The Brussels Post, 1916-11-2, Page 2r
Circumstantial
Evidence
1 put him in a false position," she sai
"Fact is, father, I paid him back
sovereign I'd borrowed, You've go
to apologise."
"You!"
The squire's lists came down on th
w"' '1' leek with a thud, while he stared a
Mr, Robert Jinx was in a temper. ! her as if she had suddenly gone de
As he stamped about in his study' mented,
waiting for the dinner -gong he re- "You! Do you know what you ar
viewed the situation. Steven Collier, saying?" he roared,
his agent, was coming to dinner, and "My monthly allowance has such
had sent a little note ahead, asking way of melting, and I haven't forgot
for a private chat. Jinx suspected ten the last time I approached yo
that both his wife and Betty knew of between pay -clays," she laughed.
the request. "I say, you people, d'ye know your
But he hail determined that Betty keeping us?"
was not for his agent. Collier was Bob Jinx, a reckless young fellow
capable enough, he had to admit that; shot out the protest from the hall. I
but he was a younger son, with hie, tailed off into a whistle as he flun
own way to make, Betty, with her ! open the door and noted the signs o
face and her figure, was going to disturbance.
marry a title, and give them all a lift.1 "What's the shindy?" he inquired.
That had been his idea from the day` "Oh, nothing of much consequence,'
he had given up brewing and bought ' returnee, the girl, with an ironic
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"Positively had to have soma oof
to -day," he stated. "Promised to
clear a debt. Asked Steve to oblige
until pay-day, Said he hadn't it on
him, but would be pleased when he
got back from town. No good to me.
"While he was out of the office I
found the drawer. Seemed an easy
thing. Thought I could slip it back
when Steve stumped up, before the
guv. missed it, Asked old Steve to
change me a sov. just before he sprint-
ed for the train. Ile got the Sydney
Mint; and that explains it. He
wouldn't give me away. But what I
want to know is, why the dickens you
had to butt in, Bet?"
"Steve looked like losing his din-
ner," confessed Betty demurely.
"And something else," bantered
Bob,
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ITE M
YOUR GROCERY w R®ER
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COSTS fel® MORE THAN 'B H E
O '!NARY MAIDS
"Not at all," she laughed. "As it BRITISH ARE average of 2,084 for 1914 had fallen
happens, this has probably prejudiced jiB �® Ito 940 by March, 1916. In Scotland
' the case in his favor, don't you
think?"
the estate,
`"Where was the fellow's note?" , Steven, here, with being a thief." laughed the scamp, as he dr•opped
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squire's lips as he jerked open a 1130h. "Come on and feed."
i laugh, "Dad has simply charged "Bet you they stroll in arm in arm,"
on
The muttered exclamation left the. "Rot!"
ejaculated the graceless the piano -stool, and proceeded to
drawer. For some seconds he stood Again the tale was told by the furi
staring into it, as if he doubted his + ous magnate,
eyesight; then slowly he placed his , "The coins were in that drawer—te
fingers in his waistcoat pocket and , pounds," persisted Mr. Jinx, "Th
drew out some gold. i vanished."
At sight of the coins his expression The scamp coolly held out his han
changed from amazement back to for the coin.
anger. Here was matter for expiate.: "You really think Steven would
aim). His hand went out to the elect take your beastly money, guv'nor?
trio bill pu h This d th ' Old St '' C d
rattle off "The Wedding Glide."
The performance was interrupted
by the opening of the door.
n "I win!" he said, with a grin.
"The
"Chorus repeated fortissimo!"—Lon-
don Answers,
d ;•
A PARADISE FOR ANIMALS.
Ignore Man Beeause Natives Do Not
e - s unmoor y, eve . too
"When Mr. Collier arrives show him dor'!"
in here!" he ordered,
"I tell you he was the last man
"Ile has just come, sir," returned ----" began Betty.
e Uutler. I should think so! ' Ready -witted
Steven Collier strode into the room Bob had sized up the situation. "As
with a smile on his fresh -colored, a matter of fact, guv„ I gave Botty a
good-looking face. 1 couple of sous. this p.m.—been owing
1•
"81 r •, f"
rt that door, commanded the
squire, "You were working here this to have been discharging our debts'
morning after I left," ! "You!"
