[Illustration: THE SPIRIT OF FRIGHTFULNESS ACTIVE TO THE VERY END.]

[Illustration: PEACE--AT A PRICE.]

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[Illustration: MESOPOTAMIA.

_Tommy_ (_to Padre, who has been telling him about the Scriptural
associations connected with the country_). "SUPPOSED TO BE THE GARDEN
OF EDEN, IS IT, SIR? WELL, IT WOULDN'T TAKE NO FLAMIN' SWORD TO KEEP
_ME_ OUT OF IT."]

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THE TRUCE--AND AFTER.

[Lines alleged to have been recently found on the back of
a miniature target (of which only the bull's-eye was
perforated), and believed to be the work of a private in the
County of London Volunteer Regiment.]

[Illustration]

This year at ease on Ben Macquhair
Couches a certain stag;
Fearless he sniffs his native air
Because he knows I can't be there
To scare him off his crag.