Lying placidly in the rack with
an air of well-merited ease born of the consciousness that they had,
without any effort of their own, avoided a fatiguing duty, were three
large bombs.
"Er--ah--hum," said Toddles. "Now then, Sergeant, hurry up and get
this machine back into the shed!"
And the Sergeant's face was the best joke of all.
* * * * *
"Man, handy at vice, been in motor repair shop."--_Daily
Chronicle_.
Still, it must not be assumed that life in a garage is necessarily
fatal to virtue.
* * * * *
[Illustration: PERFECT INNOCENCE.
CONSTABLE WOODROW WILSON. "THAT'S A VERY MISCHIEVOUS THING TO DO."
SWEDEN. "PLEASE, SIR, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED."]
* * * * *
THE WATCH DOGS.
LXV.
MY DEAR CHARLES,--I feel some hesitation in passing the following
story on to you, less from the fear of what it will divulge to the
enemy than from the fear of what it may divulge to our own people. As
far as the enemy is concerned be it stated boldly that the train was
going to Paris and "I" got into it at Amiens.
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