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THE STORY R`�OF "THE W
INKLE99
AND
THE WATCH HE LOST
A Delightful War Tale With a Bantam Londoner For Its Hero.
By MORDA
PART I.
He returned to London with the
usual rush of stretchers about tour
o'clock one rainy afternoon. The
flower girls, these adipose, high col-
ored women of mature years who
swarm about Charing. Cross to worm
sixpence with endearing entreaties
from all manner of folks -had 'soft
hearts for the wounded men, and in
this particular instance one woman
tossed her wares into the ambulance.
But he was unconscious, not long for
this world, the surgeons said, and so
saw nothing of this charitable act.
A sprat of a chap, he was, who knew
London from Wapping to Poplar, aye,
even to Barking. He never went
West, just naturally, so it seemed,
preferring the rising to the setting
sun.
Sam Parke, popularly known as
the "Winkle," because even his head
seemed almost concealed in his
clothes, always too large for him.
His well -thatched pate with his dark
eyes usually emerged fearsomely from
a large and usually unbrushed great
coat.
The "Winkle" changed a little after
he became a fighting man in His
Majesty's forces, but his tunic, and
especially his overcoat, were always
large for him? The "Winkle" was in
the bantams, having reinforced them
after that division had fought their
way to recognition by thrashing the
Bavarians at a time when England
laughed at the idea of sending such
undergrown men to the front. Then
they put on the swank of a Guards
Regiment, always . fighting with a
ferociousness that was heralded far
,into the German lines. The govern-
ment, however, did not realize any
necessity of making uniforms to fit
them and their great coats often
trailed in the mud, which added to
the ridiculousness of their appear-
ance.
The "Winkle" Iost his nickname in
the army and became known as
"Glum." Notthat he was lacking
in humor or that he sulked, but his
comrades observed that he frequently
assumed a distracted air and sought
solitude. Whether they called him
"Glum" or the "Winkle" it mattered
little to him, as he did not tell a soul
that he was in love. He liked to be
alone so that he could picture Lizzie
as he had seen her that last day in
London and lie longed for the day—
that day when he would be welcomed
back to Wapping by the rapturous
Lizzie. He didn't hanker much after
fighting, but he felt that killing Ger-
mans would bring the day sooner to
him.
He felth
t at he bore an affec-
tion for Lizzie almost beyond his
physical capacity,
The pretty nurse in the hospital
was s tenches by his diminutive form,
his tiny face, and she hoped that he
would be spared. While she was
watching him at night with the tend-
erest care, as he was a gallant little
fighter, she heard him murmur, co-
herently enough for her to just catch
the words:
tI horst it, I horst it, and wot's she
goin' ter aye?"
Miss Daintry, the nurse, wondered
what the little fellow had lost. Of
course, ita
was palpable that was in-
fatuated with some girl. It never oc-
curred to the nurse that this private
could be worrying about his mother.
And in the sunlit morning an officer
wandered into to the hospital. He. gazed
softlyati
Miss Daintry and told her
she was looking tired.
"I should ld be
so glad '
of
we could
uld
save this man," said Miss Daintry,
"Alan," she continued, "I should feel
that I had accomplished something
really grand if he became well enough
to leave the hospital, The surgeons
despair for his life.
Captain Dudley took Miss Daintry's
hand, saying that he hoped the little
chap would live,
She guarded the wounded bantam
all that morning 'with faith and hope,
and just before she was abandoning
the vigil the "Winkle's" eyes openedd
The tired brown eyes in the white.
face looked at the wonderful nurse,I
and then they closed. But again the
bantam, muttered sentences which
gradually grew distinct, until Miss
Daintry understood this:—
"I lost me watch—the watch she
gave 'me. I ought ter 'ave 'ad it in
a dugout. Don't tell 'Sr. For.'Gawd's
sake, don't tell 'er. Don't let 'er even
come arahnd. She won't understand v
wot 'appened. , . I told her;
Id bring hack the watch and I ain't
got ' it. Don't let 'er come arahnd,
Tell 'er I'rn not 'ere." .;
UNT HALL.
