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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1917-05-25, Page 1_Y!: a 017 nana / .7oOds i y t Eeavy Stocks ,es of Statile Dry Goods ist year 9r so Nob- Eying place us still in a uota.tions to protect your iST YEAR AND IN FED PA n DYES •.e prices to ma, markt vat-. nt of being the leading sill€. we wig always have ost-buying deals. We've that when you are ready k -or. you. Dileg etc. wife sSI hat have been tested aad 5rices sec to 25c the yard vases and C t- ts and finished with a -inch :ts 87 i- and 3..25 each. Towels ;. e year, but especially so r stock ievery heavy and tea and unbleached makes. size natural linen towel at rood value. llow cotton 'ree from :dressing. in all Price 23e to Svc the yard Flannelette ure cloths; Vice rangeof barn pink, pale blue, plain Prices i sc to 25c the yard OWeX11* fig -mind patterns. 3 rices 30c to 65c. how ell legs -ner tow€flings including. :d Huck- oc to ace x 3'd, . , and 1 araask 7 pretty patterns. Prices. id up to 24 mo the yard.. e gr ish Wi cey hrunk goods. ` es soc :and 65c the. yard me colored borders. Sizes fio wool Blankets en from heavy stock yarn, pedal at wool Blankets S.25 a pair ; also Blarikete, and large size oleurns and 0 Oilcloths 1 T Yl *OLE NUMBER 2580 1114040.040.0.040.0.04100.0.04.0.04.0.04044)40040040040) iu cannot beat the best to sell Beat Qualities practically the same as ey are wholesale to -day. ge Caepets and Capt es in splendid patterns and - reliable qualities- er Curtains and Draper; Fries in some of the most ug and effective meshes �oiar tones that we have haven . nossimmexassenamegilis ois 001010.604004.400,0.0.4 Greig Clothlng Co i6 Sino None PP IT Having stocked up with a very fine range of men's Suits its all of the Staple and Fancy colors, we feel the necessityof unloading with as little delay as pos- sible. To accomplish this our prices have been reduc- ed to a ' s Very Low Figure Prices that take us back to the days before the great world war. For Instance Gt ey l'I ixi ure......$7®50 to 512.00 Fancy Brown Worsteds 510.00 to $15.00 Fine Blue Serge • $10.00 to $17.00 Pine Blacks 512 to 518 Young Men's Fancy Pinch Style$12.00 to 513.00 Fine Trousers $2.75 to 53.75 aWilY'S SIM We have a lot of intea- e,sting Bargains in Boyo T Suits. People buying boys' Suits =lately have been obliged to pay much higher prices than prevailed a . ear or two ago—and they'll' be high- er priced yet. We have a quantity of the good old sterling cloth Suits. Really- the only kind worth taking home and t prices surprisingly LOW v i tia 1 I vow" For Boys— 8 to 10 years 4.5o to 6. r o 10 to 15 years $5 to 8.00 I2 to 17 years $7 to $.io Odd Knickers 75c to 1.5o Boys' Raincoats 2.75 to 4.50 FINE WEATHER <,. On the 24th of M� ♦l ev- ery man is sips his new fine weather 4 The HATS WABSHII:PS IN THE MAKING ugliest craft that %er wallowed (By Jeffrey Farnol in The Outlook) water. Minelayer, a here wz�=. ,n d roe nal ahl s mine -sweeper Fl. IIs was an old man with that reds- heteroggeneous l ion' of _ welj- ygl every bin nimble courtlines of .bearing that is of , a past generation; tall and spare he . d eft flesitx; i pomp lay >e y were la ; onlyetch, a"hi what soon wold be a ship On ottr right viers ski s, on our left' was, his white head. bowed a little by weight of years; but almost with my first glance I seemed to reeognize him iinstinctiaely for that worthy Master Builder of goodly vessels staunch and were ships and oT-aships sa long strong. So the Master Builde>< I will perpective-•-shrpe br the million tons, call him. until w -r ores gr awed of ships He stood beside me at the window and I went below, with one in the uniform of a naval cap- tain, and we looked all-) three of us, at that which few might behold un- moved. "She's a beauty,' said the captain; "she's all speed and grace from cute water to sternpost." "I've been building ships for sixty - odd years, and we never launched a better," said the Master Builder. As `for ire. I was dumb She' lay within a stone's throw, a mighty vessel, huge of beam and length, her superstructure towering proudly aloft, her massive armored sides sweeping" up innoble curves, a super -dreadnaught complete from trucks to keelson..Yacht-like she sat the water, all bouyant grace from counter, nd 'to w to to errea lofty prow tapering me there was something sublime in the grim Riad latent power, the strength and beauty of her. " "But she's not''.so very bigs is she?" inquired a voice behind us. The cap- tain stared; the Master Builder smiled. “Fairly," he nodded. "Why do you ask?" "Well, I usually reckon the size of a ship from the number of her funnels, and—" "Ha!" exclaimed the captain, ex- plosively. . "Humph!' said - the Master Builder, gently, "after , luncheon you shall measure her, if you like, but now, II .G �iJ6r this,surely l a w � Tru � in its w y the *mot wonderful river eyes may seg; a sight I shall never forget, a sight', shall always associ-, ate with the stalwart figure of e captain and the White. hair and vener- able form of the sten Builder as they stood side by Side to wave adieu. Beneath the shadow of a mighty bridge I stepped launch manned b somewhat "grimy, ing to he surge we held awa ; ford a and ph anttt >y. and with speed in a _ very smart Yrs in overalls Bing and fall - broad' river all-broadriver es tha lay ow, rakish, lie of her,, As ,we drew near,, h:e'rrow deck looked to my untutored' ; eye, a confus- ed litter of girt.;• torpedo tubes, guAc � „s ii -� 'zn lass . How- beit, vi d - o e.. cart s y p ► beit, I clamored aboard and ducking under a guy -rope d, avoiding sundry obstructions, shoo ,hands with her commander, young,, clear-eyed, and cheery of mien who .presently led me past a stumpy smo�ataek and • up to est a perpendicular where, beneath looking 'structure er to the bridge, o newhat flimsy - the wh el, brass bound and highlypo1,_isbed like all else about this crded craft, as not- ably the binnuzl and' certain bins- bound dials, on t ';aces whereof one might read such ,cords as Ahead, As- tern, Fast S1ov,•` etc. Forward of , this was a plat, n3 none too roomy, think, we will go and eat."where was a glue. ost carefully wrap - During a most excellent luncheon ped and swaddled stn divers cloths,Ur- the talk ranged from ships and books paulins, ete.---wpped up as' and guns to submarines and 'Seaplanes much tender care. as if it had been a with stories of battle and sudden baby, and delicate, at that. But, as death, ours of risk and harr ip, of the commander casually informed tee, noble age and' -heroic deeds,: . s they had been out. patrolling all night that I almost forgot to eat and was and "it had blown a little"wherefore Cendreila and Flower Land Operetta The most loved of children's fairy stories will be given ,by, 60 - t pupils of the Sea°orth Public School. under the direction - of Miss Annie G oven l ol�ck¢. Everyone in the cast a and will be suit c.1 � elaborately costumed, and this, together with special sta ing, prorn- P � ises to be a rare treat Proceeds in aid of the Red Cross and War At®xiliary, Rememb- er the date FRIDAY �t E y El i IN June ist TOWN HALL, SBAFORT•H Admission t5c and 25e er tage, in my mind's eye I saw this for spray—" mighty vessel as she had been, the "And how did yen below, heave of the fathomless sem.thele zncluired. whirlin battle smoke about her, theme, Ro air full of the crashing thunder of guns as she quivered beneath their discharge. I heard the humins drone of shells corning from afar, a hum that grew to a wail --a shriek and the sickening crash as they smote her or threw up . great water -sports high as her lofty fighting tops; I seemed to hear through it all the ring of electric bells from the various fire e calm and allun- shaken andvocs m controlsa by the hellish din uttering come :rands down the many speaking -tubes. "And you," said I turning to the youthful figure beside me, "you were in the battle?" He blushingly admitted that he was, "And how did you feel He wrinkled his smooth brow and laughed a little shyly, "Really I—I hardly know, sir." I asked him if at times one was not inclined to feel a trifle shaken, a little nervous, or—might one sayer --afraid? "Yes sir," he agreed, politely, "1 suppose so only, you see, we are all too jolly busy to think about it," "Oh!" said I, taking out a` cigarette; "too'. busy! Of course. I see. And where is the captain during action, as a rule?" , of fact,he stood ,rst _ "As a matter � then.