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 BASSETS SCRAP BOOK 243 wheat-eater. Crofters are the small farmers of the North of Scotland, the Orkneys and Shetlands. Those who have no land are called "cottars." FRIENDS. Not he that counts my errors; Not he that holds me back With doubting words to show me Wherein and how I lack; Not he that sees my failings; And, seeing them, is free To take my measure by them — He's not the friend for me. But he that learns my virtues, Who takes me at my best; Who notes my greater failings And overlooks the rest; Who, after I have striven And have not failed, is free With words of commendation — He is the friend for me. He that forever warns me Of dangers in my way. Who doubts my strength to meet them And ever bids me stay, May truly seek to shield me. May wish me well, but he Whose faith is inspiration — He is the friend for me. — S. E. Kiser.

If hell is what the Tennessee minister says it is, "a place of strong drink, tobacco, baseball, theatres and peekaboo shirt waists," it will seem like a day off to some men.

Ten miles southwest of the Sabine Pass in the Gulf