The King is very proud and _very_ handsome;
The Queen--now can you guess who that could be
(She's a little girl all day, but at night she steals away)?--
Well--it's ME!
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"Young Lady Wanted, for few months, as Companion-Help
(seaside); fare paid and 6d. week pocket-money; or would
train Girl as Housemaid, same terms."--_Provincial Paper_.
Such extravagance in war-time ought to be checked.
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"SHADY GERMAN TRICK.
"In the village of Boisleux-au-Mout the Germans utilised part
of the cemetery to bury their own dead, but before doing so
deliberately hewed down every tree growing on the side of the
ground where the French graves lie."--_Daily Paper_.
Is "shady" quite the right word for this outrage?
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PEAS AND PLEDGES.
"Has anything special," I said, "been happening during my absence?"
"We are up to our chins in work," said Francesca.
"But is it real work?"
"Of course it is.
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