„ 9 r 4, . , m d %mn'ned �- tc�;zl Yoe see, my finger in some tackle for one thing and just then the light faired us; we'd have bagged the lot if the light had held a little longer. But next ting who knows? Care for a cap of tell?" "Thanks," I answered, } but where are the others?' "Oh, by Jove! f fz icy y ur nate, gone—ill see!" This proving indeed the ease, 1 _ e w g and leave,and,with a a �£ my force took '� shipman to guide me, pr eeeritly step - red aboard- a boat which bore us back beneath - the shadow of that mighty bridge, stark now against the evening sky. - Riding eitywards through the dee -b ening twilight, I bethought me of the midshipmite who amid the roar and tu- mult of gimme battle had been "toe busy" to be afraid; of the round -head- ed gunner, who. like is gun, was ready and eager for more; and of the tall lieutenant who, with death in many awful shapes shrieking#} and crashing About him, felt "rotten," by reason of a bruised finger and failing light. And hereupon I felt proud that 1 too was a Briton, of the same breed as these mighty ships and the splendid fellows wlib man them—these hese keepers int?n of the seas who in $att_e., as where you are sir. Stood there the r pest do their duty unseen, unheard, hoursLee itwas hottest"their whole six u,., because it is duty. , "Here!" I exclaimed: ` But it is quite Therefore, all who are so blest as to exposed." live within these isles, take comfort mi My midshipmite, being a hardy vet- and courage from this --that, despite Ise eran in world -snaking naval battles, r permitted himself a smile. "But you see sir," he gently explain - air again to find that we wens ap- proaching a certain jetty'. And now, in the delicate manoeuvre of bringing to and making fast the vessel, my companions, myself, and 'all else were utterly forgotten as with voice and hand the. commander issued order on order until gently as a nesting bird the destroyer came to her berth and was made fast. Hereupon„ having shaken hands allround, he handed us raging tempest and despe to battle, we trusting in the justice of our rause, in these iron men and mighty ships, ed, "it's really far safer out here than i may rest secure, since truly worthy of being shut up in a gun -turret, or—or thee, bath ships and men, of the gior- down below, on actount of er—er, you lois traditions of the world's most understand, sir?" glorious navy. "Oh quite," said I, and thereafter thought a while and receiving his e ady permission, lighted my cigar- ette. "I think.' said I, as we prepared to descend from our lofty perch, "Pm - sure it's just —er—that kind of thing that brought one Francis Drake out of so. very many tight corners. By the way, do you smoke?" A My midsbipmite blushingly eon - sorry when at last we rose from table. I surmised the cloths and. tarpaulins over to other naval . men as cheery as fessed that he did, and. helped himself • Once outside, I had the good for- aforesaid. e- he, who in due season brought us to from, my ease with self-conscious fin - 601 tune to find myself between the cap- "I ghoul think".I ventured, o - - the depot ship where luncheon await- gess. fain and the venerable figure of the �, b�sr Master Builder,. in whose company I spent a never -to -be -forgotten after- noon . With them I stood alongside this noble ship, which, seen, thus near, seemed mightier` than ever. "Will she' be fast?"- I enquired. "Very fast for a dreadnaught," said the captain. - "And at top speed she'll show la bow -wave "to speak of," added the vet- eran. "See how fine her lines are fore and dtlt, Ct "And. her �' n. power twill error? e � Y mous;' said the ca mn.'-"' l� . _ .._ .Here tae fe • to scanning.