"Jolly good idea," he agrees heartily. "In fact why not do it to all of us?
Please the Germans so too. But it can't be done, you know--there's a
shortage of grave-diggers."

Heartless brute!

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[Illustration: _Regimental Sergeant-Major_ (_to lady driver of motor
ambulance_). "I SEE YOU'VE GOT STRIPES. HAVE YOU GOT A SERGEANT-MAJOR?"

_Corporal Maud Evans._ "HAVE WE GOT A SERGEANT-MAJOR? I SHOULD THINK WE
HAVE--THE CAT!"]

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"By fixing five potatoless days hope is entertained that supplies,
which are scent, will be left to poor people who most require them."--
_Daily Chronicle._

This explains the remark of the Irishman who protested that it was weeks
since he had tasted even "the smell of a potato."

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"It will take years to cleanse the Ægean stables."--_Civil and Military
Gazette._

Still, M. VENEZELOS has made a good beginning with Samos, Lemnos and
several other 'osses.