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LETEtS FROM I I>AIPHI- V BOY TO HIS MOTHKIt
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K"e(|IBle Spad SS.
fcccjear Postal -F>,
K. < 2-
August 1". li' 1"
Dear Mother:
. I need a ehfcye worse than
need this letter, bi since the: ' -
telling how soo:i 1 will be -eft
over the new lines, the si. >\ '
wait, because nuny things h: ie '■ '>
pened in the last tow days. No:
much thrilling as tiring, iff
sooner had we been settled in
hastily erected barr cks at the c;
near Vitey-le-Iranccls, than ordc ■
came to move igaii this time m 1
Chateau-Thierry. he sad . '
about this * quick flange of '
was that I had jusi finished pare'
ing my room. One v hole day it
me and the svoat ol honest toil *
standing on rey no le(?) brow
great drops ere I ha ' finished, for ■
am far from skillful n the hang::-:
art. And then came the order 'o
move again—and I h d just finish?':
unpacking. There was nothing to do
hut repack though which, didn't
take me so Ion?, as I am getting fa'r
ly expert in this line with pract
As one pilote okingly put it. "If "
can't get an' other .ioh after the
war. we will be thoroughly exper
ienced moving men," and he wet"
thru the pantoniine o? ringing 'he
bell, tipping his hat to the ladv ■!•
swering and demanding if she
need of a man to move anything
These Frenchmen are all actor-
probably beet. is. thi-y talk with
parts of their be y- -thus his pa: "
mine of his after-t ie-war job
most amusing
Several of us V ving packed ur •'
quickly, found w had a whole at
noon on our bar. Is As there wer'
no orders, we on d see a rather
time ahead of us as camp is a n." l *'
uninteresting plaoe to kill time
especially when a big town is wi
easy auto difince. It was Sut
too. and ever' one would be otr
parade an I 1! e Frenchmen as
as I would certainly enjov It, in
ferent ways o: co 'sc. Tie Fro
men would wiFm it dr übt
right down b. sld a tall glass
sidewalk ".
Si riot < briers
Our eomfnander would not
the three of .is > tractor tho, b'i*
/ win this |
; really matters until we doI 1
!fow a n no h 0 fl e8 u adrU,e was mm
lo go WOH W ly Kave us permission
at to cot a ®*Pltcit orders
:rlv the no*t" aS ?' e Wou,d lca ' *
-*. v tne next morning rtelmr ->
vcU Know, mßelf he knew
- nkinJ gn F ro butation for
"vwn)pat l" d milk he laugh
"sec the big S.dV r V nted
hot^K y f r ,d h ' m whlchwai
> definite plans
f • < reality a n^ e ho'ilda
i ;: Tanv T:T do , lnter<>st
ie-tally the feminine portion
7 ame nta 0 Vu > "Ic-Francols
inks the FVeniif Reclined with
, rink I ht", 16n offpr to hav
t rinK. i had seen ->, iv -.ii f >,
res.' the dny before . I"told -oi
fyrmcr letter, and J not see -
, : th r' n d ?d I k Wanted tC 1< ok at again
h. 1 did know where there was a
• <- with some nifty.i, , ki ,
he stored ,ki 'lrk.
.he store was open fpit T
v aid spend several pleasant hour*
•r ing op gloves, and m prove ur
• ench at the same time Heaven
-•••"ws. it needs improvement Tr
V S open, as well as several others
put .n the rest of the afternoo'
- oping and all I bought was a rob
cloves and some thumb tacks
r ' h er of which I have anv use
or—but oh bov! what a grand an.
. rtOUS feeling to have a French
discover you're an American!
All Pressed Up
Even .ill dressed up lii< e a stine*
• - 1 was. what with a "fourragir. "
over my shoulder, the Lafaycttr
!ge of geld and the French
• ring one beside it on my righ
breast, a uniform of light blue set
iff by high led hoots and a stream
' ? hat trimmed with orange braid
m qujcltlv discovered. (Ha! Ha!)
Do you think you would Know
ir son under all this parapherna
? Incidentally I did some discover-1
g on my own hook, I learned with'
msement that many Frenchmen
e not above swiping the reputation
1 honor of being an American —to
guiless (? i h ip-girl anyway—
one "petite cliere" told ne. This
e happened to be rejl-headed and
scovered my nationality by my ac-i
# —. ■ ■ .
Brinsms Up Father ' • m * Copyright, 1918, International News Service *- t By McManus
® o*+ II tf [ —.. \l. breaking THAT , — YI ~~ 1 THEX pat
cent, and then was when I learned
•' it many Frenchmen affect this
same accent so as to be taken for
Americana. I can't say 1 blame
them, seeing what a "chic" little
clerk this was, liut I have a sus
picion thiit it was the same brtght
; ped dame that gave me a bad two
franc piece. Iga it somewhere that|
day. but I went so many places that
day that 1 wasn't quite sure just
wliere I acquired it.
