"Dash it," said G.H.E., one of the first to pay his sixpence, "I've been had."


BOBS' WAY.

He knew, none better, how 'twould be,

And spoke his warning far and wide;

He worked to save us ceaselessly,

Setting his well-earnt ease aside.

We smiled and shrugged and went our way

Blind to the swift-approaching blow;

His every word proves true to-day,