After two hours' walking his strength gave out, A horse was brought up and he was hoisted into the saddle and went on. "That evening", concludes M. clu Bochet, "T reached the village of Fleti. The inn was chock full. A sort of room hed been fitted up in a corner, partition having been put up with planks which were too short to reach the ceiling. This was the resting-place of the King of Servia, He dined off two eggs and some army tinned beef and lay awake all night, wrapped in meditation, Next morning, amid the snow outside, I saw him set off again. The soldiers, who were awaiting the order to march, watched him go, aa they would have looked at a friend or a brother, without even thinking of giving him a salute. They knew well enough that, between him and them, such gestures would be merely The War Loan Success.
The results of the 5 per cent. Joan issued last month are even more satisfactory, now that the full particulars are known, than was believed within the first few days after the lists were closed. M.
Ribot, the Finance Minister, who at first said the amount subscribed would probably exceed fourteen milliards of francs (£560,000,000 if calculated for convenience at the old rate of Frs. % to the pound) now announces that the total comes to Frs. 15,130,000,000, or, in round figures, six hundred and five millions sterling. Of this sum about forty millions came from abroad, England alone offering £24,000,000.
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