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Show SOLDIER IS HELPED OUT OF PREDICAMENT Y. M. C. A. Woman Sends Present to His Sweetheart With Camouflaged Camou-flaged Note. PARIS, Dec. 21. (By the Associated Press.) He wanted to buy a Christmas present for his girl back home so that she could show it to all the other girls and destroy their peace of mind because it had come from France. He knew just what he wanted, too, but every' lime he thought of going into the shop and trying to ask in French for the thing he wanted, lie got red behind the ears, lie had gone over the top in the past, unafraid, but he couldn't do this. At last, when his leave was all up, he went into the canteen and asked the Y. 51. C. A. woman there to make the purchase pur-chase for him. He gave her the address, and hoped it wouldn't be too much trouble to send the package. "Of course it won't." said the Y. M. C. A. woman, who buys dozens of such gifts each week. "'11 enjoy it. I'll see that t h package goes all right, and, if you like, I'll write her a little note, too, telling her how well you're looking." "That will be nice," said the private. He counted out the money, a generous amount. Still he lingered, and it was evident that ho had something- else on his mind. "Anything else I can do for you?" asked tho woman. "It's like this," began the private, hesitatingly. hesi-tatingly. He stopped, swallowed, and started all over again. "Please be careful care-ful what yon say in that note, won't you ma'am? Yon see my girl she's funny about some things she might think wtdi, you know how women arc," finished the pri vn to wisely. "I'll tell you what," said the Amtrican woman, I'll tell her I enjoyed meeting vou because I have a son in the army myself. "Will that do'.'" "That will Te fine," said tho private heartily. "I wouldn't have mentioned it, only yon know how women are." He smiled at her undcrstandingly, fa luted, turned and went out. |