"Until twelve -thirty," Steven re-! "Old Steve knows you'd kick up no
pllod frankly. i end of a row if it came to you that
"Anel since?" !either Bet or I had been obliged to
"I caught the two o'clock train to borrow. There you have the explan-
London to keep an appointment with afloat"
Merryweather." "You! Do you know what you're
"When I left here !hie morning saying?"
there were ten sovereigns in this The lad shrugged his shoulders.
drawer," said the squire slowly. , "We may have incorrect ideas of
"They've vanished!" i common property in our family," he
"Is that so?" said; "but the second generation is
Steven was not smiling now. sound enough on honor,"
"Amongst them was an Australian Again the opening of the door eut
coin, rare enough to be remarkable," into the outburst.
"Yes." "Now, what in the world is the
"Look at this!" The squire held a matter with you all?" The portly,
coin in his fingers. "Grimes, the sta- ! jolly -looking lady came into the room
tion -master, gave it me in change for' with her two hands upheld. "Bob,
a note this evening." didn't I tell you? Why, Robert!" i
"That's Sydney Mint right enough.Iter gaze had been held by the pur-I
You think it's the same coin?" pie visage of her frenzied lord,
"The coincidence struck me as. "It's just as well you've arrived,;
strange. Grimes told me it was ten-: mater," drawled the scamp, "The;
dered in payment of a fare to -day— guv'nor has given old Steve the kick -
by you!" lout!" I
"You think—" ! "Steve is a thief!" put in Betty.
Steven started forward at the im-, "Pinched ten pounds from that
plication, to pull himself up short as drawer this mornin'—among 'em,
if shot, while gradually the color died this," added Bob, "The guv, gets in
in his face, and a curious look came change from Grimes this evening.
into his eyes. , Grimes tells him Steve tendered that
"Well?" The tone was harsher
orne little time. We both se
Hill or Eat Them.
Pierre Loti, in his book on "India,"
repeatedly describes the fearlessness
of animals in that country, lle says
"My room was never closed, neithe
during the clay nor the night, an
the birds of the air made their nom
em with me; sparrows walked on th
mats that covered the floor withou
even heeding my presence, and littl
I the average of 1,434 for 1916 had be -
DRINKING LESScome 794 by the same date,
THE POLICE REPORTS SHOW AN
IMPROVEMENT,
"No Treating" Is the Feature of the
Prohibitory Rules
Enforced.
It is now possible to form some no -
won ox Lae results oI the measure
adopted in the British Isles to pre-
vent excessive alcoholism from re-
ducing the national efficiency in the
prosecution of the war. At the out -
r break of the war an effort was made
d to accelerate the progressive reduc-
e tion of the number of licensed ven-
e dors of alcoholic liquors, by an
t amendment to an old law of 1904. By
e the end of 1914, however, the number
squirrels, after an inquiring gaze
came in, too, and ran over the furni
tune; and one morning I saw th
crows perched on the corner of in
mosquito net."
Describing the enchanted wood o
Oodeypore, where are wild boars
monkeys and a number of birds
of women.
was not till it was seen that
further imposition of excise tax up
on the trade would merely meet wi
violent opposition without accom
plishing the desired result, that th
central liquor control board was es
tabiished to ano1v the amendment ti
of "saloons' had been 'reduced b
only 023, leaving Great Britain a
Ireland still 111,000 licenses, to whi
must be added about 9,000 club
many of which existed chiefly for a
11C6(
ch
s,
1-
f coholie purposes. Meanwhile convic-
t-
flights of turtle doves and droves
parrots, he says: "Flocks of superb
peacocks strut up and down among
the dead trees, running with out-
stretched tails, the wondrous sheen
! of which looks like a spirit of green
and incandescent metal. All these
animals are free and unrestrained,
yet their demeanor is not that of
wild animals and birds, for in these
lands, where they are never slain
by man, the idea of flight does not
animate them as it does at home."
