Beaverton times., July 05, 1918, Page Page Five, Image 5

Friday, July 5, 1918.
'THE BEAVERTON TIMES
Page Five
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. The Beaverton Times, ' -
A REMINISCENCE OF
THE LATE WAR I
(By F. M. Hobart.)
The company had been order
ed into, line along, the track,
waiting for the incoming train,
which was to bear them away to
headquarters, where they were
to receive .their arms and equip
ments, before joining the thou
sands already in arms, battling
to save the union. This com
pany was an unusually fine one,
being mostly composed of young
married men, who had lingered
a little before offering their ser
vice to their country for the
sake of the sad faced young
wives who had looked their re
luctance with pleading eyes,
rather than spoken it. Now
their hour had come, for they
could not in honor remain when
the president had called for 100,-
000 more. Until 1862 the army
had been composed of volun
teers, for the north, ignorant of
the power of the south, which
she had been for years secretly
accumulating, thought that a
few determined troops would
serve to put an end to the re
bellion, and learn the south a
salutary lesson. We had already
hundreds of thousands in the
field, and now President Lincoln
had called for 100,000 more vol
unteers, if they would be, con
script if thev must be. The talk
of conscription had called forth
this companv of young men in
county in the northern part
of New York. The wages were
no inducement, beino- only thir
teen dollars a month, arid the
bounty was only one hundred
dollars, and the time was three
vears. These men were all too
honorable and patriotic to be
forced to render assistance in
their, country's time of need, and
so thfev had obeyed the call vol
untarily, and were ready for the
sacrifice. All wore sober faces,
yet very proud they looked in
their bright new uniforms, un
stained by travel, or the turmoil
of war. x
Among the mothers, wives,
sisters and sweethearts who had
come - out to give the last em
brace, the last kiss, the last
handclasp and the last token of
remembrance, in the town of
P from whence this com-
pa"hy were starting, I particu
larly noticed a young woman
with a child perhaps a year old.
There was nothing especially
striking about this woman that
one would notice her more than
another, onlv for the mingled
look of fright and despair, that
made' her face an impressive
one. During the week that I
had been in camp, she had come
un from the' village about a mile
distant, carrying this veaw
child in her arms and had re
mained all dav with her fenc
band; returning at nicM. nt.W
young wives had done the am.
but I was especially attracted to
her by that peculiar expression,
and the heart broken dignity of
her demeanor. The : husband,
like herself, was quiet and unob
trusive . and I made his face a
study for hours, trying to make
out what qualities he possessed
to first attract this educated and
refined young lady, and thus
deepen that attraction to woi
ship. He was of medium height,
with a well shaped head set firm
ly on square shoulders above a
broad chest, high broad fore
head, large melancholy dark
eyes, straight nose, a tender,
womanish mouth, and square
chin, and complexion neither
light nor dark, and dark hair;
only an ordinary looking man,
and as he was quite a stranger
to me, I could only conjecture.
But it was evident that her life
was bound up in his. In all
those days, I never heard her
speak to anyone but once; when
I held her child to rest her while
the company were on parade,
she thanked me in far off, ab
sents yet gentle tones, without
withdrawing her gaze from her
husband. Now that the hour ot
parting had come, that expres
sion on her face had intensified
until horror was blended with
fright and despair. She stood
beside her husband, and gazed
fixedly at him while he held the
child to his bosom, while the
tears rolled down his cheeks and
beard, dampening the babe's
clothing. The train came rush
ing in and pulled up beside that
line of human freight which it
was to bear away, and some of it
forever. She took the child,
gave her husband one long, lin
gering kiss, and he was forced
into the cr, and the train
moved slowly away. No tears,
no moans, no demonstration of
grief escaped her as she stood
where he left her, with the child
held high above her head, that
perchance the husband and
father might see them as long
as the train was in sight. Then
she turned, and clasping her
babe closely to her bosom, walk
ed quietly away.