He seemed exhausted with the
chatter and lapsed into - a delirious
sleep. ` Miss Daintry was relieved for
a few hours during which time she
learned that "Glum" or the "Winkle"
had slept -fairly peacefully The sur-
geon said' there was . a bare chance,
just a bare chance of his living. He
told Miss Daintry 'that he had been
told that this case was not thought
to 'be serious when he left France or
they would not have sent him to Lon-
don. It was on the way from South-
ampton that the bantam became un-
conscious,
."Lorst me watch. Blimy, wet a
bloody fool. Don't tell 'er. Don't even
let 'er come ai'a'hnd. Keep her away.
Lorst me blinkin' watch, w,ot I loved
more than anything else in the
world,"
' Do you know," said Miss Daintry
to Captain Dudley that afternoon, "I
believe he's so much in love that he'd
get well if that watch he's longing
for could be found. Of course, that's
impossible.
"Picadilly Circus, near Regent St,
Meuin road. That's"—
Captain Dudley 'looked at the pa-
tient and then at Miss Daintry.
"We'll have to get him a watch,"
observed Captain Dudley, -who then
heard the little man- again mutter,
"Elephant & Castle's is where I left
it."
"He's delirious," said Miss Daintry,
"and fancies he's been in London and
has got it mixed up with France. She
gazed at the patient, and finally the
bantam breathed quietly as if in a
tranquil sleep. Captain Dudley took
Miss Daintry's hand and told her that
he was bound on a government mis-
sion and would be away for four or
five days. It was easy to see that
Captain Alan Dudley was also in love,
and from the way he talked Miss
Daintry was not. As he left the hos-
pital ward he pleaded with her in
whispered conversation to reconsider
her decision. She shook her head, de-
claring that she had no intention of
marrying yet, and that they insist be
good friends nevertheless.
(To be concluded,)
0
EMPRESS. EUGENIE AT 93.
Once Reigned Over the French—Is
Still Loyal to the Land.
The strange turns of fortune, which
the last few years have brought to
many crowned heads are no stranger
than the vicissitudes which have been
crowded into the life of the lonely ex -
empress of the French, who is spend-
ingthe eveningof her daye quietlyin
Y
her English home at Farns r
g bo ovgh,
and who recently entered her ninety-
fourth year.
Buried in the crypt of the Benedic-
tine AbbeyChurch,the egift to b
the
church of this aged lady, who has been
a lifelong adherent of the Roman
Catholic faith, are the bodies of her
husband, Louis Napoleon, an exile who
returned to France to become an em-
peror and who left it again to die in
England, and of her beloved only son.
the Prince Imperial, who died fighting
or England against the Zulus.
The last publicappearance ppea ante of the
ex -empress was at this church, where
she toolspart in the thanksgiving t cegiving ser-
vice at the armistice for the allied vic-
tory.
Not very long before the ex -empress
spoke for the first time of the sacri-
fice she had made in refusing Bis -
march's offer of thethrone one of France
for her son in, exchange fol' ceding
the twoprovinces. Alsace A s ce an
d Lor-
raine went from /Prance, it is true, but
the Empress Eugenie proved her de-
votion to the land whore she once
reigned.
She was not horn in the purple. She
was the granddaughter of a descen-
dant of no Scottish Kirkpatricics, who
had set up a wine shop In Malaga. Her
mother had ambitions, and married a
Spanish nobleman, who was the father
of the lovely girl with regullar fea-
tures and wonderful golden hair,
whose ambitions, for her part, were
whetted by a gypsy's prophecy that
her happiness "would bloom with the
the violets From that time en the
young Mlle. de 'Ivlontijo wore violets
on all occasions, .-Violets, it will bo re --
membered, are the emblem of the
Bonaparte family, 'and wheel the
beautiful Spanish girl made the mar-
nage which startled Europe she wore
a train of priceless lace in a design of
folets, presented by the town of
Liege,
1,229 British prisoners in German
hands ars still unaccounted for.
