d feet,
Or how I've learned a lethal skill
At mimic butts that bodes him ill
When next I stalk his beat.

I trow that he would swoon for fright
Upon the purple ling
To know that in a decent light
I'd undertake the death, at sight,
Of any living thing.

O not for nothing do I grow
Efficient, eye and hand,
Schooling myself to strike a blow
In home defence against a foe
That never means to land.

Some fruit of toil there yet shall be
For this poor volunteer;
When War's abatement sets him free
From bloodless duties, I foresee
A deadly time for deer!

O.S.

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MR. PUNCH'S UNAUTHORISED WAR PICTURES.

FIRST SERIES. AT THE FRONT.

[Illustration: GENERAL LLOYD GEORGE, WAR LORD.]

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[Illustration: MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL (JOURNALIST) GIVES THE HUN
ANOTHER SHOCK.]

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AT THE FRONT.

[Illustration: MR. ARNOLD BENNETT AND MR. H.G. WELLS (_rival
bookmakers--together_). "WHAT'S THIS FELLOW DOING HERE?"]

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[Illustration: _Mr. Hilaire Belloc_. "THIS TRENCH IS WRONG. IT DOESN'T
AGREE WITH MY MAP."]

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AT THE FRONT.

[Illustration: SIR ARTHUR WING PINERO TAKES A TRIP ON A TANK TO SEE
HOW HOUSES ARE BROUGHT DOWN.]

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[Illustration: SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES TO ALLOW SIR HERBERT TREE TO
THROW OFF A FEW SOLILOQUIES FROM _HAMLET_.]

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AT THE FRONT.

[Illustration: LORD NORTHCLIFFE DICTATES AN ARTICLE FOR _THE TIMES_.]

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[Illustration: MR. WOODROW WILSON (WITH MASCOT) TRIES TO FIND A
SYMPATHETIC SOUL.]

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[Illustration: Mr. PUNCH'S NATIONAL SERVICE FOR ALL.

It is not implied that the above are at present out of War Work--but
Mr. Punch is very anxious to see everybody's natural gifts employed to
the best advantage.]

[Illustration: LITTLE TICH proves of the greatest assistance to the
Field Telegraph Service

MR. HORATIO BOTTOMLEY contents himself with the post of Advisory
Instructor to the Prime Minister.

MR. BERNARD SHAW, with supreme self-denial, consents to acts as a
Scarecrow on the Land.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN devotes his energies to recruiting.

MLLE. GABY DESLYS turns her taste in millin