UNEASY LIES THE HEAD, ETC.
The Queen of Madagascar smiled bitterly. ‘ After spending thousands in Paris for Worth dresses ’ She paused behind a rocky eminence to get her breath and brush away the mud which had accumulated on an exquisite creation of mauve silk and yellow lace. ‘ here I am thrown down by the French !’ Biting viciously into a cake of navy tobacco, she crawled into a cave and waited until the cuirassiers in pursuit had lost themselves in the jungle.
Have we won another victory over the Cubans ?’ asked one Spanish officer. ‘ Yes,’ replied another; •it is just going to press now.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XV, 11 April 1896, Page 428
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103UNEASY LIES THE HEAD, ETC. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XV, 11 April 1896, Page 428
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