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BY WEATHERBY CHESNEY
gious, but he aontzives to preach the
gospel of Mammon too and inn way
that makes converts. He'd be hozl-
estly surprised, though, if anyone
pointed that out to him. Now how
about you, Phil?"
"Wait a bit," said Varney. "What
made you choose the cable service?"
"For one thing the exam. was easy:
for another, I'all rather keen on elec-
tricity and electrical nlac'hines; for rt
qcsla third, it seemed a good way of seeing
I a little bit of the world. Curiously
CHAPTER V, :ringmaster must go, Unless,"' he ad
"Steady, Phil!" said Scarborough, ed, turning suden'y to Scarborout:'i
incredulously. '"Don't fling accuse- •'by some lucky chance I could tin
Vona. about in that reckless way. It's . anoth:� ' clown. Can you clown, sir,?
rot, you know." "Not sufficiently well to be of us
"I can prove it," said Varney. ' to you," said Scarborough, laughing.
"That Miss Page le the daughter of ; "No, it's harder than it looks. That
the elan who ruined your father? Ob, why good clowns are scarce—air
come( you don'C, know her, or you dear, very dear, let me tell you. Goo
would see that it's nonsense. Here, day to you sir. Honored by meetin
hurry up and get into ordinary clothes, you."
andwe'll have dinner somewhere, 1; And this time he went out finally.
want to hear. what r4•ou've been doing , Varney turned with a muleall
for the last two yea s:' twisted face to his friend, and Sea
Miss Page the d. ughter of Rich- ; borough, as soon as he judged tha
W T
mond Carrington, m
bt t • e notorious fin- Val B.4fonta�ue was out of earsho
ancial manipulator, 'hose name was burst into a roar of laughter.
accursed in thousanc 4 of the poorer "You asked me just now how I hav
homes of England—t* idea was ab- ! spent the last two years," said Varne
surd! Scarborough was not even an-: "Now that you've met the man, yo
gry at the suggestion; it was to ridi- have a faint idea of what it mean
culous for that. He went with Varney,' when 1 say—in the company and Se
to his dressing room, and waited fort vice of Val B. Montague! But he's
him to change. i good sort, mind you."
The English Cowboy divested him -1 "Is he always like this ?"
self of the leathern jacket and fringed! "More or less, yes. The degree o
trousers, in which custom decreed that absurdity varies, but he's never crdi
the character which he represented nary. During the first six months w
should be dressed, and was donning in quarrelled. I daresay I was bit un
its place the mufti of plain blue serge, lick't, and I didn't like his hectoring
when there was a sharp bang on the then I got to understand him; and fo
door, and the manager entered. I the last year and a half I've been hi
"Mr. Varney, sir!" said Val B. Mon-! right hand man. We had a row roya
tague, as he held out his hand to ' this morning, and you see how littl
Scarborough, without waiting for the he bears malice.
formality of an introduction—"this I "He said you were a serpent he ha
d enough the service is rather e'rowdee
with m:an who originally intended to
d be something else, Somebody bas
' dubbed us the 'legion of the ploughed';
e; but on the whole 1 think we're rather
' good sorts. I'm quite satisfied with
nry life and with my colleaguee."
al The other ant's explanation of his
cl.
positive was equally •inatl.�. Sear
-
g borough was what. he was laeeause he
! had failed in an t'vzunii ittoo. Var-
ney
had never sat for t
tt t the examine-
e
x:urt.t. .
e ; tlOu be.au..e. the misfortune or crime
Sem of others had thrown hire sw1deniy
t on his oven resources, and had than,-
i. destiny •'O V
t,, cd h l tri � from that of spending
an allowance to that of earning a liv-
e ing. These two causes between them
Y• I account for many a curious cluu]ce of
tt I profession.
s! "You remember the smash?" he
Sex
, asked.
al "Yes," said Scarborough. "earring -
ton and Varney, stockbrokers—every-
body knew about it; but I never ender -
f I stood it."
"Few did, and I think the pour old
e governor ]east of all. He had trusted
Carrington in everything, and Car-
. I rington used him as a tool. The pian
✓ was a thorough paced blackguard.
s, "So I understand. Why wasn't he
1, brought to book?"
e 1 "Too clever. Slipped through the
lawyers' fingers on a technicality, and
d left his partner as a scapegoat. The
show is going to the devil!" ! been hugging in his bosom," said Scar
"Oh? More so than usual? asked borough, laughing.
