And long as I listened beside the stile

The larches echoed that eerie sound,

Steady and tireless, mile on mile,

The hunting cry of a single hound.

W.H.O.


"Families Supplied."

"Village General Stores Wanted for dis. soldier: also widow and daughter; price no object if genuine."—Daily Paper.


"H.B. Playford is 6 feet 5 inches, or thereabouts, in height, has a fabulous reach, and weighs 13½ stone. He rowed No. 8 in the Jesus four, beaten by Leander at Henley."—Times.