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An Onlooker in France 1917-1919

CHAPTER IX ( p
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065) Girls, have you been there?
You know we military men Always do our duty everywhere! "Jolly good luck to the girl who loves a soldier.
Real fine boys are we! Girls, if you want to love a soldier You can all (diddley-dum) love me!" and very well he did it.
[Illustration: XXVII.

_Poilu and Tommy._] General Seely asked Maude and myself to dine one night at the "Rhin." Prince Antoine of Bourbon was there--he was Seely's A.D.C.

During dinner I arranged to go to the Canadian Cavalry H.Q.and paint Seely, which I did, and had a most interesting time.

Munnings was painting Prince Antoine at this period, on horseback.

He used to make the poor Prince sit all day, circumnavigating the chateau as the sun went round.


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