Phil Varney carelessly. "Horace, this; "Yes, that's his way. When h
is our proprietor, Mr. Van B. Mon,' abuses you in metaphor, you kno
tague—Montague, Mr. Horace Scars, that you are forgiven, and you star
borough; old friend of mine." -j afresh on the old footing. It's his no
"Proud to meet you, sir. More se' tion of making an apology. Mona d
than usual, d'ye ask, Mr. Varney/ la Mar was the cause of our dust -ail
Well, may be no; but things are ap this morning. She said she wasn'
proaching a crisis." !going to perform to -night, that eh
"Anything fresh ? Or the same row ; wanted a holiday, and had privet
continued?" ' business to attend to. I didn't in th
"The same row coming to a head, I least know what her reason was, bu
sir! The canker in the rosebud is Montague began to bluster, so I back
working its way to the outer leaves,' ed her up, and said I wouldn't perform
and is beginning to be visible to the either. I make a point of standing
public; the malignant boil is becoming up to him whenever he starts in t
acute, and developing a head, which 1 play the bully. I fancy that's partl
will have to burst; the hidden rotten-: why we're such good friends."
ness is refusing to remain hidden any! "A bit inconsiderate of the lady
longer, and the fair flower of our cor-; isn't it?" said Scarborough.
porate amity is withering, sir, wither -t "Oh, very," agreed Varnty, but th
ing! Before we leave this place I ex- i point was that Montague couldn't be
pect to witness the premature decay! allowed to bluster to a lady. We have
and death of an organizm which I have , to treat him on a system, you see. We
_' poor old governor's only crime was
over -trust in a scoundrel --even the
WAR COMPENSATIONS.
Philosopher ,l)iseusss the After-I4.'f-
fects of Strife.
Forget for a moment, hard though
it is. all the horrors of war—widows,
orphaned children, maimed men, the
sad gaps in so many home circles, a
devastated countryside, and the like
—and consider what is the effect of
war en a nation, as a whole.
It is evident, and past experience
is the proof, that a nation is not th
same after it has passed through th
awful furnace of war.
All ancient empires have, after a
quiring their possessions by war, live
; and prospered so long as they sti
warred. 1'Irere is a national stamina
a pride, hardness, a virility, a some
thing that it ih hard to name co
rectly, which dominates a natio
which irs repeatedly' baptised in bloo
and fire. And, judging from histo'
eft pines which, after much fighting
peace z i )cat e
o their laurels and 1 t "t d l
their possessions, inevitably collapse.
Britain, with its long war of his
tory, heti avoided the fate of othe
1 empires, inasmuch as just when th
critical peaee period began to length-
en to the danger point, war again
! came.
To read a summary of our histor
for the last. 250 years, from the Dug.]
War of it1G5 onwards, is to read, witI
short peace intervals, of a nation a
war. Ilas war supplied something t
our Empire whieh after dissolved e
pires lacked. It may bring a rus
fo caustic criticism; but it is a fa
that war seems- to prevent nationa
decadence. The cost is tremendo•.is
the sacrifices great; but the fact re
mains. Something, nationally, i
gained from war.
t Peace brings prosperity, and pros
i perity means wealth. Wealth mean
i luxuries, easy living, a rush of vice
and the exit of virtue, These al
ways are the heralds of a nation's
decadence, and an empire's dissolu
I tion.
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1 Reasons Why Every .`armer anould
it
t Have a Silo.
no No danger of late summer droughts,
as by using the silo with clover or
h other green summer crops, early in
cl the season, a valuable succulent feed
will be at hand, when pasture in most
regions is apt to give out.
s' Crops unfit for hay -making may be
!preserved in the silo and changed in-
-' to a palatable food, such as thistles,
s weeds, etc.
'' The harvest can be removed earlier,
making it possible to finish fall plow-
_ ing sooner and to seed the land down
to grass or winter grain.
-; At a conservative estimate two
,' cows can be kept by feeding silage
- at the cost of one cow from the same
acreage, fed on hay or other rough-
age.
Convenience in feeding and economy
of storage room, as ten tons of silage
can be stored in the same space on
one ton of hay.