This respect for animal life is not
confined to the Buddhists or Jains,
the sentiment is of much more an-
cient origin. Pierre Loti tells us that
the horrors of death and slaughter,
the sickening display of carcasses of
animals are nowhere to be seen, for
the people of Brahma do not eat any-
thing that has ever lived. "In the
place of such exhibitions we see
heaps of roses plucked from their
stems, which are used in the making
of essences, or simply to be woven
into bee aces.
tions for public drunkenness had ac
ually incl eased, especially amon
identical coin for a ticket this after -
still, "Will you explain how you got. noon."
the coin ?" ! "Steve won't explain," Betty inter -
"I cannot." 'jetted.
The older man's face was purple' "And the worthy magistrate says;
with wrath, he's guilty," Bob threw in,
"Very well," he snapped; "you will "He doesn't believe that I gave •
hand me your key,, and get out of, Steve a sovereign this afternoon;'!
this as quick as you can. I've no use
for an infernal rogue!" "And he won't have it that I paid
His outburst was cut short by the • Bet two pounds I'd borrowed," as -
sudden opening of the door and the ; Steve eel herBoe "Not likely, is it? Old
entrance of Miss Betty, a delight to tre n ea thief!'
behold 1 "What nonsense are you talking?"
stated Betty.
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At the sight of the mottled face of gasped the lady. "Robert, what is jt
her sire and Steven's strained expres-;all about?"
cion, the laughter died in her roguish of thei missing th ang money,toldry man of Ghis story' F
eyes. She guessed that dad, who was story and Steve's silence, and then of
invariably diad -tempered after his the tacit confessions of both Betty r
turn on the Bench, had evidently an-
e r -
ped into a chair with his mouth still p
HIGH PRICES IN ITALY.
Many I ood Staples Dearer Than in
France or England.
The high cost of living and partic-
ularly the price of coal is becoming
a subject of grave concern in Italy as
another war winter approaches. Due
to continued excessive freight rates
by sea many staple food articles are
dearer do Italy than either France or
England. Despite a special treat,'
with England for cheaper freight'
ates to be obtained by the loaning of
ships, sugar is selling at 20 cents a
ound and can be bought only in small
quantities for household consumption
from day to day. Coffee sells at 60
o 70 cents a pound, according to
grade, Though Italy is a heavy pro-
ucer of wines, a table wine that once
old at six cents a quart now sells for
4 cents and is inferior to the old
ix -cent grade. Beer is sold at 14
ents a quart, milk at 10 cents, Good
utter is 66 cents a pound,
Coal that before the war sole] at
10 per ton now sells at $50 and the
rice may go higher as winter comes,
ast winter it was $30 to $40 per
n. Italy hopes to import 750,000
ns from the United States for In-
ustrial uses this winter,
ticipated the talk which should have and Bob But at the flush, h d op
come after the coffee and cigars• omen.
Steve had palpably been warned off;,
but she would soon alter that. The wife of his bosom was laugh -
"Quito tragici" she said, in her us-. ing;
ual airy manner. "You mustn't take What a to-do about nothing!" she
him seriously, Steven. He's always !said. ` I needed some ready cash to d
bearish while waiting for the gong,' pay a ' "
There. it is now! Heil be perfectly' "You?" 1
happy presently," The mystified man jumped up s
The squire puffed out his cheeks at from his chair as if he had found a e
the flippancy, bent pin. b
„ ! This was too much, First Betty
Come on, Steven," she went en, had led him to think that she had tak- $
slipping her hand through his arm,
"For once you shall take me in in en the missing money. Then Bob had p
rtyle." gone a step further and insinuated L
"One mdment!" Her father threw that he had "borrowed" it to pay u to
out a clenched small debt to Betty. to
fist. "Collier will not And now his wife came forward d
line
; I dont choose to sit dawn with calmly, and suggested that she was
a thief!" 1 the culprit:. It was beyond him,
"Thief!" Betty swung round and At last he regajned sufficient sell -
faced Trim with flashing eyes. "Are control to splutter:
you quite mad, father', or can't you "You, Maria -.- you took this
money?"