#3e laze • �+nlitary beim ahead through a: pair "vi binoculars, a. = who stood by T espied `haze°' roeig,� tG , ; we gathered chin in hand, lost -in con- templation of this large vessel, speed, ghostly shapes began to loenm, "Funnels or not, she's bigger than protentuous shapes 'that grew and you thought?" I enquired of him: grew upon the siglnt-turret super - Ile glanced at me, shook his head, Structure, and embattled maast. Here a sighed and took himself by the chin again. "Holy smoke!" said he, "And you have been building ships for sixty years?" I asked of the ven- erable figure beside me. "And more," he answered. "And I my father built_ ships hereabouts so 1 long ago as 1820 and his grandfather before him." "Back to the times of Nelson and Rodney and Anson," said I; "great seamen all, who fought great ships! What would they think of this one, I wonder ? " 1 "That she was a worthy successor," replied the Master Builder, letting his eyes, so old and wise in ships, wander up and over the mighty fabris before us. "Yes," he nodded, deeivisely, "she's worthy—like the men who will fight her one of these days." "But our enemies and some of our friends rather thought we had degen- erated these latter days," I suggested, "Ah, well," said he, very quietly, "they know better now don't you think?" "Yes," said I; and again,. "Yes." ins her sh fp lines and slender bt n , ed usy aching the main deck in due seas - "I should think she rquld roll rather I have dined in many places and have on, 1 found that 1 had contrived that frightfully when it does blow a little." { eaten with many different folk. but 1 missed the chief g-annner s lecture on "Well, she does a bit," he admitted, never have I enjoyed a meal more than the great guns, whereupon who so ag- am still in Shorncliffe gymnasium tal- "but not so muni., Starboard!" said this perhaps because of the padre who itated and bitterly apologetic as my expect to ci back he over his hotzlrler to the bearded ' P _ P _ the table. __ .... vitro' ..,__�_ and then ush- ered ins the course b exp g mariner at the wiles. "Take us round by the Tiger ' "Aye, Aye, s one as we water. "Yes, she's. t e's But as they do their duty by Britain and the Empire, let it be our inestim- able privilege as fe ow -Britons to do our duty as nobly both to the Empire and to them. FROM SHO1 NCLIF1 :' GLAND. The following letter was received from Gunner G. C. Lockart, who area aver with the 110th Battalion, but•- transferred' ;to the 5th Bricie, by his parents, Itlr and Mrs . W. A. Lockhart, of Stratford, and formerly a my end manly cleric, this bright-eyed, resoldte of jaw, but humorous of mouth, whose whose white choker did but seem to offset. the virility of hill. A man, ed, who preathed little mad did la tailor's padre ili..-veaey' trath. t museulai arm negligently leaning told nie:hcorfklAit for an acciderit. thereons, stood a reund needed, broad- bouldered- man, thepresiding gene Craddock on his lase ill-fated cruisi- 'ea 01 this (as I afterwards found) when so many died that right and jus- most sacred pkee. tice might endure. His lecture was ended, and he, was "Poor chaps!" said I. addressing a few well-chosen closing "Yes," said he, gently; "and yet remarks in slightly bored fashion( he. it is surely a noble thing to die great had shown off his ponderous play- things to divers kings, potentatee, and bigwigs at home and abroad, I learn- ed) wher, I, though properly awed by the' gun, but more espetially by the gunner,ventured to suggest that a gun that had been through three engage- ments and had been fired so frequently must necessarily show some signs of wear. The gunner glanced at mee and shall never forget that look. torted the bearded slide through the roll a. bit peThaps, entittntiel • 1 stairs and through narrow openings aarry that I came down te take the thee a paw ef glistening, gleaming Oeurse for if I evet ght from "Blighty' polish and fUrbishinent, where; betide the shining breeeh of a monster gim, job as im instructor, Yesterday morn - to France,.I will be able to get a staff then came in and started doitm all idyl.