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An Onlooker in France 1917-1919

CHAPTER VI ( p
5/19

I remember a sad thing happened.

When he left I gave him fifty francs and one hundred "Gold Flake" cigarettes.

He had to go through Paris to get to his regiment, and when he arrived at the Gare du Nord they searched him, and found the cigarettes, took them from him, and fined him two hundred and fifty francs.

It was a sad gift.
About this time I painted de Maratray--philosopher, musician, correspondent and clown.
Fane had gone, and Captain Maude was A.P.M.

Amiens.


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