Just then the heartbroken
moans of a poor woman near me
claimed my attention and sym
pathy. She had crouched on the
ground, and had buried her face
in her arms, and her whole
frame was quivering with grief ,
She was past the meridian of
life, broken down with sickness
and sorrow. Only the week be
fore, she had buried a promising
and beloved son whose young
life had gone out by an accident
on the cars, and today, as the
train swept slowly, - and it
seemed to us sullenlv. around a
curve out of steht, it had borne
another, her eldest, and her hus
hvnA. the companion of . her
youthful,- days nand the support
f Pr (vyrr years, away to
te uncertainties of a sanguin
ary war. Not forgetting that)
the same train had borne away
my own young husband also, and
as it subsequently proved never
to return, I resolutely checked
the grief that was tugging at
my heartstrings, and pought to
console her whose weight of
vaora and recent, sorrow had Un
fitted her for so crreat a trial. I
assisted her to rise, and winding
my own strong arm within ners,
walked with her to her home, a
few yards distant. All through,
the dreary hours ot that long
night I tried to inspire her with
the hopefulness of youth, a
buoyant and naturally cheerful
spirit, but during the intervals
of silence that sometimes fell
between us, I thdught my ,own
heart would break, and I longed
to go away alone and wail out
my grief in a succession of pro
longed shrieks.
Tn a few davs I left P and
went to the same town where
resided Mrs. who had so
strangely attracted me. In just
one week from the time the reg
iment moved, I saw her again.
The look of terror in her large,
dark eyes was . hidden by the
white lid, which drooped wearily
over them : the auiverin?. sen
sitive lips had settled down,
slightly parted, over .the white
even teeth, and over all was that
despairing look which even
death cpuld not dispel. She was
dead. Dead, with her babe on
her bosom, cold ad motionless
as herself. Together thev had
gone out into the great -unknown,
where the weary are at
(Continued on last page.)
WHEAT FLOUR AGAIN
AFTER THE FOURTH
Thirtv-five stems of rve from
, , . i
a single crown, stems standing
almost six feet hieh and every
stem surmounted by a perfect
head of liberal size is on display
at the office of Stroud & Tucker.
It was grown on the farm of F.
(J. Fluke ot Kinton and was
brought in by County Agent N,
C. Jamison who gathered it for
his office collection but found it
was shattering when he got this
far and decided to leave it here.
(Continued from Page One.)
across the Atlantic.
"But now, the Portland situa
tion is that tonnage for only one
more cargo can be had before
the new crop.
"The remaining flour, after
that cargo is filled, would there
fore not be available for export
nfil onffioiont oniilri he milled
from the new crop to complete
another cargo. Mr. Ayer, there
fore requested, in view of the
need of flour for harvesting and
threshing, that permission be
granted to use this remaining'
old crop of flour locally.
"This, Mr. Hoover granted,
at the same time expressing the
greatest, appreciation of the
loyal accomplishment of the peo
ple of Oregon.
"It should be remembered
that this does not mean that the
need for the saving of wheat has
passed, Families shall not pur
chase more than that standard
package which will supply their
needs for thirty days.
If A .,!! U
America must aun iccu wic
world, and no mortal knows
what the situation will be before
the 1 919 crop is harvested.
"The su"-ar situation is more
serious. While eveiy effort will
be made to supply sugar needed
for fruit canning sugar for pur
poses not absolutely, necessary
will be cut to the lowest possible
point. ;
"Families who have used- 25
pounds for canning, can so cer
tify to their dealers, signing an
other card which shall be en
dorsed by the dealer and ,fmv
warded to the county adminis
trator J Permit will be iss"ed
for ; another 25 pounds. .TV
administration hopca to furnish
enough sugar ior genuine can
ning demands, but these w'to
take advantage of .these provn
ions for canning, to secure nuT.r.
for other uses, may expe-t ver;'
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