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Updated: May 4, 2025
Many years ziss veenyard is owned by my people my anceestors. Even ze village is name for my family Lateur. You know ze Franco-Prussian War when Zhermany take Alsace-Lorraine yess?" "Yes," said Tom. "My pappa fight for France. Hees arm he lose. When it is over and Alsace is lost, he haf' lost more than hees arm. Hees spirit! Where can he go? Away from ze veenyard? Here he hass lived always."
Florette sat gazing at him, her eyes brimming. "And you come to Zhermany, how?" "After we started back the ship I worked on got torpedoed and I was picked up by a submarine. I never saw the inside of one before. So that's how I got to Germany. They took me there and put me in the prison camp at Slopsgotten that ain't the way to say it, but " "You've got to sneeze it," interrupted Archer.
Alsace will be France again! We go to win her back! Yess?" "Yes," said Tom. "I only meant you belonged to Germany because you couldn't help it." "You are a lucky boy," Frenchy said earnestly. "Zare is no what you say? Mix-up; Zhermany, France, America no. You are all American!" "I got to remember that," said Tom simply. "I know some rich fellers home where I live.
Frenchy, a little bewildered, laughed good-humoredly as the bantering throng plied him with absurdities. "Are you French?" Tom asked, as some new victim diverted the attention of the boys. "Ah, no! I am Americ'." "But you were born in France?" "Yess zey call it Zhermany, but it is France! I take ze coat from you. Still it is yours. Am I right? I am born in Alsace. Zat is France!"
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