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 The Straight Griffin

ROES? Orright. You 'ave it 'ow yeh like. Throw up yer little 'at an' come the glad; But not too much 'Three-'Earty-Cheers' fer Mike; There's other things that 'e'll be wantin' bad. The boys won't 'ave them kid-stakes on their mind Wivout there's somethin' solider be'ind."

Now that's the dinkum oil frum Ginger Mick, In 'orspital, somew'ere be'ind the front; Plugged in the neck, an' lately pretty sick. But now right on the converlescent stunt. "I'm on the mend," 'e writes, "an' nearly doo To come the 'ero act agen—Scene two."

I'd sent some papers, knowin' 'ow time drags Wiv blokes in blankits, waitin' fer a cure. "An' 'Struth!" Mick writes, "the way they et them rags Yeh'd think that they'd bin weaned on litrachure. They wrestled thro' frum 'Births' to 'Lost and Found'; They even give the Leaders 'arf a round."

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