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Lucy Barnhill's Garden
By J. GRACE WALKER.
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11.
"I'm not one to beat about the
bush," Mrs. Wiersema began briskly;
"SO I'll say right out I've come to
ask you semething and ,to tell you
something. And the first ia, I)id you
ever raise flowers?"
"Not any to speak of," the girl re-
plied coldly. She cast a disinterested
eye on the seed eetalogue In Mrs.
Wiereenta's hand. "There's some peo-
ple flowers won't grow far," she add-
ed. Her face fell into bitter lilies.
"There's some places flowers won't
grow," Mrs. Wiersema admitted, "and
of course if they're not put hi early
enough or if they're planted too deep,
why, then— But that brings me up
to the thing I wanted to tell you. I
wanted you should hear about Lucy
Barnhill, who moved into this house
in the fall, twenty-one years ago last
November." She followed Rhoda's eye
to the clock and added, "That is, if
you've got the time to hear."
The girl made a little impatient
gesture of assent.
Mrs. Wiersema went on: "Lucy
came to this town that fall a plain
little runt of a thing that nobody
looked at twice; and she and her aunt
settled down here in this house just
'fore snowfall, as I recollect. There
wasn't anybody to show a smiclgm 01
interest in her when she came. I was
sono older than she was and more
taken up with the man I finally come
to marry than I was with new neigh-
bors. Come to find out afterwards, I
guess nobody went near the house all
winter, and she just slipped out after
groceries and shut herself in again,
witlieut saying ay-, yes nor no to a
soul. Luc:y Barnhill was quiet. but,
land, when we eome to know her --
"You see, along about the middle of
April I milled Inv head- out of the
elands- fD'ave and I were engaged by
then). and there I see Lucy Barnhill
digginround the house with a hired
boy -le help and setting out bushes
and things,—bulbs in here. and seeds
over there, --anybody could see she'd
put in a considerable 'garden. Right
away thinks I, rn drop in and see,
that girl.' I was fond of a garden,
and so wap Dave. But one thing and
another came up, and I didn't go.
"You know how spring conies some
years --such a little bit every day that
you don't take notice. and then you
just wake up some morning, and there
it isl Weil, sir, I'd been all took up
with thinking of what I was going to
be married in,—satin or velvet, I
couldn't decide which,—and one niorn-
in' I put up the shade and looked over
here, and everything on the place had
just jumped right out into leaf. The
sweat peas were halfway up the lat-
tice, and the snapdragons had got a
start over there in the south corner.
There was a great clump of pink
• apirea she'd put in next the steps, and
bridal wreath and snowball on the
other side."
Rhoda's eyes expressed an involun-
tary interest.
"What was in that bed just to the
left of the gate as you come in?" she
asked. "I've always wondered; there's
a ring of stones left as if something
had been planted."
"Seems to me it was these big cin-
namon pinks," Mrs, Wiersema reflect-
ed. "There was a bed somewhere
near the street; people used to lean
over the front fence to sniff at 'em,
going past. Next the fence 'twas
lilies of the valley as thick as pins in
a pincushion. There was no such an-
other garden anywhere in the block,
and, it turned out later, not anywhere
in Hennepin. Just as soon as some-
thing new would begin to blossom,
people would say to each other, 'You
ought to go down Elm Street and look
at Lucy Barnhill's larlcspur,' and later
it'd be 'Lucy Barnhill's fireball.' It
got to be a great walk for couples.
"Lucy'd sent away for a crimson
rambler to set out by the front porch,
and it did real well even that first
:Year. But the second summer if that,
, bush wasn't a sight for angels I never
:expect to see one. It just took hold
,and went all over the porch and hung
no 'thick with those little red roses
./ never looked out the window with-
out attain! my breath, '
lust as soon as those flowers be-
gan to come out, people began to fall
over themselves to get acquainted
- -witleLucy. You knoW how It is; folks
on committees find it real handy to
way, P11 get Lucy Paarnhill to furnish
xosee.' /11irst it was for that, and then
It Was for her.
"By the next sp.1 riad many
a beau. 'wasn't many Sundays a rig
wasat Etched to that tie ring, some-
,
'es as many as 'i.bree. Seerns iik
they couldn't give in -she wasn't going
to have them. My cousin, Elam Ten-
ny, was one of .theni. It was nip and
tuck between them all, as far as we
could see, for the pest part of a year.
