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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 19th, 1914, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 19th, 1914 Author: Various Editor: Owen Seaman Release Date: October 19, 2008 [EBook #26969] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, VOL. 147, AUG. 19, 1914 *** Produced by Neville Allen, Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOLUME 147. AUGUST 19th 1914. * * * * * Illustration: A QUICK CHANGE OF FRONT. * * * * * THE NATURE OF A MORATORIUM. "It's a big ship" (I could overhear Ethel's voice through the open nursery window). "I know perfectly well it is. It's one of the Cunarders." "Well, you're quite wrong then," (this from Jack). "It was passed through Parliament. You can't pass a ship through Parliament." "It's the sister ship to the _Lusitania_--so there!" Joan's thoughtful voice intervened. "I can tell you what it is," she said. "It's a place for burying people--a sort of big tomb where they put dead kings. There's one at Windsor." Curiously enough I was myself at the moment rather puzzled as to what it was and how it worked. "Do you know, William," I said to my host, "that you are owing me ten pounds and I've got to get home to-day, and I've no money?" "Oh, but I shan't pay it now," he replied shamelessly. "Why not?" "I'm going to put a Moratorium on you. I don't know, of course, if that's quite the correct phrase. The thing is new to me. But at least I can see how it works. You had better try James. He owes you five, and he never reads the papers, so he may not have heard of it." I went at once into the library, where I found James making up a parcel of three half-sovereigns to send to his bank. No one is going to accuse James of hoarding gold. "About that fiver," I began. "Ah, yes. I was just coming out to talk to you about that before you went," said he. "Now that I'm sending all this stuff to the bank I'm just afraid
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