GREAT LINGUIST.
r ' He was a shining light of the In : Corjiy, and before he arrive< I . at vSwakopmund his abilities as a lin n ' gnist were spoken of with bated breatti ,j To him thero came his captain. j "'Glad you've come., .Tones," sai< ' he; we need, a man who speaks Ger 0 1 man. Take a file and go down an< i„ i tell that officer we niado prisoner yes ~ j ti'i'diiy that I'll giro him parole, bu II : if he attempts io e.-.eape he'll be. shot.' 1 Off ma relied Jones full of the im : pnvtnnee or his task, " Sprochen 7)cmiL-c!i !' t> lie aske< the chap. i«> tlui great admiration 0 1 lin- 'VI ~00!-. e tv. "•la. j-i. ' s-1:rl the- big German e;i„er]y. :;':td to tir.d sonieouo who "tin def-'.wi hi'it at ia.-,1. "Oh! ver do—do yer?" .said Jones '' Vve'l, old .snuerkrriu:.,:." the eapta.ii r-a;.5. ••,.> 'to.v "t 11 yer. parole, but i ; :• ou hlcor.iag well t.iies.,- to : I' there a bnlbt f-r ye<r4 ... -See?"-" •"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11482, 2 September 1915, Page 7
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