"Let me see," I said sweetly, "what do you call this monumental work? Oh yes, I remember—Are There Any Important Omissions from my Saturday-to-Monday Equipment?"

"Rubbish!" said the soldier. "The title is—Have I Put Everything in?"


BY THE CANAL IN FLANDERS.

By the canal in Flanders I watched a barge's prow

Creep slowly past the poplar-trees; and there I made a vow

That when these wars are over and I am home at last

However much I travel I shall not travel fast.

Horses and cars and yachts and planes: I've no more use for such;

For in three years of war's alarms I've hurried far too much;