A LEGEND OF GENERAL WOLFE 255

effective. There is a part of a ship—something which holds up something else or some thing—I forget which.

A Prosperity Certificate and a German 200,000-mark bill lie sullenly together on the counter. I suppose, in the night, they awake and console each other for their respective defeats.

“Ah me!” sighs the German note. “Once I would have bought jewels . . . furs . . . houses

. . Now I would not buy a lettuce leaf.”

“Well, look at me,” the Prosperity Certificate rejoins. “Canada just laughs at me.”

Then, they sigh together.