Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1917 — Was Willing. [ARTICLE]

Was Willing.

“Several years ago I was traveling from St. Moritz to London," said a Chicago man. “I had an hour’s wait in Paris at the Gare du Nord, so I got out of the train for a-little exercise. Like our own railroad stations, this one was full of hustle and bustle. After a few moments of wandering about I heard above all other noises a man shouting frantically: ‘ls there anyone in this place who can speak English?’ “No one else evidently could, so I walked over to where he was despairingly waving* his arms (not all ‘men from home’ are a la William Hodge), and I said: ‘I speak English.’ “‘Saved.’ he yelled. ‘I must get to Boulogne tonight! Ask one of these chattering Frenchmen where I can get the train for Boulognte!’ “‘I would,’ I answered, repressing a terrible desire to laugh, ‘if I could only speak French.’ ” —Puck.