rice. Their gleaming white teeth looked strong enough to chew through shoe leather.

I asked Marshall if any of the men were married and had families. He said they had absolutely no need of or interest in women,

but lived and fought only for each other. As for the British government's attitude about that"Well" Marshall smiled wisely, "where in the entire world could you find more courageous soldiers? Her Majesty needs them."

by Harry Otis

IT'S ELEMENTARY, WATSON

I first met Watson aboard the ship to Bali. Most passengers were enduring the dehydrating heat of the Java Sea in shorts and sport shirts, but Watson sweat it out in gabardines and shirts with ties. He was a hard-jawed individual with an uninviting manner and I paid little attention to him until he attracted my attention by his behaviour toward a young chap with a lisp. Whenever the fellow

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spoke to him or even came near him he stiffened and looked the other way.

One evening a few of us were discussing the free and easy customs of the Oriental and Arabic countries where it is not exceptional for men to hold one another's hands or link arms or otherwise display affection publicly. We were generally agreed that such customs were more com-

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