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"Joe," said the senior Mr Pole, in a voice that ca with Fairies"

"Curse this War!" said Joe in cold-blooded even tones "Curse the

Kaiser! A weak-kneed devil who ht at least have stuck to it for

anotherAmerica build ships, curse hi

his head sadly, "it is no use cursing, Joe We knew that they were

building ships, but the business looked good to me If Turkey hadn't

turned up her toes and released all that shipping----"

"Curse Turkey!" said the other, with great calaria and Ferdinand----"

"Put in one for the Bolsheviks, Joe," said his brother urgently, "and I

reckon that gets the lot in trouble Don't start on Austria, or we'll

find ourselves cursing the Jugo-Slavs"

He sighed deeply, pursed his lips, and looked at his writing-pad

intently

Joe and Fred Pole had enerosity, their reckless kindness of heart, their willingness

to do their worst eneood turn, and the like They had others

which they never admitted, but which were none the less patent to their

prejudiced contemporaries

But they had virtues which were admirable They were, for example,