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Show FRENCHIOODARNI POLITESAYS YANK y. M. C. A. Man Save Sol-j Sol-j dier From Gesticulating Gendarme at Station. I Ey Associated Press. TAKl!, Nov. 10 tBy Mailt. In front 'f one of the big mapa tif Paris that hang In all the aubway stations a T. M. C A. man recently found an Amerlrsn soldier gesticulating madly in an unavailing argument wmi ticket taker and three beaming gendarmes. gen-darmes. All of them were waving him in the most friendly fashion toward one of the entrances. "Volla. monsieur, voila," they were aaying earnestly, and one of the gendarmes, gen-darmes, in an excess of kindness, put hla hand on the private's shoulder and tried to propel him in the proper direction. direc-tion. But I tell you f don't want to go." he was saying, desperate. Then he aw the Y. M. C. A. man and hla face Cleared. 1o you speak French he asked. "Then for godness aake don't let them . ! send me back to the port of Versailles .tonight. I Just come from there." I "Where do you want to goT asked : the Y. M. A. man. "Nowhere, except to bed. and they , 'won't let me." said th American aol- 1 I dier. "They saw ma looking at a map ' ! snd made tip their minds that I . wanted to go somewhere and I did j not know how. They would have aent j I me, to. If you had not come along." I The Y. M. C A. man aald something i to th gendarmes and they melted i away with many polite "ah, oh,': beaming upon the American soldier to j the last. He grinned after them. "They're sure wonderful folks, the . French. he said, "only they're aome-timea aome-timea too darn polite." j |