Canning 'Time,' •
St miner cameso quickly to us in
Ontario this year that' canning' time
was upon us almost before the fur-
nace fires were out. But, of course,
we must can. Our .wal„leseensstho5r-
ed us the desirability of taking care
ofour surplus fruit and vegetables,
and if we lived in a section fortunate
enough to have a home' agent., et 'a
visit from a specialist we have had
demonstrated to us the superiority "of'
home -canned stuff to that put up by
commercial cannertee,
Of course, you canned your rhub-
arb by the cold water method. That
is, you peeled and cut the rhubarb,
packed it into sterilized- jars, filled
the jars to.overowing with cold water,
using new rubbers, and- sealed tight-
ly. Do not forget that gooseberries
may be canned in the same way,
saving both time and sugar. And
next fall if you want to experiment
with cranberries they, too, may be
done by cold water method.
When you open these fruits pour off
the water and cools down to half the
original quantity. Then add the fruit
and cook until of the desired con-
sistency, sweetening just -before re -i
moving from the fire. A pinch of
soda added while the fruit is cooking
will neutralize some of the acid and
lessen the amount of sugar needed.
Now as to cold pack. Since the
armistice has 'been signed and we feel
we can speak our mind freely, I have
heard a number of housekeepers say
they were not thoroughly convinced
as to the superiority of this method
for everything. These were women
who have been canning for years with
good luck. The girls of the canning
clubs and the younger women are, of
course, strongly in favor of the new
method. The others, •while admitting
it is best for vegetables, yet main-
tain that many fruits are just as well
done the old open -kettle way. And
many maintain that the old way is
much, less work.
Berries, however, keep their shape;
better and lookbetter done the
cold -pacts way. To makethe syrup
for berries allow two quarts of water
for every three pounds of sugar and
boil Ave minutes. This makes a med-
ium thin syrup. Wash and hull ber-
ries, pack in jar, of course, jars and
tops and rubbers ,must be bailed up
in water, adjust rubbers and put on
tops, turning down until the edge just
touches the rubber. Then set in water
which is boiling and, boil ten minutes.
Remove jars, tighten tops, invert to
see if they do not leak, and store in
a dark place. A good way is to save
all your paper bags and slip each
can in a bag. This helps to keep the
color. Raspberries are apt to settle
a great deal. To get around this let
them stand fifteen minutes after the
syrup has been added, when you will
find they have settled enough so that
you may add more berries.
The favorite method of canning
strawberries in our household is the
following: Use only fresh, firm, ripe
and sound berries. Prepare berries.
Add eight ounces of sugar and two
tablespoons of water for every quart
of berries. Boil slowly for fifteen
minutes in an enameled or acid -proof
kettle, covered with a well -fitted cov-
er while boiling. Allow berries to
cool and remain over night in cover-
ed kettle. Pack cold 'berries in glass
jars. Put rubber and cap in position,
for ten minutes
tight. Sterilize
water outfit; i using bath h if a,
water -seal outfit or a five -pound
steam -pressure outfit, sterilize six
or if usingan
minutes;aluminum
pressure -cooker outfit sterilize for
four minutes. Remove jars. Tighten
covers. Invert and cool to test the
cup of lard, or one large half -cup of
sweet ' cream. Moisten with sweet
milk, add a pinch of salt. Roll out
the dough until it is 'creamy - and
,islnaotll, . Bake in two pie tins of
equal size, Removes fnqpq, the oven
wi-pti it,i's' a golden brovlff. For the
feel. filling, take ,a ,.,pint of fresh
; , hulled strawberries; crush- them. and
add one cup of sugar. Mix them with
a cup' of whipped sweet cream. Spread'
each ^piece of the bake -limit$ butter
and plaeeuthe"fruit+'between the lay-
ers;, Serve, While it, is warm. In the
absence of s (4wberrigs apy,.;'fruit
may, be used; evepr;cailrw4.fruit.—,
Miss 'L I. D''
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NEW,,FACES•FOR OLD'
Wonderful 1Werk of London Surgeon
Brrlefly Described.
joint; a:rap j41xgi, titllr`paper to pre-
ven bleachia find store..
O'.o`durk'e, ou`•ai'e'going to make
some of yerojamries into sun pre-
serves. There are several ways of
fining thiel II�IlIere is one: Pick the
*berries early in the morning, choos-
ing weather which -promises to be
hot and dry for two or three days.
Wash', and hull, berries and weigh.