Then one afternoon there was a knock
at our side door, and there stood. Elam
with a look on his face -goodness me
it took my breath away! He caught
hold of my hand, and he says, 'Come
on over to Lucy's, Henrietta. It don't
seem possible—and I ain't worth it --
but she's,prornised to marry me.' "
Mrs. Wiersema sat silent a moment,
looking round the room. "And they
was married right there in that .bay
window, and I stood up with her in a
blue silk dress with rows of gray -silk
stitching round the skirt every two
inches.''
Rhoda Larkin had been leaning for-
ward in her chair to listen, with her
dark eyes following Mrs. Wiersema's
gestures. It was almost as if plain
little Lucy Barnhill's wedding cere-
mony had just taken place in the quiet
room.
Suddenly she drew back with a
quick intake of breath.
"What good is all this to me?" she
asked bitterly.
Her visitor laughed, "I've been all
round Rabin Hood's barn corning to
ray point," she admitted. "But I've
got a point, and here it is. Do feu
want to get to know the young folks
here and be in on their parties and
picnics, or are you set on clearing- out,
like Lucy Barnhill admitted to me she
come -near doing?"
Rhoda made no answer to the ques-
tion.
"Next weelc Lucy Tenny's oldest
girl is coming to make me a visit, a
month anyhow and maybe all sum-
mer. She's been here most every year
since she was knee-high. Sometimes
I think the young folks act plumb daf-
fy about her, the way they carry on
when she comes. I suppose it's just
the Lucy Barnhill comin' out in
Isabel.
'Now, here's what I want you
should do. You take that twelve dol-
lars you got for a ticket and put it
into seeds—seeds and bulbs and bush-
es. Isabel will be tickled to help you
put them out; she's ,a -master hand
with plants. The little boys can spade.
And the first day after she gets here
Fin going to give a party for you two
—a corning -in party for her and a
reining -out party for you. I'll expect
you to help me with the cakes and
decorations, but you musn't help serve
because you'll be a guest of honor."
Rhoda's laugh was bitter. "Me a
guest of honor -in Hennepin!"
"And now I've got to go start my
supper," Mrs. Wierseme went on ser-
enely. "I'll leave the catalogue here
where you can look at it when you
get a minute. Where there's extra
good offers there's a leaf turned down.
rn look for you over this evening,
and we'll pick out which grows best
in this ground. We ought to get off
an order to -night, so that the things'll
get here about the time Isabel doe3.
She's a hustler; she'll want to pitch
right in. Then I'll need some help off
and on all week to manage for the
party."
She went down the walk, saying
fervently to herself, "Now, if only
Carrie Shoemaker doesn't try to put
a finger in!"
Front six to seven o'clock was sup-
per tirne in Hennepin. That was fair-
ly safe. At seven o'clock, with the
dishes out of the way, Mrs. Wiersema
posted herself at the front window:
Presently the door across the way
opened, and Rhoda appeared, with her
two little brothers close behind. They
shot ahead of her as she came slowly
across the road. Just as'she 'turned
in at the gate, a large woman in an
imposing black hat swept round the
corner and approached aggresively on
the other side of the street. With a
chuckle of nervous relief, dMrs. Wier-
sema welcomed the three Lakins in-
doors. °
Ithoda's face, with the bitterness in
abeyance, had a plainly 'humorous
cast.
"Who was that 'fat girl that I told
I was going to leave?" she asked,
-with her dark eyes twinkling.
"Oh, that," said Mrs. Wiersema,
with an answering flash. "That's El-
vira Shoemaker. Her folkis leading
citizens. You'll meet her and :earn
all about her at the party."
(The End.)
Life is a journey on which wd are
always hurrying along to see what's
round the corner.
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rid
de,
atee'ea„
Why 1 Like to Be My On
First let me eay that what I earn
is my own to do as I like with. My
husband does not dictate—"it's ,just
Leet spring I mean to take a I the
orphan lembe I can get, and buy as
many others as I ettn e.are J:01% vnl
kcePathe beets ones to add to my smelt
uaderstood"—and yet he knows he
could have every cent if he really
needed it, We have lived on the
"ranch" three years, after years
town life, nine miles out and -witn
few neighbors. I thought at first that
my chance to make money away out
here would be limited to poultry -
raising. I have always raised enough
for our own use And a fewafor sale,
but have never tried it on a larg?
scale. In town I did dressmaking,I
raised vegetables and flowers, and al-
ways managed to keep myself in pin -
money.