\cctls "Identification''
i>n our way home I had the auto
stop at ti camp of Americans, where:
I created quite a sensation by want-J
dig American dollar hills changed!
nto francs. It's the quickest way XI
have > el discovered to prove I am nnj
American so don't forget the "ldea*|
tiflcation tan" in each letter. And
•ou would hav, Peer surprised to
ae how many f those Americans
wanted a dollar bill "just for a
souvenir". It seemed just like a
letter from hon le 'o them. Having
ten of thi in. I brought considerable
joy into ti nt camp, and took away
some cho olate candy, matches and
a suit of overalls to wear over my
uniform A hen flying. This last
I had lor- been wanting and several'
American mechanics had promised,
to give me cne if 1 t ailed around, j
I had c;i 1 led jind when 1 voiced a.
HA^Jltsburls
request for same, they promptly gavel
me a new one, which only had a hole I
in where a mouse had made a warl
breakfast. They even apologized for
the hole, but I said that was all
right. If someone got inquisitive I
could explain it away by telling how
close a Boche bullet had come. I
I was only too glad to get it, because
j my French combination is entirely
| too hot for summer.
Warm Work
] spuds are very warm any
i way, and even at 6,000 meters heavy
j clothing is not a necessity, so you
I can imagine how warm it is at 1,000
meters on a bright sunny August
day. Whew! but its hot! And do
i you know, when one comes down
i from the cool region of 6,000 meters!
and drops in this hot air at 1,000
it's some change, and reminds me
of diving into deep water, only re
versed. Alter one has dove down
some six feet the water isn't so
warm anymore, and if the searcher
| after coolness keeps on going he is
| liable to think he has mistaken hisi
I mother's refrigerator for the swim
| ming hole. It's the same in the air, J
! only the heated part lies under- j
neatli. Honestly when I came down
i the other day into this warm air I
i it felt thick, so hot it was.
One could even tell where It
started by the blackish haze, and on i
hitting that haze, maybe 1 didn't]
get bumped around. But flying in
all kinds of weather as we do, get
ting bumped all over the map is so |
much in the day's work that it's not!
important enough to comment on. j
When one wing goes down we me
chanically pull it back, or if we are
interested in something else at the
moment, let it drag. No, we
wouldn't fall. It would surprise you
at what an angle sideways an air
plane can fly without going "off on I
a wing". When we hit a hole there I
is nothing to do but sink, and a
bump nothing to do but bounce.
And speaking of air holes, I don't
think an aviator really knows what
one is until he has an "archie" olow
up right under his plane.
A Real "Hole in the Air"
That is a real air hole, made to
order, you might say (the pilotes are
rare, however, that would order then
ati that place, I think), for the 1
force of the explosion blows all the
air from under you. Of course, it
only lasts for several seconds, but
it's the most helpless three seconds
a man ever spent. The plane tust
wobbles down until it strikes' air
that is not all shot to pieces. For
tunately. every time this happened to
me, which has been quite often by I
the way, I have been very high, no
that it did not matter much whether
I tumbled 200 meters or 1,000.
But here I go rambling along say
ing nothing and writing a lot. Let's
see, we Were in town when I strayed
by the wayside and began, talking
about air holes.
Hard Luck
Well, one bright young thing van
tried to sell me a cane. Imagine it'
And me going to the front the next
day! I coulo not see where I could
, use it, *js I am not expert enouch
yet to play air polo, even with the
incentive of a Hun's head for "he
ball. Judging from the number of
times I have missed with two guns I
can't see where a mallet would be an
improvement. In case you may be
worrying about my being kissed
again, it may ease your mind to know
that the particular uniform that
caused that calamity*?) was lost >n
the shu e the first time we moved
The other day I gave my black uni
form to the tailor to press, with
the result that he went to Paris, and
when he came back my pants 'were
gone, and all the official machinery
I have set In motion has not un
earthered them as yet. You cer
tainly will agree with me that the
fortunes of war are not much in my
favor.
Really. I feel quite certain T shall
wake up some morning and find mv
right boot gone and my left sock.
We left the next morning on time,
the Frenchman, owing to their life
long habit of drinking, not netng
drunk, hut only a little hit up.
Surely, ve flew away! We always
move that way. A map is given
us. our new "piste" pointed out—
"allez, en route," and away we go
Our baggage is taken in trucks. As
my plane was still at Mele'te having
the molor changed, I war. given an
other plane in which to ride to my
new home.
