THE SCOTSMAN'S BONNET.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 50, 27 February 1915, Page 15

THE SCOTSMAN'S BONNET.

"Ton meet many queer chaps out there, but I think the queerest of all -was a Highlander from Perth 'that we came on one day," said a soldier who bad returned home wounded. "He had got knocked out, and -was unconscious -wliea -we -picked liim up. At great risk and inconvenience we carried him to the base hospital. There he recovered consciousness and t>egan to take stock of things. He also fcegan to ewear, and It was .ported out that this was a strange way 01 showing his gratitude to men -leir* had most likely saved Ms life. 'Maybe you have and maybe you haven't saved my life,' lie said in. his dogged, dour way. " 'Am no saying onnrthJng, aboot that; but what A want to liear is what did ye dae wi' ma wee -cap. It's least, It Is, an' All hae tae oay. for anither oot o' ma aiu pocket.'. In our excitement we had left his glengarry behind, and I don't suppose lie will ever lorgive us. ,.

The day of the freak dinner is ot«t, but wealthy officers returning from the Front are amusing their friends by siring dinners which are an exact replica of tbc meals served out in the trenches. , __ The following is a copy of a bill which, a few weeks ago, "adorned" many windows of licensed houses'in London:— TO THOSE WHO 'MUST STATt AT . HOME. HELP THE EMPIBB. FINISH THE WAR QUICKLY. 'HAVE SOUR GLASS OF BBEtt. Demonstrating the cheerful fatalism of the average British Tommy, the "■Manchester Guardian" quotes tl>; following passage from a soldier's .letter: —"We are going strong. At first we had a day or two of starvation. Then ' vaccination. Next, Inoculation. Some have Halation. We're going out soon and. some, of us will meet annihilation. What! O!"