"The drawer was opportunely not
locked," returned the lady cheerfully.
The gage of the squire travelled
from one smiling face to another, un -
111 it finally rested on that of Steven,
"I owe you an apology," he jerked
Wide-eyecl, the girl gazed from the out savagely. "But, hang it, sir, you
coin in her hand to the set, white face will admit the circumstantial evi-
of her companion. deuce-----"
"You think—you think that Steven "Say no more, sir, I beg," said
would take---- Oh, it's infamous!"
she cried,
"The coin was with the rest. It was
presented by him."
"Infamous!" she repeated, "Tell
him so, Steven,"
Her hand went out again to rest
on the young man's arm. He made later,
eo move, P'or some seconds she re- Graceless Bob flicked the ash from
Mined staring at his unsmiling face; his cigar and lifted himself.
Hien, with a little forced laugh, she , "Leave you to it," ho said,
turned to her father. "Mother, you're a real brick!' he
Her gtiick wits had divined that, if jerked out, as he strode into the draw -
Steven could not explain, there was ing-room.
good reason for his silonce, ! "Why did you do it?" she asked,
"I cannot allow Steven's loyalty to with a tenderly reproachful look,
see that this gentleman is Steven Col-
lier?"
The storm burst at that. In a few
sentences she had the facts
"I've given him the chance to ex-
plain;" ragod the irate autocrat. "Ask
him; perhaps he will answer you!"
"I shall say something if you don't
come to dinner," laughed the squire's
lady. "Steven, your arm!"
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"I believe you wished a Iittle.—er---
chat?" observed the squire an hour
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But the board does not attach more
than a relative significance to such
figures, realising that they are merely
Jindicative of a tendency, rather than
conclusive as to the efficacy of the
lvarious phases of control that have
been applied more or less tentatively,
and always first and foremost for spe-
cific and immediate war purposes. As
to what has been accomplished in this
particular direction tha testimony of
Y
the Admiralty, the Army, the Council,
the Board of Trade, the commission-
ers of police in various distri
throughout the country, and of
; medical profession and manufaetur
generally—in fact, ail those' in el
! contact with the industrial life
' the nation—agrees that the contr
`adopted have been marked in th
effect on the public health and
dustrial output of the nation.
PATROLLING ROLLING S
DANGEROUS SPORT
SCOUT PATROLS
WORK AT OT
SOMETIMES MEET BE'rWLIEN
THE TRENCHES.
Slightest Noise Is Fetal When Patrol
Is In No Man's
Land,.
The Bothe is sending up very' few
star shells, and the interpretation of
this is that he has a working party in
front of his parapet. Accordingly a
Patrol, composed of a sergeant and
four men, is sent out to inquire into
the matter and harry any Germans
who can be discovered.
Though clouds obscure the moon
there is sufficient light for an object
to be dimly made out thirty or forty
yards away. The patrol, moving • in
THE WORK CAN ONLY BE the shape of a "V," with the sergeant `
in front forming the apex, proceeds
about a hundred yards towards the
enemy's trench, when they halt and
Sometimes a Scout aspen Gets Mixed lie down. Here they remain For some
little time staring into the gloom and
Up With Exasperating listening,
Results. They move stealthily forward for
another fifty yards, then again lie
Patrolling plays a prominent part down. They are now about half -way
between the opposing lines and it is
no longer wise to proceed in an up-
right position.
ae ous work with unbounded enthusiasm.