The Obstinate Moflor
For one whole hour we tried to
get that motor to talk, but there
was nothing doing, and since all my
comrades had long since departed, '
was given a different machine. The
facilities for mounting a map were
few in the limited space in a spad,
where most of it is taken up with
important deals, so having studied
the map before hand 1 had a gen
eral idea whither I was bound.
Fortunately another escadrille bound
for the same place was "taking off"
at the same time I was, so to pre
vent brain fag and to be sure 1 was
right, I swung in behind their for
mation and followed along. They
took an entirely different way from
the one I had intended following, so
I soon was at sea as to my exact
whereabouts with onnly a vague idea
of th<* direction: To make things
worse, the sky was dotted with in
numerable small clouds, so white
and thick and tiny that it reminded
one of a t cotton field. This "cotton"
patch was quite large and extended
as far as the eye could see. Nat
urally. It hid a lot of ground, which
prevented me from picking out the
landmarks I had committed to inem
orji However, we were bound
"When a Girl "
By ANN LISLE
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of a Girl Wife
CHAPTER XXVII
j [Copyright, 1918, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.]
! My taxi whirled up to the station
j and I flung three dollars at the driv-
I er. The meter registered ninety
cents—but Anne, the practical, had
no time lor change!
It was eight minutes past two by
the station clock. If I could reach
; Jim in lime, the driver had earned
it his enormous tip. Across the great
j waiting room I dashed, and out co
■ ward the train-shed. The gate to
I the 2:15 train was open. There were
■ j still a few strangers going in. The
j guard stopped me.
"Ticket, Madame!" he demanded
i inexorably.
j I peered over his shoulder—and|
for one triumphant second I almost
I blessed Jipi's lameness. It had
| slowed his progress and he was
I just leaving the last step and turn
j ing the rail to go to his car.
"Jim! Jim!" 1 cried, not caring a
jot for the angry protests of the
guard.
"Jim!" I wildly shouted.
My husband stopped, turned in!
puzzled wonder, looked up the ]
j stairs and saw me standing there |
I half distraught.
It was 2.10. In Ave minutes hisi
train would go. Jim spoke to some]
one ahead of him, and invisible to!
me, then turned and came up the
stairs.
"Anne! What's happened?" he
cried anxiously as he passed the
guard and pushed me back through
the sacred gate I had been threaten
ing to enter.
Unable to answer I stood gasping
for breath.
Jim's face hardened into a mask
of sternness which I realized was
covering anger:
"What docs this mean?"
"I had to come—Jim you can't
have anything to do with Snedden
& Company. You can't."
I Jim turned as if to brush me aside
and to pass through the gate again. I
"Did you hear me, Jimmie-boy? |
They uren't—straight."
"Nonsense, Anne —they're a big]
firm. What sort of moonshine is
this? What do you know about it,
anyway? I'll miss my train."
"Please miss it, dear! I had
lunch with the Masons and Sheldon
B.lake. They know. They said
you'd tarnish your reputation as a
war hero if you had any dealings
with those men."
Jim's -eyes narrowed thoughtfully:
"I must look into this—the train
will have to leave without me." and
then he said slowly, "How I'll ever
straighten it cut I don't know—and
there's Snedden to face If you are
wrong."
I slipped my arm through his and
there in the station I repeated word
for word what Tom Mason had said.
Jim listened quietly, almost as. im
partially as if the whole thing ap
plied to some one else rather than
to him. Then Jim went to a tele
phone. When he came out of the
booth his mouth was set In a Arm
line.
"Dickey and Sheldon are too
blooming well bred! Guess they
have water in their veins Instead
of blood. But they told me when 1
asked them point blank. Tom's a
real friend—eh what, Anne?" he
said when I had finished.
"Will you accept his offer about
going into his office?" I asked.
"Did he mention it again?"
"No —how could he before Evelyn
and Mr. Blake?" I replied.
. "That's l ight—he couldn't. Prob
ably we'll hear from him later on
to-day. Now, to 'phone and sever
my connection—with my Job."
Jim came out of th<; telephone
booth flushed and uncomfortable, i |
i
northwest by compass, which was in
the general direction we should go,
so I kept right on trailing my chosen
leaders, passing over much beautiful
scenery, doited here and there by a
chateau with their beautiful grounds.
Three-fourths of my time was spent
during this trip in hunting chateaux
and listening to my motor. One
false note and down little Walter
would have dove for the front lawn
of one of- those beautiful chateaux.