When fed with the proper rations,
silage is a greater milk producer and
r fattener than any known feed.
Ensilage -fed stock, as a rule, are
in a healthier state than when other
feeds are used.
When properly taken care of there
is absolutely no waste of any part of
the corn crop.
The acreage needed for pasture is
greatly reduced, and consequently
more land can be brought under cul-
tivation
By providing a succulent forage,
winter dairying is made profitable,
and no reduction of stock is caused
iby a dry season.
It is the cheapest food that can be,
I It is a certain supp]y, notwithstand-1
ing the drought, the flood or the
snows.
The silo is the cheapest method of
handling the crop, ee • otoring it, and'
-•the-beet niethoil of' saving and realiz-
ing the fullest value of the crop as
,feed.
I More stock can be kept on a certain
area of land when silage is fed than
is otherwise the case.
Silage feeding does away with all
aggravating corn stalk in the manure
and prevents their waste as well.
It excels dry feed for the cheap
production of fat beef.
It keeps your stock thrifty and
rowing all wd
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t�_.,..+2-•----mac
Look at France. Before the trio
ulations of the Franco-German War
e prosecuting counsel accused hint of!
vv nothing more heinous than an easy -I
t going incompetency—but the disgrace
_ killed him. When things had got as
e straight _as they ever would get, I
went out to ranch in Brazil; found
that the family luck stuck to me in
e that it yoked me to another scoundrel,
e the man I was ranching with; cut him !
e after a month; fen in with Val B.,
t Montague at Rio; joined him, and be-
_ cause I found that he was honest, I
stuck to Trim. i had been with him a
year when the news of the governor's
o l death reached ate; but I didn't go
y. back. There was nothing to go back
for, and—Well, that's about all."
, "What Became of Carrington ?"
For a moment Varney did not an -1
e swer. Then he said slowly:
"Till to -day I heard nothing about'
him. To -day two things have hap-'
pened that make me suspect that he
nursed like a father—yes, sir, like a' allow him to wag a free tongue as a
father—for two long years Val B.! rule, but this was outsidt the limits
Montague's American Circus Com -I See?"
bination is breaking up, sir! Excuse, "I see," said Scarborough, "that you
my metaphors," he added, without a! are an interesting crew, and I want to
pause, turning to Scarborough. "When' hear more."
I am excited the sanguineness of my "Then lead the way to your restaur-
temperament invariably clothes my ant! And if you're in funds, let it be
utterances in poetic imagery, as Mr. fizz!"
Varney will be good enough to tell you. "Fizz it shall be. Come along."
And, by heaven, sir, I am excited 1 Over _ding t"-virney to a is tale s
now!" _ -°-!picking up a thread where he and
�sAi�down �� ;•' e e e of the'Scarborou hhad been u ils together
packing -case and chewed a straw re- :at an army crammer's near Henley.
fiectively. He did not look excited, Both had been working—with no great
and there was a humorous twinkle in earnestness, they admitted mutually
his eyes which suggested that be was `now—for the entrance exam. at Sand -
not so angry as he pretended. Varney hurst; and now one was a telegraph
laughed and continued the process of man and the other was a circus per -
settling the angles of his tie before former. There were things in this
a fragment of mirror. which called for explanation, for nei-
"And the worst of it is, sir," contin- ther knew wholly the reasons why the
ued the self-styled master of meta- other had given up his earlier ambi-
phor to Scarborough, "that I have been tion.
hugging a serpent to my bosom. Your! In Scarborough's case the explana-
friend there—Pampas Joe, the Eng- :ton was easy and ordinary. He had
lish Revolver King—is no longer loyal • failed in the examination, and the un-
to his salt." ; cle who was paying for his education
"What have you been doing, Phil?" , refused to allow him to try again.
'asked Scarborough, smiling. I "I don't think he was really sorry,"
...eftWhat has he been doing?" thun-; said Scarborough. "He had the no -
tiered Val B. Montague, in the same :tion that I had brains, if I cared to use
voice of excitement, and with the ;them; and he didn't think the army
same placid manner and twinkling 'was a useful field for their exercise.
eye, belying the vehemence of his He is a self-made man, you see, and
words. "He has been fomenting re -'has a prejudice against what he calls
beIlion! He has bitten the hand that a butterfly life. That was before the
fed him! He has—well in short, you war. He's a bit more ready to admit
had better get him to tell you what he that a soldier may be a man now. He
has been doing. I am busy, and must wanted me to go into the city."
go." ! "You struck at that?"
