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hey required. If he thought that this scheme was intended to or would give the miners an advantage at the expense of the State he would oppose it."--_Mr. BRACE, in the House of Commons._] Though Comrade SMILLIE keeps a private passion That yearns to see Sinn Fein upon its own, Clearly we cannot put our Unions' cash on Men with a motto like "OURSELVES ALONE;" To us all folk are brothers And on our bunting runs the rede, "FOR OTHERS." Our hearts are ever with the poor consumer; We long to give his sky a touch of blue; To doubt this fact is to commit a bloomer, To falsify our record, misconstrue The ends we struggle for, As illustrated in the recent War. We struck from time to time, but not at Caesar, Not to secure the highest pay we could; Our loyalty kept gushing like a geyser; We had for single aim the common good; Who treads the path of duty May well ignore the cry of "_Et tu, Brute!_" Humanity's the cause for which we labour; The hope that spurs us on to do our best Is "O that I may truly serve my neighbour, And prove the love that burns within my breast, And save his precious soul By a reduction in the cost of coal!" Nationalize the mines, and there will follow More zeal (if possible) in him that delves; Our eager altruists will simply wallow In work pursued for others (not themselves), Thrilled with the noble thought-- "My Country's all to me and Class is naught!" O.S. * * * * * A STORY WITH A POINT. (_With Mr. Punch's apologies for not having sent it on to "The Spectator."_) Geoffrey has an Irish terrier that he swears by. I don't mean by this that he invokes it when he becomes portentous, but he is always annoying me with tales, usually untruthful, of the wonderful things this dog has done. Now I have a pointer, Leopold, who really is a marvellous animal, and I work off tales of his doings on Geoffrey when he is more than usually unbearable. Until a day or two ago we were about level. Although Geoffrey knows far more dog stories than I do, and has what must be a unique memory, I have a very fair power of invention, and by working this gift to its utmost capacity I have usually been able to keep pace with him. As I said, the score up to a few days ago was about even; yesterday, however, was a red-letter day and I sco
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