England seduced us. 'Neath her spell,
Mistress of lies, we fell and fell
Into the poisoned sink, or well,
Of faked and fabulous rumour;
And there, as we were bound to do,
We failed, because we loved the True,
And loathed the False as alien to
Our artless German humour.
I speak as one who ought to know;
Myself I tried a trick or so
In U.S.A. and had to go,
Looking absurdly silly;
And now against us, big with fate,
That Hemisphere has thrown its weight,
Both North and South (though up to date
We haven't heard from Chili).
Laughter we've earned--a noble shame!
Built to achieve a higher aim,
We honest Huns can't play the game
Of shifty propaganders;
Henceforth we'd better all get back
On to the straight and righteous track
And help our HINDENBURG to hack
(If not too late) through Flanders.
O.S.
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"Red heels were much in evidence, both Lady D---- and Lady C----
affected them, and they were to be seen in other unexpected
places."--_Observer_.
Certainly their use as ornaments in the small of the back surprised us
a good deal.
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THE CARP AT MIRAMEL.
[In the following article all actual names, personal, geographical
and regimental, have been duly camouflaged.
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