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Show True Patriotism. The services of a physician were required re-quired recently at the breakfast and reception for the Blue Devils of France at the Hotel Severin. When the fighters arrived one of them was carrying a finger wrapped In a handkerchief, hand-kerchief, the result of an accident on the sleeper during the night. The finger was badly smashed and the soldier was In great pain. Dr. F. E. Manker came In response to a call from the hotel. After the wound was dressed A. Bennett Gates, president of the Severin, who speaks French with some difficulty, assured the soldier he would take care of the physician's bill. The young man smiled his thanks and sat down to his breakfast. The doctor was requested to step to the cashier's window and receive his fee. "What's that charge a French soldier," sol-dier," he replied with warmth. "There Is no charge. Say, I've got a nephew over there, and for all I know hes fighting today at the side of a Frenchman. French-man. No French soldier can pay me for anything."- Indianapolis News. |