They consequently crawl on all
of ; Indeed, so seriously do some divisions fours, stopping to listen every few •
ods i apply themselves to it that they would yards. At last a low murmur of
sir be grievously offended if one spoke of voices comes from the direction of the
in- the ground separating their own tren- enemy trench.
rhes and the hostile ones as "No They move forward more' quickly
Man's Land," They regard it as their now, though as noiselessly as possible,
own particular territory, and straining their eyes into the
Owing to the proximity of the op- darkness they soon make out the dim
posing trenches patrolling can only outline of shadowy forms. At that
be carried out at night, and when moment, however, one of the men on
very donde great difficulty is expert- the flank wriggles up to the sergeant
enced in preserving a right sense of and informs him that he can bear
direction. The trenches twist and ; sounds of movement on the left.
e- turn so deceptively that when certain 1 Holding their breaths they listen M.
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MED OUT AT NIGHT.
CAR -
Cts in trench warfare. The sporting in-
thestinct peculiar to nearly every 13riton
ers • : causes him to undertake this danger -
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GERMAN EMPIRE LOSES HOPE.
Food Shortage and Prolongation of
War Depresses People.
' The London Times prints a narra-
tive of conditions in Germany by 1
educated woman of German birth, r
g, cently allowed to join her Husband
1 England, who says that the fo
i shortage in Germany is not real
serious in the country, but that in tir
cities and towns the problem grow
more difficult,
"Life there is very hard," she
writes. "The very poor and many in
better circumstances have been co
pelted to draw on their savings. Ther
is some jealousy in the towns hecaus
the country population gets bet!
and more varied food.
"If rations are further reduced, Id
not know what the poor people wi
do. Those with little money get bare
ly enough to eat now. When I left
Germany there was no general alar
over the war, although everybody wa
eager for peace. It was never believ
ed in the early days that the wa
would go into its third year. Th
dragging war and the food shortag
together are having a depressing of
feet,
"The belief that Germany cannot be
defeated is not yet seriously shaken,
but there is no longer any real enthu
siasm for the advertised victories. Th
people are getting suspicious. Th
Jutland battle and the entry of Ru
mania produced a gloomy effect, for
the people had been told continually
that Rumania would join the winning
side,
"People in Germany realize that the
Somme is worse than any previous
battle and what they heat from sol-
diers borne on leave makes them very
anxious. The soldiers speak of the
terror caused by the British artillery
and also say that the English and
French flying' men give them no rest.
A German officer was even permitted
to say in a German newspaper 'flesh
and blood cannot stand the bombard-
ments of the allied batteries niufih
longer.'"
The narrator was in Germany when
a
nth
el
in, landmarks are invisible itis very easy !tently. Slight though the sounds are
od.to lose one's bearings (says a writer they can hear them. Ina flash they
iy in the London Daily Mail). On such' realize that it is an enemy patrol out
e ; occasions it is well-nigh impossible to; to pocket the working party. A sign
s • distinguish the enemy's lines from our from the sergeant causes them to
own. line up facing the direction from
which the sounds come. Each one of
the Defense of the Realm Act, of
May 19, 1915, which empowered the
I government to control the sale of
liquor in all districts where muni •
-
,tions are manufactured, troops sta-
Honed or in transit. The first duty
(of the board was . to define such
,areas, and by a process of trial and
error they gradually extended their
boundaries, until by the end of Feb-
ruary, 1916, some 30,000,000 of the
population of the islands had begun
to live under the new restrictions.
Restrictions on 'traffic,
1 The restrictions imposed are:
1. Limiting the sale of spirituous
liquors to two and a half hours, 12 to
2.30 pen., on five days of the week and
prohibiting it entirely on Saturday
and Sunday.
2. Limiting the sale of malt li-
quors and wines to the five or six
hours between 12 and 2.30 p.m., and
0 and 9 or 9.30 p.m. the week round,
practically the hours coinciding with
the midday and evening meals.
3. Forbidding the sale of liquor to
be taken off thepremises,
cutin 1 n JJI
e a
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Saturday and Sunday and after the
middle of the afternoon on other days.
This last applies only to saloons;
"liquor stores" may sell for "off" con-
sumption in accordance with nudes 1
and 2.
