WOMAN’S GRIM RETORT
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The wife of Gen. Metzinger, a distinguished French officer, whose son, a captain in the army, was recently wounded, was traveling from Switzerland to Lorraine a short time ago, cables a Sun correspondent. She says she overheard a conversation between two German officers during a rainstorm.
One said: “Oh, I left my umbrella in a hotel in Paris.”
The other replied: “Never fear, you will be able to go and get it next week.”
“Pray, do not trouble yourselves,” interrupted Mme. Metzinger; “my son, who is a captain in the French army, will undertake to bring it himself.”
The two officers alighted hastily at the next station.