Allow ec ut l ijuantities of sugar and
16erries:' Place the 'berries on a shal-
low platter. Make a thick syrup of
the. Sugar' Snoiatene'd with just enough
water or berry juice to dissolve the
sugar.: :''Peer :'s`yrup over 'b'erries,
cover berries with a glass and set in
the lull"un'Ii'1 life 'berries 'are eofi=;And
the syrup has jellied., The :time 'de-
pends upon weather conditions. Then
store in fruit, jars ;and simmer 'for
ten minutes in hot -Water "
A second method calls for boiling
the berries before placing in the ,sun.
Equal quantities of fruit and sugar
are used. Make a syrup by allowing
two cups of waterfor every three
pounds of sugar and boiling until it
threads. Add the berries and cook
fifteen minutes. Then spread on
platters and put' in the sun until
syrup jellies. This, may then be stor-
ed as jelly, covering the top with
paraffin.
Raspberries, cherries and peaches
may be preserved by the sun method.
The cherries should be pittedbefore
weighing, and the peaches pared and
cut in eighths or quarters, according
to size. Cherries are especially good,
Use the juice of the cherries to moist-
en the sugar for the. syrup.
One woman always stores some
strawberries uncooked and preserved
simply with sugar. This takes a great
deal of sugar, a pound and a quarter
for every pound of fruit, but the re-
sult is more than satisfying when
winter draws around. Thenfrult should
be mixed with. the dry sugar and
every berry crushed. A wooden po-
tato masher is a good "weapon" to
use for crushing the fruit. Berries of
all kinds, and currants may be• kept. in
this way. • The jars should be filled
to overflowing and nw rubbers used.
Of course, jars, tops and rubbers
must be sterilized.
If you have quantities of straw-
berries bottle some juice to combine
later with apple juice for jelly.
Strawberry juice itself is lacking in
p jelly. pectin and willnot make 'ell . But
mixed with two parts of apple juice
it makes a pretty and delicious jelly.
For raspberry jelly use equal parts
of raspberry and apple juice.
Contributed Recipes.
Strawberry Meringue Pie,—Have
ready a baked crust, then wash and
sweeten thoroughly one quart of fresh
ripe berries. Fill in crust and cover
with the beaten whites of two eggs,
to which has been added one-half cup
of sugar and one-half teaspoon of
vanilla. Place in oven and brown
quickly. This is excellent,—H. E. M.
Fruit Sandwich—A pleasing sand-
wich is made by mashing- berries,
adding sugar and placing between'
thin slices of hot buttered toast, After'
the. sandwiches are made, place be-
tween hot plates until the bread is
a little softened and some of the
juice absorbed.—Mrs. L. M. T.
Fruit Eggnog—For each person
beat•a ne
o raw egg quite stiff, add one-
half cupof
fruit juice and beat again,
then add one-half cup of whipped
cream. Beat together thoroughly,
chill and serve.—M,rs. J. J. O'C.
Strawberry Sh rtca
ae—To serve
six, use two cups of pastry flour in
Which is sifted three teaspoons of
baking powder. Mix in two-thirds of
Most Quoted Author
Ideal standards of literary excel -
hence are not easy things to devise, but
it is curious to observe what fair re-
sultsinh. most can be obtained bythe s
em-
pirical and vulgar methods. Take, for
instance, the test of sales. Entirely
misleading as applied to a limited
period, It gives a very fair gauge if ex-
tended over a sufficient lapse of time.
The]a s
P
of Shakespeare, the novels
P Y
of Sir Walter Scott, have probably
been sold in far larger numbers than
I i' volumes of poetry otic 1 Y or prose
fiction. And Shakespeare's predomin-
ance is, as it should be, by far more
marked than Scott's. In the sane way
one would incline to assent that the
most quoted poet is also the best. *
* '" A writer like Spenser would
be put too low, while Pope would be
put too high; still their respective
value to the literature and to the na-
tion would not lie altogether inade-
quately expressed. * * *
Ofsall.literatures Latin has been in.
comparably the most cited, partly be-
cause Latin is still familiar to every
educated man, but largely also because
of the practical bentofLatin genius.
