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Show H WERE HAZY ON GEOGRAPHY. BB Australians Had Queer Idtat ai . BBl How to Rcnch Africa. H It is a forcgono (oni'lusion lo til's H Anierienii pelionllxiy Mint tlio nmn H who Mies lo walk iiinulu'ie finui H Australia is doomed In a wetting; H but to porno Australian-!, whom I ho H author of 'n Search of HI Dorado" H met, the obvious was not ho npp.ir- H H "Say, lio i," snnl one of tliem, H vmtMonly, "how fur is it to the war?" H "Soutli Africa is about 7,000 H miles from hero. Arc you thinking H of going?" H "Well, so-io of the boji n3 talk- H Jng that vv hut nono of us know H the country, or whether tho (rack H was to sunr'so or sundown." H "Africa is west from hero." H "Is thcro enough water for hordes H on the trail?" H ".Man! You cross tho ocean." H "Well, I reckon old .Toylmr.se, H liore, can cro nnvthing; hut it H bents inu to know how a feller can B carry tucker for all that distance. H I suppose there is plenty of stations H on tlio road, (hough?" H Tho traveler who was supplying H tho information bought for an ox- H planation which would convey mean- B infr, and found it not ; hut a sudden HI sandstorm turned their thoughts from tho subject. Youth's Com- prmiou. |
