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From a "table of contents":--

"SPECIAL ARTICLES.

"The German 'Soul'--To Rise Like a Phoenix ... 10
Rats ........................................ 10"

_Glasgow Herald_.

Agreed; or, as they say in the House of Lords, "the Contents have it."

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KISMET.

Those old comrades, Sergeant Kippy and Gunner Toady, stood on the
steps of the Convalescent Home and regarded the peaceful country-side
which, in South Devon, is a sedative even in February.

Gunner Toady had come over for the day, and Kippy, as an inhabitant of
the Home, had been exercising his prerogative of showing a guest over
the estate. During the great advance which proved to be the expiring
effort of the Hun, the Gunner had acquired a shortened leg, which
still caused him to revolt against sustained physical exertion.

He leant upon his stick and listened while Kippy the indefatigable
drew up a programme of a further tour to some outlying buildings.