% of *feints mighty battle -cruiser, yonder a etneer- And surely, surely for all those win destroyer, one after another, quiet- in cause so just have met death un - seeming on this autumn morning, and flinching and unafraia, who have taken yet whose grim hulks held lament po- hold upob that which we can life and • tentialities of destruction and death, carried it through and beyond the por • as many of them have proved but talg of death into a sphere of nobler lately. and greater living—surely to such as As we passed these silent monsters, these strong souls the Empire they the commander named them in turn, served so nobly and loved so truly will names which has been flashed around one day enshrine them, their memory the earth not so long age, memo and deeds, on the brightest, most glor- which shall yet figure in the histories ious page of. her history, which shall to come with Grenville's Revenge, Drake's Golden Hind, Blake's Tri- umph, Anson's Centurion, Nelson's Victory, and a seore of other deathless names—glorious names that make one proud to be of the race that manned and fought them. Peacefully.they rode at their moor- ings, the water lapping gently at their steel sides, but, as we steamed past, on more than one of them, and especi- all the grim Tiger, I saw the marks of the Jutland bdttle in dinted plate scarred fumiel, and superstructure, taken when for hours on end the dauntless six withstood the might of the German fleet, So, as we advanced past these bat- tle -scarred ships, I felt a sense of awe, that indefinable uplift of soul one is conscious of when treading With soft and reverent foot the dim ailses of some cathedral hallowed by time and the dust of our noble dead. "Slow etarters always," continued Ihe, musingly; "bet the nation that can match us in staying power has yet to be born." So. walking between these two, I listened and looked and asked ques- tions; and of what I heard and of what I saw I could write much; but for the censor I° might tell of armorbelts of . enormous' thicknees, of guns of stu- penduous calibre, of new methods of , defence against sneaking submarine and torpedo attack, and of.devices new and strange; but of these I may neith- .er speak nor write because of the afore- said censor. Suffice it to say that as the sdn sank, we came all three to a jetty whereto a steamboat lay moor- ed, on whose limited deck were numer- ous figures, divers of whom beckoned me on. So with hearty farewells I stepped be a'Straw or again it may means - a light Felt. Either is quite cor- rect. Never before have we ever shovvn such splendid styles and, such splendid qualities or such a large and comprehensive stock. Verylfine felt hats 1.50, $2 to4.5o Fine Straws lisc,1.50,2.50,2.5o $4 Boys 25c, 5oc to 75c Overalls Smocks Work Shirts Suspenders BoyS) Overalls —Boys' workshirts 1.00 to i.75 25c to 50c 35c tO 75c Greig Clothing Co. EA.FOril *4410.004:060010.00431 0~3401.00010010041000410* "This afternoon," said the command- er, offering me his cigarette case, they're going to show you over the Warspite—the German .navy have sunk her so repeatedly,you ynow. There be continued, nodding towards the fleet of squat-loolcing vessels. with stumpy masts, "those are the coal and oil and that sort of thing— ugly beggars but useful. How about a whisky and soda?" Following him down the perpendic- uar ladder, he brought me aft to a hole in the deck, a small hole a round hole, to which he proceeded- to insert him - be a monument more endunrig than grass or stone, a monument that shall with his gaze always fixed, he sug- never pass away. gested that I might glance down the So we talked of ships and the sea pany had risen we rose also and, spoke in this wise the upper hand of the seas, for wiser - and of men until, aware that the come Obediently I stooped, whereon he donning hats and coats, set fort1;, talk, Mg still. Together we paced beside docks and along piers that stretched away by the mile; massive structures of granite and concrete that bad only come into being so he told me, since the war. Side by side we ascended the broad gengway, and side"by side we set foot upon that battle -scarred deck whose timbers here and there showed the whiter patches of new wood. Here he turned to give rim his hand, after first writing down name and address, and, with mutual wishes of meeting again, went to his duties and left me to the wonders of this great ship. Crossing the broad deck, more spac- ious it seemed than an ocean liner, I came where my travelling companions were grouped about a grim memorial of the Jutland battle, a huge projectile that had struck one of the afteretur- rets in the doing of which .it had voluted disc, and was now mounted