Horace is morn gnutsd not only than
Vergil: but than any poet in the world,
yetno"ono:assigns to him,' a. rank cor-
responding to this fact. --Tho weakness
of Horace lies just in the nit ',sal
applicability of his sant r.n-ti IYa
COMMITS are so far-reaLhil,g in t to r
wisdom that they appeoach t n L:, t,•
Inches. 'p 'R R A 7 it i .It' n- t
observe how in ou, wan' I.t
"Hamlet," the mess I et 1.,, a : n,1 sift r. ,
of dramas, is, n..o L, ,,'.,, ., -
storehouse of -aphorism and familiar
reflections, * *
All men cannot fairly be judged by
their best knowna From acs. F om heats.
a thousand people have echoed the
phrase about a "joy forever" as again-
st one that ever cited, appositely -those
lines, infinitely more characteristic,
that tell of
"Magic casements, opening on the
foam
Of perilous seas, in faery Y lands for.
horn,"
It was Shakespeare's way magnifi-
cently to encroach upon the common
domain and say, "This is mine, though
millions have used it," Keats wan-
dered in lonely places;• he does pot
come to us, we have to go to his. It
is only from the lettered that he or
those of whom he is the chief receive
the tribute that quotation -conveys, • A•
phrase remembered for its mere
beauty, a thought kept in mind for its
strangeness, not for its familiarity, is
produced at the opposite occasion only
by men who have a real sense of lit-
erature. '" * * ' Lamb is himself
one of the prose writers who Is most
-quotable * *' of the great men,
Scott 13 .the least -quotable, Dickens
the nto„t, while George Eliot is per-
haps snore quotable than either. * *
* But it is a fair way' of estimating-
g.o..tress to say that he is greatest
i hi has had most influence on he
n rorty . nal the authors who have had
1:'i ii' 1 c.e are cu the whole those
am.e words have been most frequent
i s.. I:, s ai m,:n.
A studio.Ip a hospita,j , It sounds
incongruous, but artily, one has spent
an hour In Captain Derwent Wood's
studio'at the 3rd London General Hos-
pital,. all sdnse ` of 'incongruity ,disap-
pears, says London 'Ane'wers: '
Here it is that Captain Derwent
Wood, ARA,- I;',A,M.C, ! (T), takes up
thetask when, A It lips. been left iry the
sargeon, slid if he does not heal as
the surgeon ha'sl'done before 'him, at
least he ameliorates the lot of those
who have suffered facial disfigure-
ments through wounds, and'malces life
again possible.
In the picture gallery you' may see
photos of these sufferers, before and
after—the former often terrible; the
latter, at 'the worst, odd—no more,.
Then there are the. rows of piaster
casts allowing the nature of the in-
juries even .more Vividly.'
The task is to hide these injuries
artifleally and the modus operandi is
somewhat as follows: The patient on
coming to the artist -surgeon, is al-
ready healed of his wounds. First, a
plaster cast is taken, upon which the
artist works with plasticise, moulding
the damaged features anew. From
this cast a mask is made of copper-
plate; this, is fitted and then silvered,
After this comes the enamelling of
the mask. and this is where the art
comes in. Several coats are applied
to the metal surface, and family it is
carefully and skillfully colored to re-
semble the complexion of the wearer,
At..alithe distance the features ap-
pear perfectly natural, and the decep-
tion is complete at ten yards or so. -
Most of these masks are held 'in
position by means'of spectacles, which
incidentally further aid in the decep-
tion, and add to the comfort of the
wearer.
In this way new noses, eyes, fore-
heads, cheeks and jaws are fashioned,
and the patient is able to go once
more among his fellows without the
fear in his heart that he will be either
an object of horror or of compassion.
It is a great work.
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Callahan's Call.
There had been a; slight accident in
a coal mine, with the result that Casey
was partly buried by a small quantity
of earth,
Callaghan, the leader of the rescuing
party, called down to Casey: "Iiape
aloive, Casey. We're rescuin' ye.”
Whereupon there came from the
earth a muffled voice: "Is that big
McIntyre up there with ye?"
"Shure he is."
"Thin ask him plate to step off the
rooms. I've enough on top o' me wid-
out him."
