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Show 24 you know. SftxxxxxxxiKxxxxxxgxxxxxxxKxxxxxxxkix I am learning German very quickly and the Commandant here says he is sure there will be a place for me in the German Corps .u At the front. But^didn't take long for Edju to surrender to the English. "America should enter the War on the side of Germany," wrote Edju. "I think I would like America, and it would be nice to see you and meet Stanley and your boys. Italy would be nice, too, but I hear it is impossible to surrender to Italians before they surrender to you xxxx first." Something in British cunning kept them from enlisting Edju, but s after he quickly picked up English, though with the oddest of accents, they used him as a clerk in their Foreign Relations xxxxx O f f i c e . X^ZXXXKXK^CfcXXXXXXXXXXXKXXXXXKXXXXKXKXiXXKXXiiXXXXXXKXXXX xxxxxxxxxiixMixxxMXXXXXxx "I am an intelligent man," Edju wrote Esther. xxxct"I know many languages anil am quite trustworthy when not under pressure." At least Edju was safe, and his days of surrender ended just in time because America entered the War on the side of the Allies. Esther was glad Stanley didn't enlist. The only thought he gave enlisting KKXKXXXXXXKXXKKXXXXX was his reasons for avoiding it. "I%tr\ too old," said Stanley, raising his hands. It had become a familiar pose when he wanted to make a point. "Besides, the Germans are the only ones buying my furniture. What side are the Poles on anyway?" "The x Poles are for themselves," said KXXXKKXX Esther. "You mean each Pole is for himself. They would rather buy furniture from some cheap Pago." "My teacher xxx says Poland was once a great empire, as big as Rome," said little Stan who now went to grade school at Holy Rosary. "That's right," said 8 big Stanley. "In the Dark Ages we were something else." "How can you ridicule your own people," said Esther. She sat in her chair, crocheting firmly as Stanley paced. "A great people!" shouted little Stan. Big Stanley patted him on the head. "We are like the Jews," said Esther. "Persecuted everywhere, no xx nation ojf nnr own, but Catholic, and strong. Some day we will |