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Ein Englander, glaub'ich, und ein schnurriges Deutsch ist's, das er verbricht! Alma started up, shut her unfinished letter in the blotting-case, and looked anxiously about the room. 'What is his name? Ask him to give you his name. The youngster came back with a card, and Alma was astonished to read the name of 'Mr. Felix Dymes'. Why, she had all but forgotten the man's existence.
Emanuel Deutsch, although, in a passage already cited, recognising the religious significance attached to epilepsy, has the following curious comment: "Mohammed was epileptic; and vast ingenuity and medical knowledge have been lavished upon this point as explanatory of Mohammed's mission and success.
The German noticed that his eyes glowed, but the rest of him was all calm dignity. "We have met before," said the German, rising. "You are the Sikh with whom I spoke the other night the Sikh officer the squadron leader!" "Ja!" said Ranjoor Singh; and the one word startled the German so that he caught his breath. "Sie sprechen Deutsch?" "Ja wohl!"
Most aviators however, prefer the heights of the atmosphere, as the sailor prefers the wide and open sea to a course near land. After winning the Deutsch prize, Santos-Dumont continued for a time to amuse himself with dirigibles. I say "amuse" purposely, for never did serious aeronaut get so much fun out of a rather perilous pastime as he. In his "No.
But Bill Witt, who was doing lookout duty forward, declared that the cry was right at hand and apparently from the deck of a warship. Whispering to the repair crew to go quickly below McClure addressed himself to the unknown voice in his best Deutsch. "Dis iss das unterseeboot nein und zwanzig." For a moment there was a deathless silence.
Then Henry squared off and gave him the native Kansas English with appropriate gestures. But the Italian sighed amiably and it was clear he was balked. Then he looked up and down the outer corridor of the car, came in, shut the door and smiled as broadly as his cocked hat. "Sprecken sie Deutsch?" he asked, and Medill answered, "Seemlich!"
The Deutsch prize which stimulated Santos-Dumont to his greatest achievements with dirigibles was a purse of twenty thousand dollars, offered by Mr. Henry Deutsch, a wealthy patron of the art of aviation. Not himself an aviator, M. Deutsch greatly aided the progress of the air's conquest.
The chief, termed West-Marokko deutsch, was inspired by the Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Kiderlen-Wächter, who thereafter urged officially that the Government must take into account public opinion which he himself had manipulated.
Farman achieved great fame through his early flights, and, on 13th January, 1908, at the flying ground at Issy, in France, he won the prize of L2000, offered by MM. Deutsch and Archdeacon to the first aviator who flew a circular kilometre.
The last-named air-ship was built, if not expressly at least with the intention of trying for the Deutsch Prize of 100,000 francs.
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