"Finish off now!" rang out the command from Mr. Smith.
Tommy saw the other boys putting sheet after sheet together, and he had hardly filled one. He racked his brains for something to add to his essay, and there came to his mind the words written under his father's portrait. He had only time to put down "England expecs——" when his paper was collected.
No one ever read Tommy Brown's essay excepting Mr. Smith, and he burnt it.
A lady teaches Form II. now, and Tommy Brown is eagerly looking forward to the day when Mr. Smith will return to occupy once more the post that is being kept open for him, for Mr. Smith has promised to bring Tommy home a German helmet.
"A number of shells burst together and almost at the same moment he saw a large cigar-shaped cigar fall to the earth."
Bolton Evening News.
The unusual shape of it struck him at once.