“Coup d’état in the North. Thistlebery seizes Edinburgh Castle. Threatens civil war unless Government expands naval programme.”

“Coup d’état in the North. Thistlebery seizes Edinburgh Castle. Threatens civil war unless Government expands naval programme.”

In the babel which ensued Belturbet lost sight of his young friend. For the best part of the afternoon he searched one likely haunt after another, spurred on by the sensational posters which the evening papers were displaying broadcast over the West End.

“General Baden-Baden mobilizes Boy-Scouts. Another coup d’état feared. Is Windsor Castle safe?”

“General Baden-Baden mobilizes Boy-Scouts. Another coup d’état feared. Is Windsor Castle safe?”