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. As I reached the transport dump a platoon met me led by a Subaltern of no mean dimensions. He was conversing with certain ones, seemingly officer's servants, who were drawing a hand-cart. He grew suddenly excited, then spoke to a Senior Officer, turned, left his platoon and ran back at the double to the fire-trench. It was three-quarters of an hour before we drew near that unpleasant bourne. In the imitation communication trench, which began a hundred or more yards behind it, we met the Subaltern, hurrying to rejoin his platoon, bearing what seemed to be an enormous despatch-box. He said "Good night" very politely. By the time we got up the shelling had slackened. The last remaining officer of the Royal What-you-call-'ems stopped to pass the time o' night with us. I asked him if he knew who the Subaltern might be, and what object of overwhelming importance he had thus returned to retrieve. "Yes, that was Billy Blank." "And what was it he was carrying when we met him?" "A sort of young Saratoga?" We nodded. Our informant seemed to hesitate a moment. "Well," he said at last, "I don't see why you shouldn't know, though it's a sort of battalion secret--not that Billy would mind anyone knowing. It's his love-letters." * * * * * VICARIOUS PROPHYLACTICS. "How you may dodge the horrible 'Grippe.'" "Give your children a cold shower every morning."--_Ottawa Evening Journal._ * * * * * "At the time when Turnbull was asking for the account, and flourishing suggestions as to his ability to pay, there was in the prisoner's bank the sum of sixteen pence." _Newcastle Evening Chronicle._ We have reason to believe that there was also an odd shilling or two in the bank belonging to other clients. * * * * * From an account of "Calls to the Bar in Ireland":-- "Mr. ---- was awarded the Society's Exhibition of L21 per annum for three roars." _Irish Evening Paper._ He seems to have called himself to the Bar. * * * * * RAILWAY LINES. O semblance of a snail grown paralytic, Concerning whom your victims daily speak In florid language, fearsome and mephitic, Enough to redden any trooper's cheek: Let them, I say, hold forth till all is blue; I take the longer view. Not mine it is to curse you for your ted
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