I find, however, that I can make
more and like the work better here
than in town, by raising lambs, and
pigs, and sometimes a calf,
My husband makes hog -raising a
side issue with farming, and often,
in a large litter of pigs, there will be
one or more small ones--frunts" he
calls them—that would probably die
if left with the others. I rescue them,
raise them by hand, and by giving it
extra feed end care the runt is often
the best hog in the lot at selling time.
I have three now, tvvo months old, out
of a litter of twelve, that cannot be
classed as runts by any means. 1 sold
one last year for $10 at nine weeks
Sometimes I raise a calf. If I hear
of one that I can have for taking it
away, I surely go get it. One 'such
calf I sold for a veal at seven weeks,
and got $15,30 for it. Another from
good stock I arn keeping. She is a
fine heifer, six months cid.
flock, kept from last epring, and will
soon htive a real flock 32 sheep of
my own.
°Il
$`-‘8ien 'elna°0nktihnglafsotr aatittharnelsnI
lungeacrrnNel
crew.
1 helped out a neighbor in distress,
as well as adding a neat sum to my
purse. I did not seriously neglect
my home or my husband, as I was
home nights and part of every after-
ligi000noi gnng; hioIsv;v1elovouetlrd,e aarliytkeeaerpei ntdthat
for
two ot hafo r
houses
. •
I am forty-seven years old, and
have two lovely children—a son, mar-
ried, and our daughter, "the baby,"
though past nineteen, is always in a
position. I have a piano and numer-
ous"'other things for the house which
I have paid for myself; I also paid
about half on our car. Husband is
paying for the ranch, while I add
My outdoor work makes for better
health, and does -not interfere with
household duties as sewing for others
did. I arn my own boss, with no one
to find fault with my work, I can go
calling or to townewith no one's gown
to finish up by a certain time.
Short Cats Other Women Use.
I have always enjoyed candlelight,
but have neither the money to pur-
chase "dripless" varieties nor the
time to clean my candlesticks every
time I use them. I was delighted
when I found that by painting • the
ordinary candle with varnish it would
burn without even a suggestion of a
Why the East Wants Daylight Saving
Within a few -weeks, the question of
daylight saying will probably once
more become the subject of more or
less heated debate in wnich business
men, city fathers, farmers with cows
to milk, mothers with children of
school age to look after, and last but
not least, railroads with time tables
to print and trains to run if possible
to the minute, will demand to have,
their say. The advocates for daylight
saying will point out that in England
the economy in coal consumptioa ef-
fected by daylight saying during the
surntner months amounted to $2,500,-
000, whereas the dairy farmers of the
middle west protest that the moraing
dews and the natural milking time for
cows cannot be regulated by clock,
Tittle in the North-West, where the
summer sun shines eighteen or twen-
ty hours a day the mother of seven
children wishes to goodness that the
darkness and the hour for bed time
came twice as soon and lasted twice
as long—what she wants is a dark-
ness -saving law.
The demand for daylight saving,
however, is most insistent in Eastern
into another, pus introducing a time
at variance with. the theoretical time
of that zone. The contention of the
rallwaYs is that time should be
changed only at the points, at the ter-
mini of train dispatching districts
when train crews are relieved.- They
claim it is hazardous to require train
crews to change from one standard
operating time to another during a
trick of duty, and impracticable to
have train dispatchere operate trains
under two standards of time.
Novr it is noticeable that the de-
mand for- adoption of daylight saving
time by the larger towns and cities is
almost exclusivelyedorifinecl to Eastern
Canada, New Engle:rill States and the
City of New York. On examination,
this appears to be dud to the fact that
Eastern Standard time which theore-
tically extend,s only between the 75th '
and 90 meridians, has been carried
in actual practice a -very considerable
distance east of the 75th degree. Ac-
cording to this meridian places all of
the Province of Quebec, and all of
New England, New York City and
part of New York State in the Atlan-
_
SHADED AREA sNOws
PREsENT EXTENT OF
EAsTERN TIME
MERIDIANS SHOW
CORRECT SCIEN77F/C
DIVISIONS OF
STANDAR° TIME
Canada and the Easter -di States and
for every insistent demand there is
usually a real reason. The reason ap-
parently Is that the so-called standard
time in force in the area in question
varies considerably from the mean
awl time upon which the actual length
and inten,sitYe Of daylight 1,s, based.
