I congratulated him on being in Paris.
"They say Paris is some city," he assented, "but all I've seen of it is this courtyard.

Don't tell anybody, but, on the level, I'd rather be back in Vera Cruz!" The work of distributing the money was carried on in the chancelleries of the embassy in the Rue de Chaillot.

It was entirely in the hands of American army and navy officers, twenty of whom came over on the warship with Assistant Secretary of War Breckinridge.

Major Spencer Cosby, the military attache of the embassy, was treasurer of the fund, and every application for aid that had not already been investigated by the civilian committee appointed by the ambassador was decided upon by the officers.

Mr.Herrick found them invaluable.