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TIBERIUS SMITH "‘Can't we have that tea now?' asked Tib, playfully, as Mrs. Danby threw herself hysterically into her husband's arms.

"And when the soldiers, met on the road by the runner, came next day, it was to find the trouble over and the Danbys packing up to return to the settlements.

"‘For,' explained Danby, 'I can't live here without roads, and now that my guest has used up all my dynamite, I can't have the roads.'