as a memento of that tremenduous day. And here it was that I became ac- quainted with my midshipmite, who looked like an angel of sixteen, bore himself like a veteran, and spoke (when his shyness bad worn off a lit- tle) like a British fighting man. To him I proffered the request that aboard the steamboat, whereupon Ellie self, first his long legs then his broad he would pilot me over this great ves- snorted and fell suddenly aquiver as shoulders—evidently by an artifice sel, which he (blushing a little) very she nosed out into the broad stream learned through much practice. Fine. readily , agreed to do. Thereafter, in well. his wake, I oscended stairways, climb - while I stood to wave my hat in fare- alltr his jauntily capped head vanished, mulls over ropes, getting upat igh other fellows' shoulders. It was very wind yesterday and there were some big.wavea on the sea. We could hear the lug guns in France quit plainly yesterday. We can see France from here on a clear day. It only takee one and a lialf hours to go over. There is a big draft of 110th fellowe going across this morning. Nearly all tho old battalion is fightin, now. That was some victory at Vieny Ridge wao it not? There were some 11.0th#fellows in that, as they are re - With his eyes on mine Ite toucned a inforebig the 4th C.1111.1t. right there. lever in negligent fasitio_ri, whereon i It is very interesting watehing tho silently the great breech slipped away totenicenee here, They send up ehservn with a hiss and whistle of air, and, ti;i1-balloons, and then practice firing at them with. a machine gen out of an airplane. We see troop ships and hospital ships leaving the harbor every day for France. England sure hao "If you cast yotn. heyes to the rig abaft the breech, you'll observe slight darkening on rift's. Now glancing t' left of piece, you'll per-ceive slight darkenings of riflin's, Now casting your heyes right forard, you'll remark slight roughening of riflin's towards muzzle of piece, and—there y' are, sir, One hundred and twenty-seven times she's been fird by my 'and, and good for as many more—both of us. Arter- noon, gentlemen, and thank ye." Saying which, he touched a lever in the same negligent fashion, the mighty breech.eblock slid back into place, and I walked forth humbly into the outer air. 1 ed laders, wriggled through narrow and thereafter from the deeps below Side -by side they stood, the captain his cheery voice reached me. 1 spaces, writhed round awkward corn - of eye, hearty of voice, free of ges- by berths with a chest of drawers be- I sir," said he in is gentle voice, hang_ 1 size and airy spaciousness be een seemed, and yet I was strucie y tall and broad and sailor -like in his I descende4 into a narrow chamber 1 ers, up and ever down. blue and gold—a maw of action, bold divided by a long,ish table and flanked "We rather awkward, I'm afraid,1 ture; the other, his silver hair agleam .neath ea,eh. At the farther end of , ing from an iron ladder with one hand 1 decks* in the setting sun, a man wise with this somewhat -small and dim aPart- i and a foot the better to address me, "The strange thing about the Hun," years, gentle, and calm-elred, my Mas- ment and northeasterly of the table ("You see, we never bring visitors this I said my comp,anien as we mounted ter Builder. Thin as the distance • was a small polished stove wherein . I way, as a rule ---I, 1 upward again, ' is that he is so amaz- e° were gone. , accurate with his big guns. As lengthened I stood watching, until fir b ed. in a rack against a bulk- "Goodl" said I, crushing my hat on ' inglY presently they turned side by side and • steamed unth range he registered' , Here I took mseleave of my midship- mite, Who stood among a crowd of his f 11 ws to watch me down the gang- plank, and I followed whither I was led,very full of thought, as well I I am back to the tent now. might be, until, rousing I found my- I I see where 1 ara going to start self on the deck of that famous War- 1 soek store pretty soon, as I win have spite which our foes are so coMforte 1 to get rid of some ewerity-five pair be - ably certain lies a shattered wreck fore going to France. I have got- odeiscsouurtiasnedwi, tHheare