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the outward and visible signs. Together we met several of of an inward, and “spiritual our "defendants including the grace" and where they áre famous Mr. Bradley, manager neglected or despised, or their of the Befreshment Department true meaning is forgotten, there (to whom Mr. Strauss had to is something wrong, and there send those cunningly-drafted is danger

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Further donations may be sent to the Editor, SC. M- Post-to Mr. Andrew Cheng, No. 9 Nor These gulls didn't insult her folk Road, Kowloon Tons, or to feelings with wands, they were try Miss E. Mow Fung, c/o Gilman As the boat crossed the half ing to peck at "her

arms and and Co., Ltd. mile of water between Valo and frighten her with their cries, so Sando they seemed to be moving she felt herself a match for them. from one sort of disturbance into Her plaits swung to the motion of

lawyer's letters) and their well-the preliminary drill on another. The air was cut all about her onslaught, her fat face, got them by the flashing white wings pink with exertion, and her yellow

Then, all of a sudden without a come was not less warm than the first day including the polite exchanges between Lords of sea-gula, which - made great eyes blazed. Had she not been word to each other, without even

With us, too, was Honourable and Commons had a meaning ja glance, Ebba and Sigrid charged. watermanship, circles out from the rocky island well grounded in they were approaching. swooped she would certainly have upset the Waving their arms furiously and and Agile W. W Wakefield, which, by some turn of events, uttering piercing squeaks, they great victor of Swindon (who is might easily acquire profound bore down upon the bewildered to have the honour of moving importance to all of us. There away. Their But nothing, not even these werp & mewing made a great noise. They beastly-sea-gulls, was going to pre when he came to his senses, turn ple would forget that he is a some surprise at the entrance to

Falike. They were almost upon him the Warefield wishes to that for it is good.

Mr. that pec- We found ourselves with sounded angry and frightened. vent her from getting the straw-

Sando was the island where all berries, and she jumped ashore ed tall and fled panicstricken. For!

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bad an

Ebba quite surrendered herself to pretensions to dignity or depth and Honourable Eloquent and Bombay, Marseilles & Londen.

Then Ebba

excel the role of an avenging fury.

Popular Marton Very fine. Marseilles, Havre, London, Ham-friendly and inoffensive anywhere lent idea. The strawberries an

of thought, may I appeal to some

they looked burg, Rotterdam, Astwerp & Hull. else, they were prepared to fight Sando were accountably betwith your arms

But you can't run really fast of my merry colleagues of the

But we could not hear a word 15,000 30th May. Bombay, Marseilles. & London

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ter than those on--Vaio, althoughing Ebba remembered that Sando the soil was ever poorer. Ebba when he realised that they had make me appear too much like a was reading to us, the faithful your head, so Folke got away. their intentions to be) not to af what the Clerk at the Table 47,000 $27th-Jane Bombay Mamellies & Landen.... 14,500-11th July Bombay, Marseilles & London was a nesting place as soon as the cetermined to take some of them

hostile birds began to congregate back, in order further to outwit given up the chase, he stopped sort of Member for Barmm's Commons, and he did not seem I make somewhere the eastall to care whether we heard or round the dinghy. But she didn't! Folke. It would be splendid if and looked round. They had drop tell Sigrid, who

whenever the horrible boy drove Ped their hands and stood watch (and private) remark that it not. That is not so good.

Dramatic Point hearted little girl as long as thein of the bushes at home, the hîm, transformed back into would be pleasant one day to

little girls Yes; they were his travel to Westminster in my old The most dramatic point of danger appealed to her mind, but could go to some secret hoard, and who would have been demoralised there eat in peace, and the know-sisters all right Folke felt pro- boat from Hammersmith Ithe Speaker business, I thought, jat once had she known why the

foundly relieved, he had felt ap-wake up a few days later and was when at last after the ledge that their strawberries were prehensive at what he might see see in large black headlines speeches, he sank, almost disap gulls were so attentive. It never entered Ebba's head to turn back even better than his..

when he looked round. He walked "A. P. Herbert Shocks the peared, into the gloom of his "Let's take some home," she She was extremely obstinate.

a little further and turned again. Diehards. He's going to travel canopied chair; and, though stif shouted, painting at the fruit

without wig or robe, passed in They were standing in the same to the House in his bargel convince and nothing could ever

"What?" shrilled Sigrid.

place. The whole affair was most Now why the Diehards a moment out of the ranks of her that what she was doing was

