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Show Not at All Singular An American journalist In poor health spent the .summer of 1910 at a resort in southern France. The proprietor pro-prietor was an English woman, and all the other guests were English, too. They were friendly and kind to the invalidall in-validall excepting one very austere and haughty lady. On his first day as a guest at the bouse he heard this lady say to the landlady : "I distinctly understood that you did not admit Americans as lodgers here and I wish to know why you have broken the rule." I The other woman explained that the stranger had come with good references refer-ences and that he seemed a quiet, well-mannered well-mannered person who hadn't offered to scalp anybody and who knew how to eat with a knife and fork. Nevertheless Neverthe-less the complaining matron was not at all pleased. She took frequent opportunity of saving unkind things about the States a d those who lived In the States. The ence r,nCMn Ula"1,aine" 1'olIIe si-able si-able she addressed him with direct , !,ewn ,t0 " Cma'n g,,!,stl' ""r eleven ' ' "ft6r the '"1 of mo f ?rS' Wi" be remembered by most readers today. fell'ow'v "? VU Yanket's tl,i,lk f your American.""11 ,e'8 Cr"Z'' S'"" 'h uustlve","'" S"U1 t,,e American, '.lie uust have been crazy to kill an Anuu- i;:::::!"iia-''o,rr7tl Kn |