tIairriteuntetlnyanftellwittoh soeik:,uessosekiswiargin harumveotore rinof gsocaks..ow. whom I went below and aloft;he show- I have not heard from Will Beattie ed me cockpit, infirmary, and engine- since before he Went tO France. rem -4.0e showed rae the wonder of her small hand -wheel in the bowels of this uirthdaY. it w" verY quiet' huge ship whereby she had been steer. "There is no Place Like Home rents in her steel plati, now very neat- To the dear place o'er the sea; ly mended by stM plates held in place And I long to return where illy best _ h W fin ir iefe,,en dls k na roewi th e y are wattieg for by many large -bolts, Wherever we went were sailors, by the hundred, it I oftemes stand on the ocean's shore On a solitary, lonely reef; And I gaze o'er the sea where 1 long to be— In the Land of the Maple Leaf. t isyonuelf ;tat, months since i saw But it seems more like a year. ever you look you see boats oe every descrpition dotted all over the Clean- nel. Britain can afford to lose a few and you would think they would never be missed. I have not received the box yet, other treats, althoughbI got the other you sent,- but expect it any day now. I am enclosing some poetry which was written by the famous poet "MY- SELF." I ha.d nothing to do one night so I just started scribbling something and this is what I got, Tell nie whet sou think of it and maybe Win Bea you some more. This is Sunday morning and. I got up at 7.20 and got my breakfast then went back to bed for a courle of hours. I left the room I was sleeping in and Slowly we steamed down the river, a drab, unlovely waterway, but.* won- derful river none the less, whose banks teem With workers where ships are building; ships by the mile, by the league, ships of all shapes and of all sizes, ships of all sorts and for many different purposes. Here' are great cargo boats growing hour by Imre with liners great and small; leere I saw mile on mile of battleship", cruis- ers, destroyers, and submarine" of strange design with torpedo -boats of uncanny shape, talimp steamers, with wind-jtunmers, squat cal and squatter tugs—these last the fi—milleaerd on1he unbeaten track or me direct hits time after time, and his tabl was a decanter Onward and upward he led, until all misses -were so close the spray was:I laope son,. to return to t e p hile longer, I fees. from some mysterious recess, and he railed round and hung about with derfully accurate, but" --here my cone- , But not for a w and upon the e which the commander bad tmearthed at once we reached a, narrow platform, flying a ove . , was very full of apologies because the , plaited rope sceeens whieh he called : Dation paused to flick some dust from ; Let Engle.nd have her cities and 1 So we sat a while atel quaffed and ef land and water, of ships and basms SO I talked, during which he showed me a cf miles of causeways and piers, nonelhow it rattled hira—vite -funny, you ' favorite rifle, small of bore ba of of which had been in existence before ; lmow. His shots got wider and wider i high power and exquisite balance, at . the war. And immediately below me, until they were falling pretty well A I sight af which I sinaightway broke ! far, far down, was the broad white 1 mile wide --very funny!" and the lien - the Tenth mmandment He slso i sweep of deck with the forward tur- ; teaaant smiled dreaniily. "Fritz will. uhowed m a portrait. of his wife . Tete where were housed the great guns I shoot magnificently if you only woes lisa d out ; splinter -mats, over Which I had a view his braided cuff --"but when we began wealth, kn k him about a bit it was furny All the glory and the fames But there is ezily one place content— Canada la its tame. :And when this war is otrer When the Germans repent their cruelty I'm coming baek hone„ if Gad spans nia through it; (which I ewise admired), picture veaose grim muzzles stared ctiently . shoot back. I3ut really I don't bla taken by himself and by him develop- ed in time dark nook aboard. Aftear a while we crawled into the though scenting another battle. i see, there were six of 'era potting a- , ' And, standing in this coign of vaa- ' way at tia at one thne-.4tetilcinst 110* :aura truly.