Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01

Top" the best seller of the year. The
remaining articles will tell Mr.. En-
pcy'S experiences during his seventeen
months in the first line trenches OF
the British army in France. the thrill
ing great adventures" which nun
drcds OF thousands OF young Americans
soon TO pass throuGh)
1t was 1914. and the great worlds
was on. and here was | in the
United States and neutral. For thir-
teen years I had been soldering. but
had never been under rlrc. In my
imagination | could hear the gums
booming on the western front ad-
nit was trfie afraid; nevertheless.
| had great desire to get into the
miX-up How could l get over: |
planned out many ways, bat none Of
them were practical.
One day while walking down Green
wich Street, New York. I passcu AN
employment agency. StariI-; me IN the
face was great iiaring sign, Horses
for France" Under this Men Want
ed" Here was my Chance
Upon returning to my office | immc
diatcly got in touch over the telephone
with two prominent men in New York
After outlining my desire. All appoln,-
ment was made for me to meet :, GER
tain gentleman at the Hotel Astor at
o'clock that afternoon. met him.
He introduced me to Il Frenchnan. \;
that lime In my eyes Il Frenchman was
here, man TO be looked up To. Il
man fighting in the great cause. Ru,
now a Frenchman 10 me is more than
hero. After being introduced | went
up into the renchman's room and
talked over the matter OF horses for
France for about twenty minutes.
Upon leaving the Frcnchman / was
told to repo'i TO him three days later.
at the same time and place. | left
bubblinE over with enthusiasm ana ai,.
ticipat ton.
During this interval of three days I
mapped out a story Of my life TO pre-
sent to linn upon our second interview
The eventful day at last came, and
once more l was closcted with him.
started in to tell him my story He
interrupted me by waving his right
hand 10 the right and left |, re-
minded me OF the butts on target
range during rifle practice. when the
man marking the target wSwass "A
miss to the firing line My heart sank.
Then lie spoke. and was carried from
dependency TO the greatest height OF
expectation. His words: Pardon me.
monsieur. / already know your life"
and in an amazingly short time lie
told me more than ] knew about my
sc'f. had been carefully investigated.
ConfdentInl Instructions,
MY instructions received from nim
arc confidential. $" ! w;ll not go into
,.,ono 49,, 80,
fully all details as contained ,b,rc,,
N'"' o"'N " 'hH oi
."' CIV >c'ope an" on Il
:l,>,;.,' ''""' "'P"r' III
'-,'p'"! "lt"' NS""r!' No.
'' "S al
canat,,,;,. t,, '''" ''''" u',' '"s voyage
''' "'
"u' ''e o"i IN
;. .,'7 ''''' " an u'
,..,,,;a,s -, "'S "Irp'"'"e' 'e
~ ,,r., "Y"3 ,"' .po. .""o'ns
,,,,;,. o'
he ,,.,n.,., ','" - ."I ..'''' opcs
,,..,', ,' 49, 'o'"
.,a,ha,. Nv, 49, p'' "" ~! '''eS'
snir, ~, "''"
, u.,,',,a anu
o,1 ,i,,, ,,, ,
In ,.,;,,, ,i.,,..n
Sou vi, ~ 80 -
-, ,, , '... "
h.r.I - ,..
,h.so v,rs,',.s I,.,,,;,, "
49,, 'u
into ,h.;, ,,.,
minutes lotor :. nnI;.cm,, ,,,,o ,.,a.
and tam ~ ,,, e w
slouchod ,u., ,.,,h ,h, ,.,,o
rcl,i,c ,bor, ,,, ~ ;
.n.,nI,rdIi," ,,,. 49, , 49,,
no, hcforc onc az ,hon, n,.,, ~
nc,,inr ,ud .,,.ssf,, So,
nickel Thc m.,hod u.od h, ,,;, -,
sccurinc. that nick.I uor,d h,,., ,i,
crcdit ,n the .rc,tcst 6r,r.i,rs =; ,t
,.,untrv i'm uu,ting ,brourh ao.i -,
volving millions.