Standard time is a convenient artifice
established in order to securedinifOrm
time for neighboring communities or
places. The elm is travelling from
Eashto,West and the noon. hour origin-
ally travelled with it, but it was found
advisable to fix definite areas in which'
the noon hour and other.hours should
remain the same for the convenience
of the operation of railroads and tele-
graph e 'and th.e transaction of business
wherein contracts . involved definite
time limits.
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The 'situatiOn 'Was complicated, par-
ticularly in. the Ea.stern States and
Canada, by the railways 'themSelves,,
where in actual practice it was' found
necessary to fix the' *'fume -breaking.
zones at terminale or division'points.
As branch lines have been- cometructe
ed, the. carr1era have extended on
these the standard time observed; at
tho junction point or upon:the main
line, There are ithstarico3 Where the
branch lines radiate out of -one zone
tic should belong to the Atlantic Time
Zone, and if this time were rein-
stated there would be little or no call
for daylight saying now. The rail-
ways have carried Eastern time 'too
far dast, and the States and Provinces
and Municipalities which have adopted
the same time for the sake of uni-
formity are realizing, that this does
not correspond with natural time. On
the railvvaYs, Eatstern standard time
Is carried from Gaspe, in Eastern Que-
bec, to Fort William, in Ontario, a dis-
tance of 25 degrees, or 1,200 miles, in-
stead of the 711.70 miles of 15 de-
grees.
On eastern stardard Ureic as at pre-
sent maintained in New England and
Quebec the sun rises from- May to
September two or three hours , befere
the average person is about in the
morning; and sets at an equally uneer-
viceable hour. Hence the natural de-
mand for daylight Saving legislation
in -these parts. -If New England, Que-
bec and the Maritime Province were
to adopt Atlantic standard time, which
Is their natural speeific time, they
would save hundreds of thousands of
dollars all the year round for fuel and
,
light, and incidentally the agitation
for daylight saving would be buried in
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ttrip, The 'varnish is both colorleas
awl odorlesse—Miss J. L. K.
When cleaning woodwork, there is
ever present the (Inger of soiling the
paper -with the cleaning cloth.
This is esp.ecially true when washing
'the =aboard. A good way to avoid
the soniewhat unsiglitly streak on
the paper at the top of the 'board le
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July 1 10 Aug. 27. $650. Vest of
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'1= ZLZItorg6V-iwg.L?237:-"' BOL0FIEVISTS RELEASED
BRITISH CAPTIVES,.
to use a stiff piece of cal'dboarti. Hold
the cardboard flat against the wall
and ight against the mopboard. The
wall will be protected and the card- t
board will receiVe the streak. rt is
really much easier to use this pre -1
caution than liot The strain of pre-
venting the damp cloth from touch-
ing the wall is, ernovcL and one
works with greater fieedoni and
ease.—Mrs. C. II,
Wh'en PreParing cornmeal mush to
fry, r pour it into jelly -glasses, first
wetting the glapses in cold water to
prevent sticking. The mush cools
quickly, and is in good shape to fry
when sliced, as there are no corners
to break off. Before frying I dip
each slice in flour, and find that it
fries ciuicker and .browner—Mrs.
M.'S. I
My home-made medicine cabinet is
very convenient. In it all the house-
hold remedies are assembled, within
reach of the older members of the
family and out of the reach of young-
sters. We partitioned off an ordinary
box, and then gave it three eoats, in-
side and out, of white enamel paint.
To improve theappearanceI stencil-
ed a small design in blue on the out-
side, and hung a little- tblue curtain
in front. In the back of the cabinet
are two gimlet holes for hanging
upon nails driven in -the wall. In the
different partitions I keep different
things ---boxes of pellets in the small-
er top partition, boxes of salves in the
other. In the shorter of the two low-
er partitions I keep, short bottles,.
tall ones in the other.—Mrs. F. E. H.
