'Here lies

BILL SIMPKINS

Who died fighting for Queen

and Country.'


'A faithful son,
A son so dear,
A soldier brave
Lies buried here.'


Then we remembered that poor brave Bill was really buried far away
in the Southern hemisphere, if at all. So we altered it to--


'A soldier brave
We weep for here.'


Then we looked out a nice flagstone in the stable-yard, and we got
a cold chisel out of the Dentist's toolbox, and began.

But stone-cutting is difficult and dangerous work.