the 5th Corps, to which he presented himself as its new Commander and bivouacked for the night on the ground in its midst. Wimpffen's later course of action will presently be detailed. In his subsequent report to the War Minister he wrote very tersely: "I came, I saw, and I was beaten." [TO BE CONTINUED.] WAR PICTURES. [In connection with Mr. Archibald Forbes' History we have procured an interesting series of photographs taken in France during the war. The first instalment is published herewith, the second will consist of views in the City of Paris itself during the siege, and will appear in a subsequent issue. -EDITOR Idler.j 189 General view of Champigny taken from the ruins of the Chateau de Maire. (From a photo taken in 1870.) SAMUELSON'S FRONT TOOTH.* BY EDEN PHILLPOTTS. ILLUSTRATED BY JOSEPH SKELTON. BELIEVE Samuelson a better time at a school for Jews in general; though in one way he wouldn't have done as well, and wouldn't have had the adventure with old Grimbal, which turned out so splendidly for him when old Grimbal died. Though easily the richest chap at Merivale, and getting no less than ten shillings a week pocket-money, Samuelson was so awfully fond of coin that he hardly spent a penny, and the only thing he did with his money was to lend it to fellows. He didn't lend it for nothing, having a curious system by which you paid in marbles, or bats, or knives, for the money, and, in spite of that, still had to pay back the money itself after a certain time. You signed a paper, and Samuelson said that if chaps hadn't paid back the tin on the dates named it would be very serious for them. But it got serious for him after a bit, because Steggles, who knew quite as much about. money as Samuelson (though he never had any), borrowed a whole pound once, and promised to pay five shillings for it for one term; and Samuelson was new to Steggles then, and agreed. But when the time of payment came, Steggles said that Samuelson had better regard it as a bad debt, because he wasn't going to pay back even the original pound. Then Samuelson thought a bit, and asked him why, and Steggles told him. He said: "Because you know jolly well the Doctor doesn't allow chaps to lend money." And Samuelson said: "This is the first time I've heard that." 66 Anyway it's usury, which is a crime," said Steggles, "and I'm not going to pay anything; and, being less than twentyone, you can't make me; so it amounts to a bad debt, as I told you just now. You've done jolly well, one way and another, and you've got two bats, and Lord knows how many indiarubber-balls, and cricket-balls, and silver pencils, and knives, out of it, including Ashby Minor's watch-chain, which is silver; and if you take my tip, you'll keep quiet, because once all these kids get to know anybody under twentyone can borrow money without returning it, then it's all up with your beastly financial schemes." Samuelson was remarkably surprised to know what a lot Steggles had found out about him, and accused him of looking into his play-chest; and Steggles said he had. Then Samuelson went; and about three chaps who had heard the talk told others, and they told still more chaps, until, finally, a good many fellows who owed Samuelson money felt there was no hurry about paying it back till it happened to be convenient. In fact, Samuelson jolly soon saw he couldn't do any more good for himself like that, and at the beginning of the next term, when chaps were pretty flush of coin, he wrote up in the gym, "There will be a sale of bats, knives, and other various useful articles, between Copyright in the United States by Eden Phillpotts, 1897. P |