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Show BLIND MAN MEETS OLD BUDDY British Hero, Here te Attend Interallied Inter-allied Veterans' Convention, Recognizes Recog-nizes Voice of Former Comrade. Although h is totally blind, Capt. William Appleby of Great Brknin was one of the most cheerful delegates to the Interallied Veterans' association associa-tion convention V vhlch met in New 2 )rleans in conjunc- tion with the ' American Legion' national gathering. Captain Appleby vas especially liap-, liap-, ly when the dele- ; a t i o n of war heroes stonned in Capt. Wm. Appleby Indianapolis on the way from New Orleans, Or-leans, for only a few minutes before his arrival there he had met, by strange coincidence, a man whom he had not seen nor heard of for twenty-two years, but who was In iis regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers in 1000, and who was born only ten miles from him in England. Captain Appleby recognized him by his voice. As Alfred Ernest Evans, an Indianapolis Indian-apolis engineer, walked through the train as a member of the Indianapolis committee to welcome the heroes, he was stopped by an Englishman who nsked his name. "My r.ame, sir, is Evans," ha replied. "Alfrsd Evans, of the Lancashire Fusiliers?" he was asked. "Yes, sir. Who are yon?" "Captain William Appleby, your former regimental commander." And then they began, busily recalling recall-ing . incidents of the South African battles they fought together in 1000. "I recognized Mr. Evans' voice the minute I heard it," the English hero said. 0 Captain Appleby lost his sight in the second battle of Ypres. lie has also been wounded 20 times. His pretty nir.eteen-year-old daughter Olga, his constant companion und his "eyes" since he lost his sight, accompanied him on the American trip. |