THE
LANDSWOMAJ\
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t5tearch, 1919
Smart, yet business-
like in appearance,
these garments are
highly practical, being
designed intelligently
and made soundly to
withstand hard wear
and
the
unending
vagariesofour climate.
There are no finer
values in London
WOMAN'S LAND
ARMY OUTFIT
I
(F.O. 411) Cut in strong
Khaki Dnll 38
and -42 in. long
15/9
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I
BREECHES
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tF.O. 380) in strong wbtp-
cord Drab shade,
26 and 29 in. ow"&ist
16/9
·• lAm lntert'stt'd tn knowtn~ why you wi!tht'd to ehoot me.''
' You remt'mb1ir Steworon'11 t.nlr of 'Villon te Vagabond • 1
Wt' ropel\t lt: r am u- ht>ro, you ze un" iUlng hoet, mon.sleur ..
Glron rt'pll~>d, htnorin« the Jud~'s question.
'
.. You read su-,·en~OII ? ..
'l rPI\d everydnst ~tt'Wn~on, hf' tee drll~~:htful: alm]>le,
awt-et, refrt'shlnJ:t. • Jt-kyll and H rde • and • hbh-tldr,• not so
Aweet. l'ardon 1.e t"fTort of 1\ rhil to play wtz psycholon, r"
tl'llppinRi of adventurP I heo, Sto,enson, t.e should 1 t'
..\ merlran."
"You ln:•ist upon our cbtld!. hnrss."
'It irnpres..t, 'M' fCIT't'llO'Ier.•·
"l'm ahd We' 1\re 'oung and not rotten with age like .Franff,"
Rirhud hlurt{'c1 out:
The l renchmnn·~.~ rwlft ~lanCI' shot at btm llk~ a atilrtto.
" \.'()u ml~ht lcnm muob from Frnnicld my '~Word for ro under dog, whe-rrwr I find
hN'm."
"Quhotl<', but Impolitic."
" It all the 11tray for('lgners who c.nme over bei't' for thrc~>
WC('k!, and the-n t<'ll Wl how to nm thl, <'Ountry, would ~;ttly Rt
home, nnd try their hnnd.s at th~'lr own affairs, some of the
Euro'J)t'an countrJf'S mljZbt be A little less rotten," remarkl'd
Richard.
" )font~leur <'t''~ eo m bntl '\'~! ."
"I'm an American, nnd T- - "
" &me zinsr. Amerll:4n-eombath-e. ChJidren mus' tltfht ;
re ~ll t>oy t.'\ko trom zl' letoy buy
hPem ofT."
"You think thAt a no.tlonal charactrristie 1"
"Amcricrt-'~hO tAke over u Philippines. Cuba . WJz much
talk of llbl'rattng n downtrodden peopl~. Tncldentally, she
enre('ch hcr.>clf somt' m1Uions of dollalrll. Wlzont ze orat<>ry
we c:tll it stullo~ ; wir re oratory, lt ~col.llcP 'ze caul!e or
humauity.' 'le American magnate, h(' rob an' ruin %t' people,
an' Tf'n viYt's z.-m ze library, ze university, so hi' bc<'omes a public
bl'nefactor. 'Wizout %t' pnosents he f'e" ju~t rob~r and cut·
throl\t, but wl1 rese gHUI he ees a demlsrod ! •·
" Very lnU>rcstln~. Mr. Glron, and no doubt amu~>ing to an
ouWder ."
"Not so amusing to an inslder who can nunk ze tendency ;
I' h,
Judc:te Carteret""
•· No, it fq nC\t amu•lng. ~tfll, 1 do not llnd it a CD\IIiP for
dPSpl\lr. There la just at preSPnt A low Rtnndard of publlr
honesty, but it Is the me-rest phn.<;e of our WO'' tb. Hon€sty 1s,
nod alwl\~ has bcen, the best pollry, to put it on tb(.' lowelit
bru:lt • 1\nd without lt, or with some substitute, our wholr ~>tructure
would fall. Thl\t certainly wfll neYer occur, l\tr. Olron ."
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