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There had been once, in Herood American

He had come to America, not at the call of freedom, but of peace and

plenty Nevertheless, he had possibilities

Taken in ti was done

to stimulate in him a sentiment for his adopted land He would, indeed,

have been, for all his citizenship papers, a

The Fatherland had never let go When he went to the Turnverein, it was

to hear the old tongue, to sing the old songs Visiting Ger before hi-pictures of Gers

which commenced with "Die Wacht am Rhine" One Christraph of the Kaiser through the ilt fra-room

He had been adopted by America, but he had not adopted America, save

his own tiny bit of it He took what the new country gave hi in return beyond his small yearly

taxes He was neither friendly nor inih the years had been simple: to owe no man money, even

for a day; to spend less than he earned; to own his own home; to rise

early, work hard, and to live at peace with his neighbors He had

learned English and had sent Anna to the public school He spoke English