Reading Observer. October, 1914.

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LIKE WILD RABBITS.

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ut.ncte .... mm a lett.er reca:i?«t
. b Ibe (athat at' ~'. 'Y: Naah, , ~t tbe.R97tJ ~b
Pt~. Nuh . 'l1in.c- .waobded m .. hotpl,.l
• Ch,loo&, Tho r.u..r, Hr. Allred Nub. bu
~n In the employ of Mr. James Mcmet.of Yaple.
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~hlrbam for the. la.ri. i.eD :rear..

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.. I hav~ plenty to tilU abOut.. t.be w....
It. il not.
mu'ch li ko a. .....,. . . . Blaugbt.er-bou<ae.
'!iou
:Opl] li~ in Lbe trenches wait ing for your turn 11.0
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You ca.n &e6 nothi"ni" but linoke and ore.
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cs.nnoL hear one a.notbe.r IlDeU wi. l shell
ad ihrapool ftliog
&rOUnd. About. us we see.
!.~ o ... n chums &.0 0 Genna.n. . l riD, dead and
woullaod in buoehes of twent, or thirty.
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it thick. glossy, w:"vy. laxuriant
and remove' all dandruff.

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bayonet. ehargM, and "18 lucky both

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W e weDL ;'0 ,with .. brl.v<!!I ~rb .nd t.he
ellemy ran &Wa.l lib ..wild rabbi"!'. fhsu:l1Ir down
th eir rilles and throWing up t hOlr a.rma ~ , the,.
ran.
In ODC cba.rgoe we kil led ~tOOO Wlth o1;l"
elr bleen incheIJ of 8Leel.
At olle lime we laid
tM rrll!llc hC5 eight, da.y • .nd d&re not mo~.
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the time iLa w ... raini'IIS haM , aDd my Lrench ""I
balf fi lled with .....t,er.
My clothM ~ere we
Lhrough and torn to piooes. At the fiDlW I "'..
aarricd fro m tbe fin ni line "'it~ one trouser lea:
&ad .... ithout. IOC:U a.nd ~bool": I do not expect. to
be .. hie to aet up fo r & month , but I hope to be

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READING
SAILOR'S STORY.
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KOW THE CARPANlA SANK THE,
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TRAFALGAR.

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Wriling to A frieod in .Readi."&" P&tty Of6otr S.
lh.rt.in of H .M.S. Owmani a , ..rho beforo tbo 1fW
broke ~Ulo woa thtI instnKltor on t.he bri" .. XiOI
, A.lfred ," telLt ... yj,.w. -.dory of hi. ehlp'. eDCOUote~
wiLb t.be ~T'fIWl. a.n:nod tnGI"Cha.nLma.n C~ TraI.tlp r
Tolc.l in bill own wonIs t.pe narrative tNJh:
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S&1I>' our ~ eopagemen t ,!ben. '11'0 we.nt. into
Iilb\ion on Sopt.embe.r 14t.h, (If[ Ute TriD'ida.d hl&Dd. f
!lnll nngaged a IIHJ!"CblUlb a.nnea dr\ieet'\ C'Aiw tJbe
Cap Tnfa.!aM.
W. bad • hot bitnt of it. for
Deatl, t.wo hours. AU til. time we 'Wero at. i~
u mmer and tong&.
She hit UI 70 tim.. wiilb.
fo ur· loch &hella ana made Met' 400 hoIee Ln ,."

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You mAY be1. we W'IIr'B Dot m-ati_ ADd OQZ' 4.7
JUna, of "lUch we
eijht. ~ aM' 400 1'OUDd.t
her. TbHf IiooD .1enced 'h.r PDII ADd tbaa
_e 1iui:Ned her alf ...a. aha ..,.Ilt do'IIt'D.' I .DD· ~
think .be Ud ma.n,.
for we 40Wd DOt. '0 to
her ...utaooe. .. we were on
had •
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~'7 lime puLting ito oat;. ~r..
a.ad to
~alr. bard "'qrk ""e fUI)OIIed.ed,
10 killed and 26 woun4ed. a.nd.l
The qiJMUon 01 IKnU~ mn re¥ to -oki ~le
1.0 eICl-pe withouil .. al!N.t.o.b. I
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OTer , bvt. DO~ \lDtil
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. . . thO _~ III th.
Reading
of ' Guan:UaJl.l .• beld oD Jiffundar
OennaM. I b~
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In ILbGtb.
.of his !.tier
.,..n.iul.
The me
Uti bee.D. tabed ~~l &
to bM.r--that i. wife bu bRa
rul\'kIe me.IDC of'
rd, aDd- bMl ""b potit;1M hoopit.al, U.rorl_t..\J' 1M
~o!IO/l lIiI bh. ~&I __ _ . bel...
00lt>wont.. fot we regret in i tat.e -ft', c.:c.-, c.nut t.ee for ooMideratioll in t:.mee ween' time', . ,
oIn4'w u buried 12et. "cU:.
Mi'. R.usox moyuu "uIIoL the 'Board do not 'approve
cOndoJeDCt'S to MT. Martin
of the decision ot fJle domttdttee 'ot the wbole
I ot:her aO;h"ow1ng r:e1'-lITCt.
Board to ...~(>O.. IU
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GUARDIANS AND THE AGED.

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RELIEF DEFERRED.

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