He got down from the packing -case "Yes."
and opened the door. As he was going ; "And then?"
out, he turned, and said in quite a dif- ; "Well, then, as I didn't take what
ferent tone—a • tone in which there he offered, he tolyl me to do the best!
was a note of real worry. ; I could without him. The only thing
"Bythe way, Verne • I've ••
e settled to:
he stipulated w..� that it o
Y, Z,should be'
fire out the ringmaster. It was that I something.in which I could earn a deft
came to tell you.";Hite salary, and'he promised to a ld
Varneysovereigns
i
nodded. I think pou're three soverer;,ns t!)' every one that I
saki
ribhegravely.'�:••
t "It's on
e or
right," saved at the end of theyear."
the other," I "Not a had arrangement either!" i
"It is so, sir, unless we want murder I exclaimed Varney.
to be done. The clown is really the I "No, a very good one for me. The
worse, but I can'j replace him, so the dear old plan is by way of being reli-
is in this island of San Miguel. Shall
I tell you what they are ?"
Scarborough was crumbling a piece;
I
of bread with nervous fingers. He',
knew what his friend was going to say,'
and he could not feel the same certain-
ty as he had felt an hour ago that, the
suggestion was absurd. Elsa had told!
him that she felt a rush of shame
when she heard thg tie. of Page on;
is lip . Might this,. after a17 be the
reason ?
"Yes," he said quietly.•I
"One is that Elsa Carrington was
with you to -day," said Varney.
"Can you prove that to me ?"
(To be Continued.)
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Cilsozniats and Baoter'1otoaists. t1•osheu, 7frtd,. It.S.A..
Lord Robert Cecil, "Minister of
Blockade."
.d
Cecil,
Lorci Robert Cc.tl, who until re-
cently held the post of Under-Secre- i e
what was her state. Outwardly pros
perous, but inwardly rotten. She
lost lives, treasure, provinces; but the
effect of the war has been that
Prance is rejuvenated, and is vastly
different from the France of 1870. S1re
is sound, strong and has taken to her-
self new life, because she has been
purged by war.
Russia was a barbaric Empire at
the time of the Crimea. That wa
stirred Russia, and the Japanese Was
woke her up completely. She has
made vast strides since then. And now
it would seen( that, under the stress
of the present war, Russia's curse,
drunkenness, is to be banished.
The gain in Germany will be some-
thing that only a German can appre-
ciate. The German citizen and the
German peasant will be entitled to a
place on the pavement! Militarism,
with its arrogance gild tyu anny, is
the load on every German's back. Ger-
many defeated will, at any rate, mean
Germany free! War is not all loss.—
London Answers.
POTENT HELP TO THE NAVY.
British Mine Sweepers Prevent Many
Ctastrophies.
A racy account of the part the
trawlermen have played in ,tbe_wal
was given in,I,.nndo, at His Majesty's
eatre by Se Torn Wing, M.P.,
who formerly represented Grimsby.
Lord Selborne, president of the
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries,
who presided, told of one young
trawler skipper• who had had two
boats blown up under him while
trawling for mines, and was now in
the hospital for the second time re-
covering from his injuries. "And his
one great hope," added the Minister,
"is to get on to the third and even
better boat which he has had pro-
mised him when he gets well again."
"A most potent auxiliary to the
navy." Lord Selborne described the
trawling fleet. It was .almost entirely
due to the trawlers that the .deet and
the merchant ships were able to (:ass
to and fro on our seas with :-o few
! produced as well as the best.
catastrophies. He did not know how
many mines the Germans had placed
! but he was prepared to risk the state-
r went that there were very many thou-
sands.
Mr. Wing ;aid that if at the last
great naval review at Spithenil there
had been, say, 2,000 trawlers, people
would have complained that it was
makir' •• the spectacle ridiculous. If
at the last army manoeuvres there
had been a quarter of million min-
' ere, people world have said, Well, it
doesn't add color.' Yet fishermen and
miners had proved as essential as
any in the great struggle in which
vv a were engaged. were the
They
en with the real technical knowl-
dgem 1r n
which had proved indispensable.