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in winter—that•of hot"water. Furnace
and caldronate sometimes, Irene case
of hospitals or `other'' large buildings,
placed at a distance' from the apart-
ments tb be; warmed. An such cases
pipes conduct 'heated' water 'unto; the
radiators and back again when cooled.,
Thus, cold water is continually enter-
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heated water flows from the top It
is now proposed-- to apnly'.the°Warm •
waters of the Gulf -Stream, to the east- .,-.
ern portions of Canada and.the'United
States, 'that Stich reglond Might ' enjoy
a •more even temperifture throughout"
the year and permit a more luxurious '
vegetation.
The closing of the Straits of Belle
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at the narrowest point„thereby shut -
ling. out .-tile -Labrador Cuia'ent, the
harbinger .of -Arctic blasts and the
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Atlantic and allow the warm -waters
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around eastern shores. Such ti change,
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billions of 'dollars; would greatly gni-
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tions; would release vast quantities.
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purposes, to .be used in industry;
would be the means of augmenting the
population, commerce and revenues of
Canada.
Advantage Would Outweigh Cost.
The project has been pronounced,
possible by engineers. The cost•would
be- great, but nothing in comparison
to the results to be gained. The sav-
ing in fuel alone to the benefited
areas, it is thought, would repay the
entire expenditure,
The Labrador current'sends'a large
volume of water through -the. Straits.
of Belle Isle thence south-westerly'
along the coast of Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and the United. States, cre-
ating a cold current, technically
known as the "-Gold Wall" between
the Gulf Stream and the North Am-
erican coast.
The climatic effect of this Labrador
current oil Canada covers a wide ex-
tent of territory. It brings winter ear-
lier; makes spring later, and materi-
ally lowers the winter temperature.
In the Province of Prince Edward
Island, having an area of -2,184 square
cites, and a population :of about 100,-
000, the only disadvantage this fertile
island labors under isits long winter,
owing to the piling up of ice in the
Gulf of St. Laurence wider the low
temperatures caused by the Labrador
current, .
The portions of the Province of
Quebec Having water frontage on the
estuary of the River St. Lawrence, the
Gulf of St, Lawrence and the Strait of
Belle Isle, including the Laurentian
Highland region, a substantial portion
of the valley of the St. Lawrence and
the Island of Anticosti,' the Bird Is-
lands , and the Magdalen' Islands,
Throughout all these areas the win-
ters are long 'and. cold and the'sum-
mers hot.
Gu
Benefitshort and of the If
Strea
ms.
. The Province of New Brunswick
,has • an area of. about 28,000 square
miles and a population of about 400,-
00fe' 'The. winter .conditions . tlirough-
t the entire n v
ou province e rendered
more difficult by. the influence of the
Labraur,
Thedor Provincecrentof Nova Scotia has an
area of about 22,000 square miles and
a population of about 500,000.
in explanation of the certainty which
is stated of benefits resulting from
the bringing' inshore of the Gulf
Stream current, one may, as a particu-
lar instance, refer to the case of At-
lantic City,Nev
Jersey.
which owes
its world-wide fame as a winter resort
entirely to the there local effect of the
Gulf _
TileStream. stream may, by. way of average,
be stated to pass 20 mires offshore at
Cape Hatteras; 60 miles oft Nantuc-
ket Shoals, and 120 miles
southward
of Nova Scotia; the warm waters of
.Gulf
the Stream In being there shut' off
from the Canadian coast by the "Cold
Wall" of the Labrador current,
through which no heat can pass.
One More Thing,
Pat and Bridget were belie 'harried,
and the .whole. village•was astir. Pat
was resplendent in a tail coat (bor-
rowed)y patent leather boots (too
tight .him), a white vest, and a
bright'green tie; Bridget shone.glori-
ous ill most of the colors of the main
bow.
The fateful words were spoken, and
the happy pair walked clown the aisle
and out Into the street, where a.great
crowd greeted then; with load cheers,
At last they were safely ensconced
in their cab, and Bridget' sank bads
with a sigh of satisfaction, .
"Sure, Pathrick," sloe said sadly,
"there's only one thing Oi regret, If
we cud -liars st000l-ofm the pavement
and watched ourselves sass, wouldn't
it have been hivitly?"
It is not always the fast farmer
that gets there,
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