"Fetch the bailer, yeld Ebba extradinary! Pondering deeply, (whoever they may be should common humanity and became foolish, once she had started do

This was no time for niceties of he thrust his hands into his pockets be shocked by the thought that a Voice the Voice of the Com ing it. She rowed stolidly on. thinking of nothing but getting her expression; the gulls gave her 20 and walked off to the furthest part one of their colleagues might mons, and the Spirit of the

time to explain anything properly of the island to regain his com- travel to Westminster by river, Constitution. revenge upon Folke by indulging

The two girls began to retreat in an orgy of strawberry-eating.

simple though ter for a long time, but couldn't of times, I do not know.

the speeches about which she could taunt him to the boat. Sigrid got the bailer,posure. He thought about the mat-as he has done many hundreds But all that went before, laters but only when the Valo and they fought their way back

make it out at all →

What is likely to shock both “sureparation a for the moment: bushes were stripped bare, and to the strawberry bushes. There

When he had gone Ebba picked Diehards and Diesofts is the Which means that, in truth, no Sigrid crouched, while Ebba stood the sea was too rough for him to

over her, flogging the air with her up the strawberries and, without suspicion of suggestion that he time had been waster

entered Parliament, or proposesį

We are not, at present any- get any elsewhere.

weapon, and shrieking defiance at word. Sigrid followed her up

taking the Government But at last she had to take the gulls almost as loudly as they the path to a rocky promontory to continue there as a sort of

stant hunter

Whip" though we do not re- 1overlooking Sando, the nesting some sort of notice of the gulla shrieked at her At last Sigrid island. Now that they had routed

Difficult Row To Hoë

this as a heroic or even

• "Ow!"? squeaked Sigrid as a gullified the can, and Ebia made a

We shall have a sufciently very important decision If the dived straight at her, turning off sign that they would go back to Folke both the little girls felt

Government had a over her shoulder only at the last the dinghy y

curiously erupty, and quite unable difficult row to boe without that minute, and almost brushing her. The gals must somehow have to think what had made them dash It is never easy in the face of majority of 40 or 50 and might face with its wing-tin

realised that this meant the end at him in such a demented fashion. democracy, to draw the line bebe in a hole at any moment, we "Beat them off with the boat of the invasion, for they cameainish the sense of superiority thodox, etc and being simply on with the team t

But that didn't in the least tween being bold, original, unor should, without hesitation, sign book" shouts Ebba. The new-swirling Found in even greater

an ass; but we mean to have a they felt ing of the guills was becorning so numbers, and their cries were cries land that the children couldn't of victory. The sisters cared no- Solemnly Ebbs offered the bailer good try. We bare a proper full of strawberries to Sigrid, then pride in our position as the hear each other unless they shouted. thing for that. They had got what Ebba began to feel excitement they wanted So Ebba gave way those for herself the Inzest que Honourable and Learned Junior Burgess for Oxford University Thh shrill uproar, the strong sweep with a will and Sigrid brandished, she could see The sisters lay on of wings, the atmosphere of tur- the boat-hook in last feverish their stomachs side by side, gazing (what a mouthful), and we BCTORS the placid, ses to Sando, shall do our best to deserve it moil, all made her forget her in-efforts. faults and resentment in the phy They soon got out of the danger golden in the sun which shone on We hope that our friends of the EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGSsical reality of a personal struggle zone. Only a few walls best round them too, and made, the feelPress will assist us in the right

She enjoyed ordering Sigrid about, then now, and these – were only pleasantly drowsy. They didn't and herself tugged at the oars with scouts to make sure that the enemy 2 word, bat ate a

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At last the dinghy reached the led com

island itself, escorted by an ever

increasing cloud of angry

The sides of the eave into kubba kad stearai rai

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the majority is and we came in with trumpeting about “Inde- There seems to be no paint in abandoning

(though practical - may suggest otherwise

Our numerous friendly (but eqtradictory) advisers have when challenged, produced more convincing reason for iving the Whip than that by means "one is kept inform- about what is going one. We hope, in our inexperience

there may prove to be other rces of information

are taken the Oath. And to Oxford for

We would not make too much not of this little affair But the net any result is that the harmaless İpleasure · we might have had Hrom the river excursion-en-

tioned is spoiled and we sh have to creep in by the Under- ground, as usual. As

The Speaker of the House of Commons has been elected by the time these words the business? of

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