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[Letterheaded CANADA YMCA]

and others are French who have been in
England or America. Le Page and I were
chafing [crossed out word] each [crossed out word] other on a subway car
one day thinking no one in the [crossed out word] crowded car
would 'compres' (understand), when we
noticed a French soldier standing close to
us enjoying something, hugely, and soon
he joined the conversation in English. Le
Page (corpl Le Page, D.C.M) being a
French Canadian speaks French fluently,
and therefore he was a good companion
in Paris. I stopped one morning to
look at a bunch of horses being led up
the street when a man in civies asked
me in good English if I thought those
horses looked disabled, too disabled
for army purposes. We talked about
the horses a while and then began to find

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