The men who manned the trawlers
had swept the Charnel and the North
Sea praetically clear of mines and
r `a
submarines, and in the Mediterran-
ean
od terr -
n
can thousands of others had Been do-
ing the same.
"Itis Majesty has had occasion to
realize the size of their hands and
the warm grip they can give," said
Mr. Wing. "One burly fisherman who
had received a decoration said after-
wards that he could not believe that
he was actually in Buckingham Pal-
ace and was to bo decorated by the
King; he thought it was a dream un-
til the King shookhands with him.
g a
And when he found the King grip-
ping his great fist he was so anxious
to make, sure that it was real that
he took firm gold with leis other hand
also, and really 'help up' the 'King
for the time."
•
Bot.lt Surprised.
1
I
tary for Foreign Affairs, has been ap-
pointed Blockade Minister" in the
British Cabinet. He will be charged
with the administration regulating
the blockade as well as with the gen-
eral responsibility for the policy and
practice of the Government with re-
spect to trade passing into and from
neutral countries. Lord Cecil is a
Unionist and thus increases the forces
of that party already in the Cabinet
by one. He is a lawyer of wide ex-
perience and has held many high and
responsible offices in the Gover'n-
ment's service.
Hadn't As Yet,
Belle--Yone say Bob kis cs you
against your 'will? But -Yon surely
can stop that!
,lune—Possibly.! • One never knows
what one can do until one
suppose! , t,.
e.
Take Plight.
"Riches have wing's, they say."
"Yet;, :ml whale 'er • I go after them
they migrate."
Lady (recognizing former servant)
--What! You, in, prison, Henry? Well,
I am surprised! , • . .
Soy was I, Inaarn
', or I shouldn't be
• here( e
._= naales the
.cow to produce milk and butter more
economically.
Its use lessons the labor required
to care for a herd, if it is convenient-
ly attached to the barn.
It allows the spring pasture to get
a start.
It enables preservation of food
' which matures at a rainy time of the
year when drying would be almost im-
possible.
It does away with the system of
strictly grain farming, where few of
the elements are returned to the soil.
It increases the digestive capacity
of the animal.
:::gni:,
The silo supplements pastures
and
feedingcarries. the burden of the winter
The silo will greatly reduce the pas-
ture acreage required, and will have
a marked effect on beef production
on high priced lands.
Night pasturing has been found to
be a very valuable practice in connec-
tion with summer silo.
A silo permits of saving crops in
years of great plenty for other sea-
sons of less plenitude.
Experiments have proved that si-
lage -fed steers have repeatedly made
the heaviest and cheapest gains.
Silage saves a large proportion of
grain needed in fattening animals. It
saves the need of any grain while
cattle are growing. Silage -fed cattle
gain faster, 'finish more quickly, and
the meat is better.
The silage system helps maintain
soil fertility.
The palatability of silage for cattle
and sheep is universally recognized
by all farmers who have given this
food a fair trial.
Cattle show great eagerness for si-
lage.
Its succulent character makes it
very comparable with grass or other
green stuff.
The choicest of milk is produced by
herds fed silage.
A silo adds to the appearance of a
farm.
By the use of silo the fodder is can-
ned very much as a housewife cans
fruit, preserves and vegetables. '
' In no other way is it possible to pro-
duce so large an amount of good feed
from an acre of land as by raising
corn and making the same into silage.
The succulent silage is the best pos-
sible substitute for June pastures.
It is relished by cows at all seasons
of the year.
In winter Bows can be fed a palat- r
able balanced ration that will . keep ,
them up to summer flow.
Every winter we see a shortage'
in the dairy line. This can be over-;
come by introducing silos.
With a silo you can keep more stock. !
Or keep the same stock on less
acres and will leave more land for!
other crops.
Ensilage has a higher feeding value;
than roots.
Ensilage increases the milk flow.
Your creamery cheque grows larger ,
by its use.—Canadian Farrar.
Still Unforgiven.
A month ago she said she's never
forgive him. And now I hear she has
married him.
Yes, carried her revenge to the bit-
ter end.
Observant Child.
Teacher—What is water ? i
Willie—A colorless fluid that turns;
black when you wash your hands.
Oh, well, the Kaiser can not be as
sick as the world is sick of him.
