A PLAIN DUTY.
Britannia (to Holland). "MY RESOURCES AND MY OBLIGATIONS ARE GREATER THAN YOURS; LET THIS SERVICE FALL UPON ME."
[The number of Belgian refugees in Holland is probably ten times as great as the number in England.]
"Well, William, heard anything of your son?"
"No, Miss; but they'll send 'e to the front right away. 'E be just the man they be wantin' there."
"I'm sure he is. But why do you think he will go straight to the front?"
"Why, you see, Miss, 'e'll be able to show 'em the way about. 'E was at the Boer War, an' knows all them furrin' parts."