4, Absolute prohibition of treat-
ing; this is enforced even in the
bona fide clubs,
6. Extension of all the above meas-
ures to clubs generally, in order to
make impossible evasion of the law
by the mushroom variety of such C
institutions, a
6. Forbidding the sale of spirits b
less than 20 per cent. under proof a
and allowing the dealer to dilute in
Consults His Compass.
Information of a certain nature the patrol carries bombs, They are
ready and eager to encounter their
being required about the enemy's
e trench an officer volunteers to scout on -coming quarry.
er the position. Fight in the Dark;
Going down on all fours he creeps! The sounds, slight at first, grow
e . cautiously along, frequently skirt- ' appreciably louder. From the enemy
11 ing shell -holes which he is now able trench come the 'monotonous thuds
to locate with his hands. Though he of picks. Now and then a bullet
has endeavored to keep in the right,"phits" past them.
re direction, after a time he begins to Then suddenly the man next the
e wonder whether he has not lost his sergeant gives a spasmodic shudder,
bearings and decides to consult his and his body twists as though in
r 1 compass. He is saved the trouble, agony.
e however, by a Vevey light, rocketing 1 The sergeant lays a hand on the
e 1 some distance down the line, which convulsing form.
shows the faint outline of a trench I "Stick it, lad!" he implores in a
about fifty yards ahead. i hoarse whisper. "For Heaven's sake
Not a sound comes from the trench, , stick it."
and the fleeting glimpse which the! The least sound now may reveal -
flicker of a far -away flare gives him ; their presence.
e shows no movement either. If only The man buries Ms teeth in tine
he can get through the wire unseen loose cloth of his sleeve, and for a
e he believes he can crawl unheard up moment make a snuffling sound like
to the parapet. 1a terrier with its head far down a
"Halt! Hands Up!" 1rabbit hole. Then he is silent. He
has not stopped a bullet, but a cough.
Desperate though the undertaking 1 The sounds of the approaching pa-
is, he grips his revolver and crawls trod become louder, and at last the ,
to the wire. With difficulty he little party lying in ambush can dis-
wriggles under the outer strands and cern crawling shapes looming larger
creeps forward inch by inch. With as they slowly approach.
every movement forward his hopes Things now happen quickly. The
rise higher. Then his quick ear de- sergeant springs to his feet, followed
tects a movement in the trench, fol- on the instant by his men. They
lowed immediately by a gruff dial- hurl their bombs. Guttural shouts of
lenge. dismay are drowned by the boom of
Halt! Hands up!" the bursting bombs. The sergeant
the Zeppelin was brought down at
uffley. She heard little discussion
bout it and says that it was firmly
elieved in Germany that great dota-
ge was done in London. The more
telligent Germans, however, now
to 50 per cent, under if he wishes.
Temperance Restaurants,
The board has -established a large
number of temperance restaurants
onvenieet for munition workers,
rid has encouraged the saloons in
stabiishing facilities for the sale of
atables and non-alcoholic beverages,
y allowing them to sell these during
the hours prohibited for strong
rink. But it is by pushing the
stablishment of canteens in the foo
ories themselves that the board
has done most to establish the habit
of rational refreshment among the
working Classes,
The hoard is empowered to ac-
quire either temporary or permanent (1.4
poseession of any saloon in the areafdo
under its control, and it has been i wh
deemed advisable to do this in the
case of about fifty, Compensation is
usually arrived at by amicable agree-
ment with the licensee, This system
has been found less efficacious than
the establishment of industrial can-
teens.
Drunkenness on Decrease.
As to the ganeral result of all the
above methods of control the betted
has called attention to the following
figures. In London and vicinity the
daily average of convictions for
drunkenness, which was 1,801 in 1914,
had fallen to 1,077 during the first
half of 1915, and to 603 during the
first eight weeks of 1916. For the
whole of England and Ireland the you
discount what they read in the news-
papers about the raids. They are con-
vinced that the British do not ahvays
admit everything and feel that the
German reports of the damage clone
by the raiders are often only surmise.
