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other relative of theirs in America. You ask 

 what part of America. They say that they're 

 not sure, but they think he might be in Cali- 

 fornia, or in New York, or in Philadelphia. 

 They have no idea whatever of the distances in 

 this Western Hemisphere of ours. 



So Gene started upon his hunt for his 

 countryman in Philadelphia. We will let 

 him tell his own story in his own words : 



"When I arrived in Philadelphia I went to 

 the Post Office, but no record could be found 

 of the man that I was in search of. Then I 

 looked through a directory of the city, but it 

 contained no name at all like his. Now how 

 could a stranger find another stranger and 

 both in a strange land? 



"As the man was a weaver, I hunted up the 

 district in that great city where the big manu- 

 factories are located. I then called on fac- 

 tory after factory, first finding the man who 

 had the pay-roll under his charge, and then 

 going over the names of the employes with 

 him. I asked each one the same old question 

 — Is my friend working here? — But a long 

 search failed to find any trace of him. Day 

 after day went by, but I still kept up the 

 search from early morning until late at night. 



"One morning I overheard a baker in the 



