The heads, bald and florid, of that obese elder generation turned in a community of curious interest, to gaze at Swain--the man who had nerved his fellows to withstand an economic pressure they had thought irresistible and was now hailed as comrade by their own young chief. The ex-soldier took a step forward. "I should just like to say this, sirs--we men know what it is to have good officers--and we've never let 'em down. We've come back, officers and men, and officers like Captain Hathaway will always find their men work for them as they used to fight--for officers like him make us feel the Old Country is worth working for as it was worth fighting for. We've learnt to play the game--and we'll play it so long as we have fair play. The British soldier has learnt to die rather than surrender--and the British soldier is just the British working-man." PRINTED BY WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND