay may as dabal just an hour before be f zero rem im hour or the he fellows fallows were am all kind it nd of sober her and ad it wa was pretty hard to wait it tor for the word to go over and w we so I 1 picked up a fragment of newspaper lying in the mud and chanced to see you our story there bob small my bulky read mud it over ever in rov shoulder it was us he who he suggested I 1 that I 1 write wells ab to you ou and ad just for far to tun I 1 wrote in the way I 1 did B bi the title time we fi the letter rite zero lem hour bur had come a and ad we is went at over atie it top clear and level headed handed I 1 nna 1 tn the hospital nearly early two and vas so an glad to set get your year letter the there it helped a lot ya toil see a I 1 I 1 to hove only TOT aw in mother alther and I 1 don dont t get much wall mall of courso course I 1 much could tell who what kind of a girt girl you were by abs tbs MU and ad writing liand lit nd eagerly and when hen he be had finished she nid ahl out her hand and ad said 1 I 1 arn am berv glad to know it the th tal 1 jim B balley ury ante after that tant night eight be man carny often ted had a warm arm regard for far jim and nd rever never unit tired of a hearing bearing the atals of his hi expert e nem over there A As fat far debbie toe ire was a happy nhen on br husband 6 alve aim she bawd through mev ugh the lane of uplifted amord it at her military wedding bc HI by I 1 a fie oniris hawl vao paper syndicate to |
