Later the rescued one addressed his rescuer: "Thank yer, Alf, mate."

"Don't yer 'mate' me, yer blinkin' perisher!" Alf replied. "Wot the

'ell d'yer mean by muckin' abaht in the pahny (water) wiv my shirt

on?"--_J. H. Hartnoll (late 30th Div. Artillery), 1 Durning Road, Upper

Norwood, S.E.19._