6/20 There were places where folk of German blood forgot they'd come to America to be free of kaisers and junkers. They stood by their old country, foul as her deeds were. They threatened me, more than once; they were angry enow at me to ha' done me a mischief had they dared. But they dared not, and never a voice was raised against me publicly--in a theatre or a hall where I spoke, I mean. When I came back it was just as the Germans began their last drive. |