The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-06-04

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which uas riddied With shots and shat
tered 10 bitsA
A Gtrraan doctor removed the hulle'
from my throat. and the first thing N
said to me when came To was ~YoI
are an American n
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! the metal hieaslncation disk on ms
vrisi bore the iascTsgrion:
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t. SA
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Although | MAS suffering Intense
agony, the doctor. who spoke perfect
English, Insisted upon couverslnc with
TIE.
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nan," he declared, -hui yon are q
a--a murderer 5uSi the same for be-
ine here. Nou Americans who cot into
this thing before Amer4ca came into
the war are 10 better than common
nurderers and yoa ougAi to be treated
the same WAY Z"
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possible for ae 10 answer hin- aDG ]
was suffering too mach pain 10 he
h1rr very much /! anything be could
say.
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apple, could tasi IS easily have
eaten 4 brick.
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he walked sway dlseuS;edIy.
'You don't have to WORRY any more
DE declared as Il parting Shot "For
you the var is over
was given = lissle hroth later in
the DAY. and ~ bec2n - collect my
thoughts ! wondered what had hap
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which had resulted 50 GisaS;rouSly 10
me- A. began 20 realize my plight
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aiiinn than THE fact that as the doc
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