A little later in the day she discovered the horrid fact that it was “made in Germany.”
For a few tense moments the pride of her new possession had a mental wrestle with patriotism. Then Mollie remarked:
“Well, never mind, she’s very young, and I’ll bring her up English.”
FAMILIAR SOUNDS
He had been a riveter in one of the large shipyards, and was used to the din and roar of the thousands of hammers used in connection therewith, which causes deafness to many of the men engaged in this occupation.
When the call of King and Country sounded he nobly responded and enlisted, and was eventually drafted to the front.
It happened that the first of his nights near the scene of action was supremely quiet, but just before daylight the enemy’s guns came into action, and the boom and roar of the “Jack Johnsons,” etc., woke him with a start, and he gazed round the unusual surroundings of his billet.
“What’s wrong, mate?” asked one of the old hands, seeing the expression on his face; “did you think the world was comin’ to an end?”
“No,” was the reply, “but I thought I had slept in, and they had started work without me.”