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World's War Series Volume 2

FACING
THE
GERMAN FOE

BY

Colonel James Fiske

Illustrated by E. A. FURMAN

THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY

CHICAGO    AKRON, OHIO    NEW YORK

Copyright, 1915
By
The Saalfield Publishing Co.

CONTENTS

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Facing the German Foe

CHAPTER I

SERIOUS NEWS

"As long as I can't be at home," said Harry Fleming, "I'd rather be herethan anywhere in the world I can think of!"

"Rather!" said his companion, Dick Mercer. "I say, Harry, it must be funnyto be an American!"

Harry laughed heartily.

"I'd be angry, Dick," he said, finally, "if that wasn't so English—and sofunny! Still, I suppose that's one reason you Britishers are as big anempire as you are. You think it's sort of funny and a bit of a misfortune,don't you, to be anything but English?"

"Oh, I say, I didn't quite mean that," said Dick, flushing a little. "Andof course you Americans aren't just like foreigners. You speak the same[12]language we do—though you do say some funny things now and then, old chap.You know, I was ever so surprised when you came to Mr. Grenfel and he letyou in our troop right away!"

"Didn't you even know we had Boy Scouts in America?" asked Harry. "Myword—as you English would say. That is the limit! Why, it's spread allover the country with us. But of course we all know that it startedhere—that Baden-Powell thought of the idea!"