A small scrub brush .4 a part of
my laundry equipment has been found
of great value in washing overalls
and badly soiled collars and cuffs of
men's work shirts. I lay the wet
article on the washboard, rub laundry
soap on the brIfsh, and brush the soil-
ed article vigorously, often, dipping
the brush in water. This is _much
easier than scrubbing, and saves wear
on clothing as well.—M. E. G.
In emptying 'the pillow ticks to be
-laundered this spring, try nay way of
keeping- the feathers from wasting
and flying all over the house. I take
a flour sack (one with the starch still
in it is best), turn it wrong side out,
then rip an opening in the end of the
pillow tick, and sew this Opening to
the mouth of the flour sack with a
strong thread. Invert the tick, and
shake the feathers into the sack. tie
securely, and rip the sack loose. After
laundering, sew it and the tick to-
gether again, and shake the feathers
back into the tick.—Mrs. I. W. J.
I had a georgette waist that need-
ed -washing very badly, but I was
afraid to attempt to wash it for -fear
it might fade. It was Made of two-
colored georgette, and embroidered
in a different shade. One day I made
suds of warm soft water and white
soap shavings, and_ added a large
tablespoon of salt. I soused the waist
until all of the dirt disappeared, then
rinsed it several times in warm soft ,
water to which salt was added. I then
squeezed it as 'dry as possible, and,
taking Turkish towels, "wiped" it
until it was much drier. Next I took
a piece of clean blotting papitr and
absorbed all of the moisture where
the two colbrs of materials joined,
and about the embroidered place. I
then hung it in the shade to dry, and
pressed it with a warm (not hot) iron
when slightly damp.—C. S.
Try flouring your cake tins after
having thoroughly greased them, and
you will have no more trouble with
your cakes sticking.—Mrs. P. II. W.
Removing Stains From Clothes.
Fruit or indigo stains: Spread'
stained part over a vessel and pour;
boiling water through the stain. The!
water should strike with force, I
- Seorched fabric: Scorched fabrics!
cacc be restored if the threads are un-
injured. Wet the stained portion and
expose to the sunlight. Repeat.
Spots on wool or silk: For wool,
dissolve the grease with gesoline ar
alcohol. A little salt added to gaso-
line prevents its leaving,es ring. Eor
silk use ether or chloroform
c- 1 oItroeifa
ns rust: Sall
tothe
all and
n dml spot and
will remove rust etas white
h
the clothes placed, in the son, A soc-
ond application may be necessary,
Ink stains: Experiment with one
corner of trite spot; ink Variea greatly
in composition. If the stain is fresh,
soak the stained part in non. Change
the discolored milk for a fresh 'sup-
ply.
Blood stains- Rub with common
soap in cold water. If necessary, add
a teaspoonful of turpentine to the
water. If the cloth is thick, apply
raw -starch paste to the stain., Renew
pate until stain disappears.
Grass stains: Wash with soap and
cold water. If the fabric .has no deli-
cate colors, and the stain is fresh,
treat with ammonia' Wate.4 ar alcohol.
For colored fabrics apply molasses or
,a paste of soap and baking -soda. Let
stand over night. `
Women! Use "Diamond
Dyes."
Dye Old Skirts, Dresses, Waists,
Coats, Stockings, Draperies,
Everything.
Each pacgage of "Diamond Dyes"
contains easy directIong for dyeing
'any article of woe', silk, cotton, linen,
or mixed goods. Beware! poor dye
streaks, spots, fades and ruins ma-
terial by giving it a 'dyed -look." Buy
"Diamond Dyes" ouly. ,DruggIst has
Color Card.
Houses Made of Straw.
Houses of straw are to be erected
In France.
The idea of straw houses las been
put forward by an expert in textiles,
who, not content with perfecting his
own branch of manufacture, has in. -
vented -11. process for making bricks
from compressed straw.
The fi-arnework of the houses will
be made of wood, and the walls will
be built up with blocks of straw. Ow-
ing to the lightness of the nulterial.
there is no need for deep foundations,
and a building can be campletect in a
month.
The first straw house has alreacly
been built at IVIontargis, and if it
proves a success it is poseible that
the new invention will be utilized in
the devastated regions.
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"The work o1 the world is done by
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Gad asks that a part be done by you."
