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Lament, For St. Stephen

By ANDREW ROBERTSON THE only painless Boxing Days I re- member are the ones that followed a virtuous work- 4 , ing Christmas Day, t,‘ f when perhaps one had sat self-con-......

An Unhappy Christmas Dinner In West Africa

By ROBERT ROBINSON then,' Mclntish clapped his lips to- gether, 'after the richness of the pâté,' he worked • Someone made a joke about marriage and Colonel Bowkett—the Lagos......