World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American
Angele was all smiles and animation, full of eager plans for his next
leave. She submitted to his teasing with a laugh, but, for all that, her
eyes looked as though they held a world of unshed tears, and I saw her,
once or twice, press her lips together as though to choke back the sobs.
The station was full of men returning to the Front. They called eagerly
to one another--they compared packages, and boasted of the good times
they had had. Louis caught my hand and wrung it. Then he laid Angele's
in it.
"She is all I have," he said; "it is fitting I leave her in the care of
our beloved ally."
He kissed her and teased her about capturing an American in seven days,
saluted us smartly and stalked through the great gate, turning to wave
and smile and kiss his hand.
I never felt such a sense of loss in my life. It seemed as though the
sun had gone out of the day.
"I cannot bear it," Angele whispered, so I took her away.
We spent the few remaining days of my leave planning our life after the
war. She will not marry me until then. She and Louis are coming to the
States to live and we three are to be as happy as the days are long. We
will be, too. I know it.
I have been across seven times since and I have seen her four of those
times in the past year. If there is any man on earth who wants this war
to end it is I--and the reason is a certain flower-like girl in France.
Good Lord! you don't know what waiting for her means!
We've got to finish those Germans quickly and thoroughly so that Louis
and Angele and I can set sail for America. If that is not a reason for
ending this war, find me a better one!
THE END
WHERE THE SOULS OF MEN ARE CALLING
The first big love story to come out of the war zone--founded on fact
more strange, more powerful than fiction.
The author, Lt. Credo Harris, stationed in France with the International
Red Cross, is a Kentuckian. He just couldn't keep out of it "Over
There." His story starts with the entrance of America into the war and
ends on the firing line of France. There is charm and skill in his style
which insures keenest interest on the part of the reader.
=What the Critics are saying:=
"A story of strong characters blended, it exemplifies the old maxim that
'truth is stranger than fiction,' and in this case more
powerful."--Buffalo News.
"One of those books that grip and grip."--Milwaukee Sentinel.
"A book worth while and a book to recommend."--Louisville Herald.
"Combines the interest of character study with a realistic picture of
life in the war zone."--Courier Journal.
"Jeb proves that a coward can become the bravest of men."--Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
=Attractively bound in cloth= =$1.35 net=
By All Means Read this Book
Britton Publishing Company New York
Every grown-up will remember the time when
"Chicken Little"
was a most wonderful tale with which to open wide the eyes of children.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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