—Boulton.
The Canadian Government, through
its Department of, Agriculture, oper-
ates 18 experimental farms, the main
one being at Ottawa rand the others
in e-ach Province.
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Total funda on, hand at 31st Doemnberi 1920—$1,205,357.77.
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the Soviet Republic.
A number of 'British naval erliterss
petty officers and rnen haVe recently
landed at. Portsmouth, England', after
being reileased from imprisonment by
the Resiian 13olslfeviate. They lie.d
been in the 'hands of 'the, SeViet.
public from the ,end of April till the
beginning. of November. The London
Times publishes the folovvingemeount
of their experiences, written by a
member of the party:
We arrived at Baku. from. Batura on
Ike afternoon of April 27; and were,
met there by Major Rowan, political.'
officer, and, Mr. Hevelelce, British. Con.
dut We were Pia our way to Enzell to '
join the Russian fleet, At Baku it was
explained to us that Boishevist troops
from Azerbaijan were nearing the
town, but that there was no immediate
danger. We, considered the queetion
of continuing our journey by sea, but
a boat could not be obtained. Thfi '-
Governor of Baku told us that he waa
going to defend the town to the last
extremity. -
We left a ,detaclunent at the station
to look after the truck Whiohdheld oar
astores, while our officers went to try
to get a permit from the Governor to
continue our -journey. .vv e wanted to
get away in the morning. A permit
was obtained that night, hift on the
return of our officers to the atation
they were surrounded by Azerbaijan
.troops and hustled to a small waiting
room. An officer had already been
placed in charge of our train, and he
told us that the station was full of
troops and machine guns and that he
did not know what might happen at
any .ere
moment.etaken away to the extra-
ordinary commission and there we
were eearched, all knives, razors, scis-
sors and so forth being talteu from us.
We were put into one big room, where
there wore about 300 other people of
all sorts and descriptions. This wile
an extremely fifthy place and we got
no sleep all the night. In. the morning
they gave us a small piece of black
bread to eat.
The next afternoon they. told as they
were going to take as to nice roome in
another place. We were marched for
about two miles under a, very hot sun,
carrying all our gear, and were
incarcerated in the Bailoff prison,
There we were -put into three cellie:
These cells were about 12 feet square,
and twelve 01 us. were put in each.
The prison was in a -filthy condition.
We protested,'but they s.aid there was
nothing else they cOuld do. We were
locked in, and a present was given to
us in the shape of a packet of rice,
which was dropped into our` cells
through a hole in the door.
For about a fortnight we were al-
lowed out for only hall an hour in the
morning and another half an hour in
the evening for exercise. There was
a small courtyard just outside the
door with one water tap in it, which
had to serve for 350 persons. The
sanitary accommodation was equally
le,stricted and the smell from this was
hdrrible, the Ino.re so as the ventila.
don was so arranged that the offen-
sive odor came right into our cell.
They gave us for rations a pound of
black bread per man per day and a
little rice. Often the bread ration
would not arrive, as when there were
thefts an the way the whole wa,s held,
up vrhile enquiry was made.
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After about a month we were al-
lowed to go into the conrtyard very
near& the whole of the day, and were
only locked up in the cells at night,
but the nights weefs very terrible ta-
us awing to the great keat, the lack
of ventilation, and the plague of ver-
min. The place" fairly swarmed with
insects, Fortunately it was summer
time and the verrnin did not act as
typhus carriers, as I understand they
do in winter. ,
The, Bolshevists did uot treat us
-With any persoual cruelty, but they
'made "us live under the moat trying
and revolting conditions. The (Jos -
sack warders, who had charge of cia`
and who hated the Poileslarts, were in-
clined to be rather friendly, but the
11,oi•s1ieadi5t conmits.sioners were very
offensive in their behavior and order- -ocl frequent searches of our cells to
be carried out. -During these searches
the soldiers turned everything upside
clown and 'toolz everything they could
lay hands on. Afterwaid we would
see the co•mmissaas in the prison yard,
dividing among themselves, the things
they had looted from us.
About November 1 we got the firat
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came back and said we could not go
awayhmtil next day. We thought the
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noon.
If there is anything the average
woman will not atand for, it lfi
hear her, husband pritiaz1 her aeighe
bor's bread.
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