beetroot. 'But I bet the Sergeant's glad she's changed her mind. I
never knew your equal for a clammy coward, Jim, before she chucked you
up.'

"Jenks began to look black. 'There were two of us, anyway,' he said.

"'P'r'aps there were,' Ruggles agreed cheerily. 'But what's the good
of making a show of your soldiering unless there's someone at home
looking on and caring?'"

* * * * *

[Illustration: =INTENSIVE CULTURE FOR FLAT-DWELLERS.= SOWING EARLY
MUSTARD AND CRESS ON WINTER UNDERCLOTHING.]

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"The National War Savings Committee is issuing a two-penny cookery
book, giving a host of simple remedies for economical dishes."
_Birmingham Daily Mail_.

Some of them do upset the internal economy, no doubt.

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"St. Quentin Canal, in spite of the damage reported to have been
done to it by the Germans, will probably still be an important
military obstacle. It is, for instance, when full of water, over
eight feet deep." _Daily News_.