They took away
the wounded, and as soon as they had gone the nuns woke us up, and we
started out, following all the back roads.
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A postcard has been received from Miss Agnes Holliday, daughter of a
Hammersmith builder, who is at a convent school near Liege, in which she
states that on Tuesday night last "the convent was full of German
soldiers, to whom we spoke. At Fouron they have had a terrible time."
War-Time Scenes in Rouen
[From THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 8, 1914.]
_The following is a literal translation of a letter just
received in New York by a French lady's maid from her sister
at Rouen, and gives the point of view of the modest laboring
classes in France:_
ROUEN, Aug. 21, 1914.
My Dear Sister Henriette:
If I judge according to our impatience to get your news, I understand
you are anxious for ours. I hope that you made a good voyage and that
nothing disagreeable has happened to you during the journey. There is a
little change in life in Rouen. Numerous factories are closed, for the
reason that the men are gone to war, and women are powerless to operate
the machinery. As for me, the sewing is still going a little, but I do
not think that it will last long. Business stops little by little; the
most of the stores are closing, which gives the city a sad appearance.
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