THE LONG TRAIL 



Washington that he be sent. Marshal 

 Joffre made such a request in person, 

 meeting with the usual evasive reply. 

 Father took his disappointment as he had 

 taken many another in his life, without 

 letting it harm his usefulness, or discour- 

 age his aggressive energy. "In the fell 

 clutch of circumstance he did not wince 

 or cry aloud." Indeed, the whole of 

 Henley's poem might well apply to father 

 if it were possible to eliminate from it 

 the unfortunate marring undercurrent of 

 braggadocio with which father's attitude 

 was never for an instant tinged. With 

 the indomitable courage that knew no 

 deterrent he continued to fight his battle 

 on this side to make America's entry no 

 empty action, as it threatened to be. He 

 wrote me that he had hoped that I would 

 be with him in this greatest adventure of 

 all, but that since it was not to be, he 

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