"Beth asked for news, not for gossip." "The news of the war, Uncle John," added Beth, buttering her toast.
"Oh; the war, of course," he said, turning over the page of the morning paper.

"It ought to be the Allies' day, for the Germans won yesterday.
No--by cracky, Beth--the Germans triumph again; they've captured Maubeuge.

What do you think of that ?" Patsy gave a little laugh.
"Not knowing where Maubeuge is," she remarked, "my only thought is that something is wrong with the London press bureau.

Perhaps the cables got crossed--or short circuited or something.

They don't usually allow the Germans to win two days in succession." "Don't interrupt, please," said Beth, earnestly.