THE ALLIANCE HERALD, MAY 18, 1910
A MOTHER'S PROMISE
TO HER SON
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
WHEN A CUP OF
COFFEE TASTES LIKE
A MILLION DOLLARS
He Got Hit Cup and Then
Went on to Death.
A Inter received from Kd Horry In
fiMiiiH on that he Ib noon loavInK for
i r theft." Kd recently punned an
examination for a commlnnlon. of
what rank. It It not yet certain. Ovet
one thousand candidate! took the ex
amination with oniy four hundred
pagflaa,
Ddwln Mollrlni:. of New Castle.
Ity lear One 1 in writing 'hi very, I
very small ami on the thinnest of pa
per. m that tightly folded It may Up
lmto one of the olive drah pockets of
jrour new uniform without MM Toaelilng
for the tiniest part of an Ineh upon all
the new thlaga that you must have
there the passports and Identifica
tion slips and photograph, the knife
and pen and writing pad, the lists
and numbers and names and ciphers,
the address hook and the thin tusnual
you have heen studying so hard and
the slim little Hlhle, for this letter Is
a part of your equipment, too, or at
least 1 like to think that It Is.
I'm golnn to tell you in It Just one
or two of the things we've heen try
ing not to say In these last days. You've
said to yourself, haven't you. that
there were possihllltles that 1, thank
God. hadn't seemed to think of.
You've marvelled gratefully, haven't
you, that I could say goodby with
dry eyes and talk about what we
should do when the war Is over. My
dear, there Is nothing nothing that
can happen to you that I haven't fore
sen In every detail since May, since
the very beginning of It all. I know
that some of our men are not going to
come back. I know as I write this
la the room you love that your fin
gers may fumble for this little piece
of paper in some dreadful hour, a
month or two months or six months
from now. Just to read It over once
more for the last time, Just to feel
In your fingers out there In a shell
llfhted battlefield something that I
hrtre touched for goodbye.
And thinking of all this for almost
a year while you've been getting
i4y to go I've been getting ready to
Stay, Just as yea pluuned I planned,
and I said to myself: "When the time
comes for us to part 1 shall make him
a promise." Dear MM, this is my
promise, and I make It for the term
of otir own "for Ilia duration Of the
present war."
I promise you that while you are
away, whether It Is months or years,
nothing except what I can give you
and five all the others shall till my
life. 1 promise you that I shall de
vote myself) here in safety, to the
work of making what you do easier
and stronger and safer for you. I
promise you that 1 shall give and
give and give for the Cause' Not
the money 1 can spare, not the time
I have left when everything else Is
done, but all the money, all the time,
all the energy I hnve!
Your whole life has been altered,
has been set to sterner and graver
music. So shall mine be. You Will
know self denial, privation nnd fatigue
while the war lasts. So shall I know
them. Kven If black news comes, even
If the blackest comes, I shall remem
ber that against your brave heart this
promise Is resting, and I shall go on.
And while there Is one man among our
million snd among the millions of our
allies who needs clothing and nursing
and comforts nnd solsce for your sake
I shall not fall him.
Perhaps In Uod's goodness this note
will come safely back to me In the
olive drab pocket, and we will smile
over It together. Rut, remember, until
that hour comes I shall he always busy
filling my own small place In the great
machine of mercy and as truly under
the colors over here as you are over
there. God bless you 1
Through the establishment of the
line of communication canteens In
France the American lied Cross Is set
ting records In serving hot coffee, co
coa and sandwiches to the troops. One
of these refreshment units made an
other new record recently, serving
more than ftU.000 meals In one week.
At another a cup of coffee was served
every ten seconds for a period of two
consecutive hours.
In a single week these lines of com
munlcatlon canteens often serve 80,000
American and French soldiers.
Soldiers in Box Cars.
Do our soldiers and their allies real
ly want this form of Ked Cross serv
ice? A letter from u young American
aviator, a 1917 graduute of Princeton
University. Is probably typical. It
might he added that this man has since
been reported killed after bringing
down a Oermau Taube. "A 50 mile
trait- ride over here," he said, "instead
of taking a few hours may take days.
When we stop at a Hed Cross canteen
you can bet that a cup of coffee tastes
like a million dollars."
It is not slways possible for a regi
ment to ptOVtds sufficient food and hot
coffee on these long Journeys, where
the men must often be packed stand
ing into unheated box cars ordinarily
used for carrying horses. So Imagine
for yourself the warmth, the cheer, the
comfort that piping hot coffee and
good sandwiches bring to our boys aft
er a night on such a Journey I You
can Just bet that it stiffens a man's
courage. Your Ited Cross Is handing
out this renewed courage by the piping
hot cupful.
THE RED CROSS
IS HELPING
IN
UNITED STATES
ENGLAND
FRANCE
ITALY
SERBIA
ARMENIA
RUMANIA
RUSSIA
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vVyOi. has Joined his uncle, fieorgo
Mollrlng. In Alliance and will take
up the study of the mercantile bust
ness.
tiraduatlon exercises for the senior
lass Of the hluh school will be held
in the opt ra hou;e a week ftoni this
Friday.
Normnn Newberry and liradlof
Minor will motor down to llemlng-
ford Friday evening.
Word reved from Mrs Minnie
Wiker atates that she Joined thS
i .mailian Kiddles at llutti , Montana,
Prom thcra she win go to the larger
tOWDI in Idaho.
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