But I never did have any luck for
the motor ran like a charm all the
way. Finally we arrived over cha
teau-Thierry, waa the flrst
land-mark I recognized. After that
I soon discovered my new home,
"and haviqg located it, came down
close to the ground and flew over
several villages to see the effects of
the Boche artillery when they were
there. There was quite a lot in evi
dence. Holes there were everywhere
and as for the towns, looking down
on them as X was, it looked us If
they had been plentifully sprinkled
with stones. Fortunate It is tnat
the French bull'*, all their houses of
mud and stone, else fire would surely
be added to the horror of bombard
ment. As It Is, a lot of stuff Is
blown up and there is an end of It. i
WALTER.
■ I. i
could see that he had had a bad
quarter of an hour. He didn't offer
to tell me what he had said and I,
accepting again the remoteness and
reserve that were as much u part of
him as his generosity and extrava
gance and boyish sweetness, asked
no questions.
He walked home slowly, each
dreading the moment of taking up
the routine of the past week. Ahead
was the old, weary round of looking
for work—unless Tom Mason re
newed his offer to teach my boy the
real estate business.
When we got back to the apart
ment, there on the marble Floren
tine bench in the entrance hall sat
a familiar figure. It rose as I came
in, and a moment later I was caught
In strong young arms.
"Neal! Neal! This is wonderful!
| Oh, my blessed brother!" I crieii,
] accepting the miracle of his pres
sence without question in my rush
of joy at seeing Neal.
Although Jim and I had been
married a month, this wajt the first
glimpse of the network of family
ties which formed the background
of our lives. •
There was something war and
homey and stable In the mereact
j of introducing my brother and my
] husband. I've always adored Neal.
| His high spirits, his boyish arro
| gance, his quick temper, his impa
j tience with everything he doesn't
| understand and his eagerness to be
: loved nnd approved of are as much
j part of him as his merry brown
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he's trying his hardest to seem a
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"This is a surprise, Mr. Hyland,"
said Jim with formality and po
liteness that didn't combine very
well.
Neal replied with an air as elab
orate as my husband's own:
"X hope it's a pleasant surprise,
lieutenant—Mr. Harrison."
My young brother readjusted
himself quickly to blue serge where
he had expected olive drab. But
at this first reminder of his changed
status Jim' 3 face paled.
"I'm sure it's delightful for Anne
and me," he said with an air of
complete courtesy.
But, as the elevator whirled us
up to our apartment, I wonde-ed,
with a sick sense of insecurlly,
whether my two boys were going
to like each other!
To Be Continued
British War Flyers Drop
Bombs; Destroy Balloons
and Down 35 Airplanes
By Associated Press
London, Oct. 1 .—Field Marshal
Haig's report to-night on aerial ac
tivities reads:
"On Sunday fifteen hostile balloons
were destroyed. Twenty-six planes
were brdught down and nine others
driven down out of control. Nine
teen of ours are missing. Thirty-six
tons of bombs were dropped on rail
way stations and junctions.
"The air force, in co-operation
with the navy, bombed enemy de
stroyers and raided Zeebrugge, Os
tend and Bruges and airdromes in
the vicinity of Ghent. Twelve hos
tile machines were destroyed and"
[•fourteen driven down out of control.
Ten of ours are missing."
TEDES OF THE FRONT " -*
IN MESOPOTAMIA
Addressing students of the Har
risburg Academy yesterday, David
R. Shotwell, returned "Y" secretary,
urged young men to go east. Shot
well recently returned from service
in Mesopotamia. He enlarged upon
the splendid opportunities in that
portion of the world.
How Old Are You
By Your Hair?
You may be thirty in years, but
; if you are bald-headed, gray, or
your hair is dry, brittle, scraggly and
ugly-looking, people will surely take
1 you to be many years older.
When your hair becomes faded,
dry, streaked and scraggly, when it
falls out badly and new hair cannot
grow, the roots should be immedi
ately vitalized and properly nour
ished. To do this quickly, safely
and at little expense, there is noth
ing so effective as Parisian sage
(liquid form) which you can get at
Kennedy's Drug Store and all good
drug and toilet counters.
It's guaranteed to abolish dan
druff—stop scalp Itch and falling
hair and promote a new growth or
money refunded. It's in great de
mand by discriminating women be
cause it makes the hair so soft, lus
trous, easy to arrange attractively
and appear heavier than it really is.
A massage with Parisian sage is
a real delight—easy to use, not
sticky or greasy, and delicately per
fumed—an antiseptic liquid free
from dangerous ingredients and
guaranteed not to color the hair or
scalp. If you want good
hair and plenty of it, by all means
use Parisian sage—-a little attention
now insures beautiful hair for years
to come. —adv.
Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv.