Then the sentry turned round, and he
hopped back again even more quickly."--_Daily Sketch_.
Those of our readers who have walked from the Gibraltar frontier to Morocco
and back, like the above subaltern, know that it takes some doing.
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"JAMES PHILLIPS, 16, was charged with doing damage to the extent of L4
10s. at a refreshment shop in Hackney belonging to Peter Persico. As he
was kept waiting a little time he broke a plate on the table; then he
put a saucer under his heel and broke it. When remonstrated with he
broke 10 cups and saucers by throwing them at partitions and enamelled
decorations, and overturned a marble table, the top of which he
smashed."--_The Times_.
No doubt he was incited to these naughty deeds by the line, very popular in
Hackney circles, "Persico's odi, puer, apparatus."
* * * * *
HEART-TO-HEART TALKS.
(_The Emperor of AUSTRIA and Count TISZA_.)
_Tisza_. So there is the full account, your Majesty, of men killed, wounded
and captured.
_The Emperor_. It is a gloomy list and I hardly can bear to consider it.
_Tisza_. Yes, and beyond the mere list of casualties by fighting there are
other matters to be considered. Food is scarce and of a poor quality, in
Hungary as elsewhere. The armies we can yet feed, but the home-staying men
and the women and children are a growing difficulty. It becomes more and
more impossible to provide them with sufficient nourishment.
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