"Lorst yer job?"
"Yes," said Bindle, as he removed his coat; "but it was worth it:"
Mrs. Bindle stared.
CHAPTER XVIII
BINDLE ASSISTS IN AN ELOPEMENT
I
When Bindle announced to Mrs. Bindle that he intended to enlist in Kitchener's Army, she opened upon him the floodgates of her wrath.
"You never was a proper husband," she snapped viciously. "You've neglected me ever since we was married. Now you want to go away and get killed. What shall I do then? What would become of me?"
"Well," said Bindle slowly, "yer would become wot they calls a widder. Then yer could marry into the chapel and you an' 'im 'ud go to 'eaven 'and in 'and."