OVERHEARD IN THE AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT.

_Spectators_ (_passing in front of groups of models arranged in

realistic surroundings_). All the faces screwed up to suffering, you

see!... What a nice patient expression that officer on the stretcher

has! Yes, they've given _him_ a wax head--some of them are only

_papier mâché_.... Pity they couldn't get nearer their right size

in 'elmets, though, ain't it?... There's _one_ chap's given up the

ghost!... I know that stuffed elephant--he comes from the Indian

Jungle at the Colinderies!... I _do_ think it's a pity they couldn't

get something more _like_ a mule than this wooden thing! Why, it's

quite _flat_, and it's ears are only leather, nailed on!... You can't

tell, my dear; it may be a peculiar breed out there--cross between a

towel-horse and a donkey-engine, don't you know!

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