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Show Miss CavelTs Last Words Are Told by Reverend LONDON. March 27. (Correspond- j ence of -The Associated Press.) "I expected ex-pected my sentence, but I am glad to: die t"r my country. In the sight of, eternity, I know now it is not enough; to love only your own country. You must love all, and not hate any. ' Those were among the last words of Edith Cavell, tho British nurse who was sxecutod by the Germans in Bel-! gium. The churchman to whom they were spoken, the Rev. H. S. T. Guhan , has Just returned to England from Brussels, where with his wife ho remained re-mained throughout tho war Aided by a German protcstant military mili-tary chaplain, Mr. Gahan received per-mi per-mi ion, he says, to see Miss Cavell ;in prison on the night before the death sentence was executed. "With the chaplain," Mr. Gahan said. "I went to tho cell door and it opened and Miss Cavell stood in the doorway. I had gone prepared for a very tryln-: ml. ..... .In.l 1 ' . SCeuOi 1. UOIO aiuuu my incuu iwj- ing as calmly sweet as anyone could look. She was unchanged, except that she appeared better for the enforced rest In prison. Tho warder withdrew and we were not interrupted. "I remember practically all she said. She was thaukful for the quiet time, as her lifo had been such a burden and rush in many respects. She wa$ not sorry to go, for her life had contained so much trial that she was nearly be- yond endurance. 'They hae treated me very kindly here,'" she said. The little communion vessels we?e placed on a chair, and after the service i Mr. Gahan recited "Abide with me," Miss Cavell joining under her breath. "Then I felt." the minister continued, contin-ued, "that I must not stay much mng- er. for I had been then- an hour. 1 1 stood up and said. 'Good-bye. an 1 we were face to face. She was lo.ikin-slightly lo.ikin-slightly strained. bu nothing more WW - - ' Wo shook hands and smiled, and 1 added. 'We shall meet again. Goodbye Good-bye " The great crime of hurrying the execution, ex-ecution, according to Mr. Gahan, b-longed b-longed to the military governor Of Brussels, who would not wait to communicate com-municate wltii headquarters. nn |