IN THE FOREIGN LEGION

ERWIN ROSEN

LONDON
DUCKWORTH & CO.
HENRIETTA ST. COVENT GARDEN
1910

Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited
Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London

PROLOGUE

Once upon a time there was a young student at a German University who found life too fresh, too joyous, to care very much for professors and college halls. Parental objections he disregarded. Things came to a climax. And the very next "Schnelldampfer" had amongst its passengers a boy in disgrace, bound for the country of unlimited possibilities in search of a fortune….