Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-28
HUMAN INTEREST STORIES OF
THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR

Older than MHhhltui '"ttiN - N
d.r Tours who was I3 thus sprinH
Madnmy C0nr s0 wrote on the sup
she Delivered in the Bank n France
with i hundred francs ~ gold 60 pe
exrhaneed f0r national defense bonds
q had saved Il o. make present
to Monsieur Colin sa our golden wed
dina day" she added "put We decided
that we could get mere pleasure ana
satisfacilon out ~ that gold by turn"
inr q, arer as @ sort ~ homage 60 Mon
nicer Iuhoi."
guudreda of school children vii as
asriate the name ~ the venerable min
iater vita their first visit io thar mla-
FERROUS and ave lnspifinE Institution,
always so mpressiVoh guarded ~ me
Handsomely uniformed republican
Hnufda Their teachers lift them ur
60 ihe tclicrs window where gold b. cN-
changed aud thoy are generally aisap-
pointed not i1 see the patrinrcha! head
10 Monsieur Hihut somewhere Doe
hind the counter
Due woman showed "a pile no gold
coins amnunline tu $50 francs through
the tcliers window uf Tire h1nk oi
rfante. with TIE concise explanation.
"Faf Monsieur Hih0i' She turned iu
GO away without her bank bills and
had 81. le lugsuadtd that MnaHicuf
Hlhot WIS 500 seeking gold without
urlnr tno equivalent Boz exchange.
a mnn who Had spent years c0iirrt-
ins hundred fran, gold pieces and had
gotten together hundred of consccu-
tive dates Including tho mrcst efnriea
brought DC to ihe bank Worth as "a
collection tive Time as muct hc went
nwn' satisfied with 10000 francs lu
hank uutes Another numlsmHtist SAGE
rlNocd % unique collection 81 goo of
"douhie louis forts frame pieces
Another man. ln the familiar peas
ants hiue froch came in took his place
hesiiiiinry in the lne and ndHtel
continually while wIiiiue. 49, left the
nns Hafe got i0 Ono dnoT hestntcd
turned nnrh and took his place again
600 iht foot Whom his turn finally
came he ,lsi a fond glance 900 tno sock
boz pulai 0ut 0f FoHt puoket. chem
pour'd seven Thousand francs Boz gold
upon thc counter
Tno countnE uf thr millions uf plooos
received would akc tno nne f would
also uo 5000 complicated since Nith
the 'lHia 'nspuienna" and republics
there are -HDrcfoigna "olHlcf double
cfvlea n fact pieces of nearly every
nation thNt coin aoll Consequently
rtrr4 deposit is valued hy wciEht
Sometime weight s the onN possible
means ~ valuation as ln the case of
tho Cure ~ Huron who deposited at
ihc branch 10 tho lauk ~ Franco at
NhHlnnE- suf MnrnC. shapel,n mass
De- mad discovered ana recovered from
tho ashes uf tnv pfcshyicry after tho
rftr"Ht ~ tnH Germans Coins VI the
total v1iue of $50 Francs bad hccu MELT
cd ana mn together hv tho boat ot the
oorfIaEmuon Tho million and "a hnlf
francs received nt Chalons included a
twenty frame nlrce % the effigy ~ she
republic That bad been nearly picrccd
h} "a German bullet
a newspaper Announcing tho gold
exchange Increment WAS smugsicd into
a. hamlet ou 10. battlefront fhat has
hron taken Nnd fHakcn several tmcs
and NOW happens Co hc occupied bp
thn Germans Tine peasants made "a
purse of nu their gold and drew lots
to choose TIE orc who would hass tho
honor 90 c1rrins it through the lines
40 Monsieur H.hot" "Au ssk" said
tho simple minded peasant who accefu
piishcd thiH mission. "is that tou lnst
slNc me 20 paper that ] can nke back
ie Show tho solids turned over"
You'll take SO back with us sshrn
W. march in' sid tho coloncl esina
him receipt iu thr nRmc ~ tho VILLAGE
-Nou could newer got through thore
twice. allNn"
None ~ the principal banks viii da.
ll'et gold o. anyone now. hnt traffic be-
~ Peg atiN going on under cover 4
man who wanted Dutch gold DO the
value 20 about three hundred francs
got u from "a none, -cNchanror Nv
paYins O. premium ; twenty six francs
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