Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-04

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,'Vi', ~ spe"M i'"''n I'," '.'u@'s l'''''H ~,
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could d'lll Il squad OF recruits lu jer own
"iNu"Sc HN' IN" S'naIi'S' lieutenant cN't
pN"Eeu from observation-disclosures
He never had any difficulty in passing him-
sen on as German wen ! rem'm'gr nus
uehght When he was claimed as Il le4oW
s,,r,n,r boro%G to ,'i,tt,,. If IN,
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dont think Francis had any Interior
motive in his study Of German. lie simply
round he had this Initiative faculty; pallology
mad always Interested him, SO, even after he
had gone into the motor trade, he used to
amuse himself on business trips TO Germany
by acquiring now dialects.
His German limitations were extraordi.
narily funny. one of his "stn,. trrn." was .,
noisy sitting of the Reichstag with speeches
by Prince Bulow ana August Bobel and
INTERRUPTIONS" another. q patriotic oralirn
by an old Prussan General at Il Kaiscr's
birthday dinner. Francis had a marvellous
faculty not only of seeming German but ey,.n
Of almost looking like a German. so au,-a-
lutely was he able to slim into the skin Of fin,
part
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,rg.,,,ad ~ ~ '''''' '''' ''''
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tY lf,ItT 4 .ft-,1f,
holcd from the cradle Ruf I,nd ,r,L,.e r,,,,,-
lar uttcr2ncn ha1 mai ,,.',,tl,i,,, 1,a,
to me. Why, Il mission to Germany would
be the very thing that Francis would agiy,,
his eyes to be allowed to attemnt! Frratp1a
WIN ms utter disregard Of danger, his love
OF taxing RISKS his impSh delight in taking
u rise out OF the stodgy Hun " why IL
there were EnEllshmer brave enough to take
chances of that kind, Francis would be the
HFSt To volunteer
Yes if Francis were ON g, ,,,iesion a,v,,,,o,o
it would be TO Gor,,,onv pnt ,yLat ,,,,-
pect had he of ever ret,,rrin,,- ,,,t,, A.,
frontiers closed aud inercss and eprnss nr,c-
tically barred even to pro-Cipt.mun neufraIsp >
Many "A night in the trenches I had q ,,ert,t
vision of Francis so dehouai, and en- fnor
less. facing "A firiug-suuad Of prrssta,, mi
Yates
From the dav of tba Iurcbo,,, Of .t r,.,
Club to this very afternoon \ ba7 ~, ,s,' ,,l
further iuISlint, of ,,,,, h,,,,tE "'' ~
or fate The autboritirs ot bor, ,c3
ignorance. as knew IA drt,- hn,nd r.,
would, ana had nothjner t f,,,, ,,,, -, ,,,gE
on to until Diclv AIi,,t,,, ,'''1 .''S '','o'S
Ashcroft at the f. O Hyed nm M, ,,ss,,'.t.,
TOR me and | lost no time in exchanging
the white gulls and red ciffs or C.,,',.a
for the windmlls and trim canals or troII,,l
And ro,,, IN 49,. -, " ''''''''''
n small pia,a 80 - "teIsl pocket written on
tidinrs r bod ca,,, ,nIp,Fh hotepaper the
so trivial co r,,,,,a, ~ ''iollI'sen 10 seek. Yet
message thar oIrood,, ta,. 50 hauling was the
to have been a f,,it,y Icy my Tip TO Holland
T fo,,,,, r,i.,.,- -.
+, touiiu bleNF lat ana bursting with health
~ ms quarters at the mternment camp. IIo
Vrt' W. Nr'w 'liat francIs had disappeared.
,r,I,, ~ I,' In nm oi my meeting with Red
'2 - Wv i'.''" '-Iup' ol tne latterS words