You who can help; . nd a half and had left but a fewweeks ago. And how comfortable they hadmade themselves! My inclination was togo into every trench and abri, but I hadto satisfy myself with a few, and we werewarned to be very careful in the Germantrenches, for they have filled them full oftraps, — that is if you picked up some-thing, or tripped over a wire, it might startthings, and the whole trench would blowup. There have been some horrible acci-dents of this kind. In the woods I went into one wonderfulabri, with a beautiful carved lion over thedoor, a wonderful half of a round mahog-any t
You who can help; . nd a half and had left but a fewweeks ago. And how comfortable they hadmade themselves! My inclination was togo into every trench and abri, but I hadto satisfy myself with a few, and we werewarned to be very careful in the Germantrenches, for they have filled them full oftraps, — that is if you picked up some-thing, or tripped over a wire, it might startthings, and the whole trench would blowup. There have been some horrible acci-dents of this kind. In the woods I went into one wonderfulabri, with a beautiful carved lion over thedoor, a wonderful half of a round mahog-any table, big chairs, and big gilt framesminus the glass. I tried to find this sameabri the next day when Miss Casparis andI were alone, for I wanted to bring homethe table, but we could not locate it. We passed one German cemetery, welllaid out, the stonesbeautifully carved;manygraves bore date of but a iew weeks ago. Bailly and every small town are justwrecks, — every building down, and notone sign of life.[ 198 ]. Here we wkrk in lines the Germans held for twoyears and a half and had left buta few ago You Who Can Help We arrived in Noyon about two oclock,and in this large place I should say one-fourth of the buildings are standing; whenI say standing, I do not mean with roofson and window-glass, but the walls stand-ing. In the Place de la Ville, where theMairie (town hall) stands, most of thebuildings are standing. And over the doorof the Mairie Old Glory was flying. Astore in this Place is what the French gov-ernment has turned over for our ware-house. We deposited our things there, andsome went to find a place to leave the cars,while others went for permits to live in thetown. I went to find a woman to cleanand cook for them, for they planned to liveover the store. I wandered down one street, and intowhat was at one time a cafe, and found awoman trying to start it up again. I satdown and talked with her, and asked herif she knew of anyone who could help theseAmerica
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