THE ORKNEYS IN PAWN.
Were Transferred by Denmark to
Scotland in 1468.
The Orkney Islands, says Pearson's
Magazine, do not really belong to
Great Britain in the sense that they
Were ever ca
w ed v d by treaty or acquired
by conquest. They were simply trans-
ferred by Denmark to Scotland in
68, itt pledge for the payment of the
wry of the Princess of Denmark,
o was married to James III., King
Scotland. In the deed of transfer,
hick is still in existence, it is spe-
ally mentioned that Denmark shall
ve the right to redeem them at any;
are time by paying the original
ount of the dowry with interest to
te,
There is no likelihood, however, that
mark will ever attempt her right
redemption, because sixty thousand
ins, the original amount of the
wryr plus compound interest for
years, would amount to perhaps a
Roe pounds, and that is a bit more
n the islands are '!North,
C haven't much use for mi>e1a,
ib is far. better to freeze on to
of
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but
r money than burn it,
.The wire prevents him lifting his and his wren dash forward with the
arms, but, able to use his tongue, he bayonet, The Bodies, taken wholly
pronounces a certain word --as only unawares, turn and run, One trips
a Briton can—with such extraordin- and falls. The sergeant and another
any
life. gusto that it probably saves his man spring on and seize him before
regte
With natural exasperation he forces shheoutscan Come ain fromhjs the footenemy. Excitrenchd,
his way through the remaining wire Flares flash skywards. In a few mo -
and enters his own trench.
"One should always—err—creep un-
der one's own wire when—er—re-
turning from a patrol," he remarks
naively to his men, "It's—er—good
practice."
Not Many Checks in France.
In .France the checking system so
pown in this Country is hardly
meats machine guns will be busy.
"Now 'op it like 'ell!" shouts the
sergeant,
GRAINS Ole GOLD.
The essence of humor is sensibility,
warm, tenderfellow-feeling with all
forms of existence, Carlyle„
well i i tl ' Every human being whose mind is
Hone are settled by passing bank
used at all, Practically 511 !ransack not debauched will give all he Inas to
get 5511 education,—Dr, Johnson,
notes from hand to hand. Now the High and cheerful courage is the
Banque de France is urging a more true secret of meeting the great
general rise of checks.
Trouble is never particular about
hitting below the belt.
TO END CATARRHAL
DEAIPN +'SS AND HEAD
NOISES
it sou have Catarrhal lionfncnn
or head notnes Rio 1.0. your drng-
gInt and ,tot. 1 ounce of Partnint
(double ntrennth), and add to tt 1
pint or hot water and 4 nuncnn of
granulated ancon, Talcs 1 (ahrn-
spnonrut four times A day,
"his !illi ot(eri bring quickre-
llofront !tine etlntronsinn !road
0 00, lutea irinadbse ni ideas hair}d
trio inocan atop drnpntnky into
Slue throat. It is easy to prepare.
posts )dials and fryry 1teoaant to
lake. Any ono who hoe Woe -
11)01 neernnns e' head noises
should ftivo thin presiMptinn
trial.
crises and difficultles of life.—Mr,
Balfour,
The kind of labor which can com-
mand its priee is the hind that has
trained intelligelice behind it. --John
Fiske,
He who bells a lie is not sensible
how great it task be undertakes, for
he must be forced to invent twenty
more to maintain Dune.—.Pope.
The nature of some people are so
rigid that love appears to be frozen
out of them, They may like and ad-
mire, but they sore not cairabie of tru-
ly loving anybody,
There are only two kinds of eam-
paign—bhe good and the bad. The
good fail nearly always through urt-
forseen circumstances, which often
makes the bad succeed. --Napoleon,
Old Stuff.
"1 was reading that the Germans
Imo discovered a way of treating
wood eo that it can be Baton,",
"Nothing now in that, It has long
been known that if you mimes the
"1" from tatobable,, it is thee eatabl%,"
"Also sawdust le very fine hoard."