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IN THE FOREIGN LEGION


BY

ERWIN ROSEN


LONDON
DUCKWORTH & CO.
HENRIETTA ST. COVENT GARDEN
1910

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Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London




PROLOGUE


Once upon a time there was a young student at a German University who
found life too fresh, too joyous, to care very much for professors and
college halls. Parental objections he disregarded. Things came to a
climax. And the very next "Schnelldampfer" had amongst its passengers a
boy in disgrace, bound for the country of unlimited possibilities in
search of a fortune....

The boy did not see very much of fortune, but met with a great deal of
hard work. His father did not consider New York a suitable place for
bad boys, and booked him a