The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-26

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you shot. / have had electric light at
my dinner nearly I'll my life. and !
am not going to do without il now
whether there are Zeppelins or. not.
AS result Of this order the nalaC,
was the only house showing lights
"lthln q radius or loo miles during
.he tald. The Zeppelirs passed with
ace.
Just after dinner a Sergeant OF the
Hrenadiers came up TO me and report
eu lhat there We're some Frank ter
rorS about. After minute or SO |
perceived that he meaLt franCureurs.
the French term for sharpshooters I
told MN 70 have Corporars guard
ready TO come at the double QUICK
when ! Whistled twice. ana | started
out in the grounds to inyestleate
Loaded rifles in the bands Of amateurs
are dangerous, | thought. because one
fnlght 90 OFT accidentally and etartla
the soldiers on guard.
Even the Rector Had Gun.
| The first man | found had a rIllc
| IN his hand and the pockets Of his
| oTeTcOat were bulSing with cartridges
said, You must give me thar guu
and 90 home. lie replied in stern
tones. | have been a friend OF the
hlng Tor tWenty-four years and | an
here to protect him with my life.
Will not obey your order
Il repeated the command and SAID
that If he did not obey | would have
him dashed to the wheel OF a gun car.
rage until daylight. / have been
friend Of the King for twenty-fou1
years and ! will not give up my gun.
he repeated in firm tones, SO | blew
my whistle. and then the guard cam,
up. l ordered them TO arrest the mar
and march him TO the gun carriage
Just before We arrived there the recto
of Sandringhem came along He is
very high church person, indeed. an.
saw that he had a gun under hi
coat. He admitted the fact and sal
that he thought a minister Of the gos
pei ought to do his share OF duty i
the hour uf danger. Like his prede
cessOr. who proved TO be the schoo
master. he refused TO give up his rife
After had them placed with thei
backs to the big wheel Of the gu
carriage and they were about to spen
the night standing in the wet sraS
they reluctantly surrendered the
= weapons.
Sentry Hats the King.
tIn the meantime the King had pl
S on his overco2t cnd started for a stru
e through the grounds on his own g,
f count to see what was going on.
+ had not gone far in the fog before
v Gren2dier or sentry go challenged hi
n with the words Halt. Who go
: there?' There was no reply. al
n again he shouted, Halt. Who go
: there: and, as no answer came to +
,s challenge, he charged at the douh
n with fixed bayOnet toward the movil
l. object until stopped by the mas
q words The King
- Pass, King said the sentry. wv
X the ell didn't You Sing out who
N was?'
y 1.-THE King did not mind in ,
~ least, and laughed over the joke VIII
= he told us about it afterWard in t
: smoking room"
= MIR. Hamilton told OF the Affect
"a OF The Prince Of Wales for his paren
~ describing a scene that was enact
g on one occasion when the young m
~ was at home. He said
-. Il saw Prince Albert bend over a
~ kiss the Queens hand and say Go
~ night, madam" and then throw
80 arms around her neck. kiss her afe
~ tionately. and say Good night. darli
= mother Then he went to the ki
and kissed his hand and said, Go
~ night, Sir!' and afterWard kissed y
q. Oh both cheeks and said Good MIG
~ my dear father.
Il Mr.. Hamilton said the war wo,
i be a long one. but the men Of Grt
or Britain would never give in. even
IL It tool! five wears, instead Of three,
ne finish it.
O. He is staying al the Great Northe
ne Hotel. in West Fifty-seventh sire
lg with his wife and two young childr'
ae and viii spend some time in this cot
ed try looking after his plays.
IS WORSE THAN BUSY BERTH IS