WARNS AGMfST
THE 117-EICL1 GUN
BRITISH NAVAL CRITIC URGES
'VIGILANCE.
Wisciort cf Pinte i,SiiYroton Met Possible
Needed.
"Reason for a long time 'has whir;
perul in the ears of .Englishmen a
-:.'a power for granted. History
teaches us that hungry vigilance is
the price of sea power."
James Douglas, naval critic, in an
article in a London daily paper, dis-
cusses the possibility of 1 German
the G . (tan
P yr
fMet being equipped with 17 -inch
guns and in the course of a lengti
article sounds the warning note'
quoted above. He continues:
I think
it willb
carr admitted nittecl t.h• t
a we
are putting most of our energy into
the organization of vast armies and
that in consequence our navy is rap-
idly receding into the background.
If this navy were to fail us an army
of ten million could not save us. We
nevertheless assume that the navy is
not subject to any unforeseen vicis-
situde. That theory 'may hold good
in a short war. Does it hold good in
a long war?
Did It on Land.
1 "The question I desire to raise is
this: If it was possible fol the Ger-
mans and Austrians to establish :t
lead in heavy field pieces before the
war and to do it without the know-
ledge of the present allies, is it not
i within the bounds of possibility that
the Germans may establish a lead
in naval guns during the 'war? It is
not enough to be told that we may
safely trust to our secret intelligence
branch and to our expl3rts. Nations
which have been caught napping once
may be caught napping twice. After
1 what happened at Liege, Namur,
Warsaw, Kovno, Novo Georgievsk,
and elsewhere, common prudence tells
us not to trust blindly either to es-
pionage or to experts.
The Shells at Dunkirk.
"Doubtless it was a very- stupid act
on the part of the Germans to reveal
by the shelling of Dunkirk the exist-
ence of a 17 -inch naval gun, but the
Germans are constantly doing stupid'
things. It is possible that they used
this gun to persuade us to, believe
that it is a field gun and not a naval
gun. At any rates there is no doubt
as to the• existence,of at least one
German 17 -inch navl gun. We may
be quite certain that Krupps have
manufactured more than one of these
guns. We may even go as far as to
assume that they have manuactured
!many of them. It is significant that
!the 1G -inch howitzers used by the
Centrdl Powers are Austrian guns
manufactured at Skoda. What was
Essen doing while Skoda was turn-
ing out its heavy howitzers ? Clearly,
the answer to the question is that
Essen was turning out heavy naval
guns. It may be said that 17 -inch
naval guns are useless without bat-
tleships or battle cruisers in which to
mount them. Here, again, we are at
the mercy of the expert.
What of the Hindenburg? 1
"It is known that several German
capital ships were due to be com-
pleted several months ago. There
may have been more. The fog of
war hangs thickly over the German
shipyards. One of the new ships, the
Hindenburg, has undoubtedly been
completed. Has the Hindenburg been
armed with 17 -inch guns? Have other
capital ships of the same class been
armed with 17 -inch guns ?. If not,
what was• the gun which fired on.
Dunkirk made for?
"The expert may declare that it is
impossible to put 17 -inch guns into a
ship which was not designed to carry
them. Here, again, I say that the
expert is not a safe guide. If you
can put a 15 -inch gun into a moni-
tor, you may be able to put a 17
inch gun into a ship designed for a
15 -inch gun. And there is another
possibility. The Germans may have
out -monitored our monitor's. They
may have put their 17 -inch gun into
monitors or into some new type of
ship designed to convoy and cover
transports. Have we got an effect-
true answer
w to the 17-inchnaval
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un.
Please forgive g ve my hungry vigilance."
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put through an examination in first-
aid work At last it came to Pat's turn
to answer. "Now, Pat," said the in-
structor, "supposing a man were to
fall down in a drunken fit, how would
you treat him?" "Faith, sorr," re-
plied Pat, "Oi wouldn't trate him at
all. I'd consider he had had enough."
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"Are' an army's right and left wings
what it flies with?"
The journey of life is tiresome --a
man is out of breath when he reaches
the end of it.
A woman of experience says it is
much easier to acquire husbands
than it is to get ricI of them.
We honestly believe that the man
who tackles the beautiful snow with
a shovel will make more money than
the one who writes poetry about it.
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