Query—Cape Grisnez?—_Rig. Fun._

"Ve next marcht to the Hi toun vich tawk of frensh Perlitenes they shet

the Dore in our fases; and then Repared to the Grand collum Bilt by the

riginal Bony to comensurate the Grand viktry ass vos to have bean

hobtained by the Grand army ass vos to hav hinvaded ingland. Hear, arter

bilkin the dorekeper out off his 6 pense, the chap vot carred the

standerd mounted up to the top, and me Thinkin that vos the safist place

for the pressant Followd his leder vith the egle, vich as sune as ve

arived at the sumat had a Werry hextensif vew off Prinse lewy a cuttin

his unlukky, folowd by his folowers at Hi pressure spede, and awl makin

for the coast ass if the devvle ad em. In coarse the collum vos sune

surounded and ve vos sumond to cum down. Poor mountseer havein the

frensh union Jak found upon him vos sune tuk up and sent to Prisn. But

deer Bil takin the Hopertunaty off a rigement off the nashonal gards and

a kumpny off the John Dams and a batalyan of the perventif sirvis Rushin

on the poor standerd barer at the Botom of the collum i Let fly the egle

from the Top and takein out the cole sak Blakt myself awl over and

rented my cloas into a meer Stoker, so ass ven they come to xamen me

Found nothink like Proof pozitif, and insted off bean brote in a frensh

Hero shal turn myself out to be nothink but a Halibi.

"Ass for the Grand army most off em ran into the vater and vos Tuk

prizners by the bathin wimen. Sum got Pepperd by the John Dams and sum

got Salted by the oshun, but deer Bil to conclude i shal nevver jine a

Bony party agen as lungs i breathe, and Prinse lewy will xcuse me sayin

he showd himself a Propper goose for ingagin in sich a war of Propper

gander.

"yewrs Truly,

"HARRY DOBBS."

[Illustration: SEPTEMBER—"Massacre of S^t. Bartholomow."]

[Illustration]

[Illustration:

Escape from Cork Jail.

New Chaco for P. Albert's Own.

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