Every instant the wall of fire is drawing closer in, the roll of the thunder is continuous, a dismal pulverization of 90,000 men!

The roll is then swung lengthwise between two supports made of sticks, placed thus × in front of a lodge which has been set apart for the purpose.

Like a storm cloud they came; like the roll of thunder following was the oath which sprang to the lips of every rider save one.

The roll of the drum was now the law for getting up and lying down.

THE BAND OF GIDEON The band of Gideon roam the sky, The howling wind is their war-cry, The thunder's roll is their trump's peal, And the lightning's flash their vengeful steel.

In cloudy weather, when the signs in the sky were hidden, the regular roll of the waves before the steady trade-wind was in itself a guide.

To the imagination of the former, the roll of the carriage-wheels was the sound of pursuing horses; in every turn of the road her fevered fancy beheld the figure of Lord Alphingham: at one time glaring on her in reproachful bitterness, at another, in mockery, derision, satire; and when she closed her eyes, those visions still tormented, nor did they depart till she felt her mother's arm around her, her gentle voice pronounce her name.

The roll was a small green pocket-book containing one or two gold pieces, and a check for an incredible amount, as it seemed to the poor puddler.

When a single man takes the general charge of five hundred miles of railroad, upon which the annual pay-roll is a million of dollars, and which employs over two hundred locomotives and three thousand cars, earning five million dollars a year,a road which cost thirty-three million, has five miles in length of bridges, and over four hundred buildings,it is plain that the system of operation must be somewhat elaborate.

The rolls which Isabella wanted were rolls of wool, as they are prepared at the mill ready for spinning.

Shall that dirty roll of bunting in the gun-house be all the colors a village can display?

[Illustration: THE FINAL TOMMY;(ex-footballer): "We was just wipin' them off the face of the earth when Foch blows his whistle and shouts 'Temps!'"] These are only some of the heroes who have added to the glories of our blood and State, but the roll is endlesswonderful gunners and sappers and airmen and dispatch riders, devoted surgeons and heroic nurses, stretcher-bearers and ambulance drivers.

" "A roll of old copper cents would be just the thing," said Miss Travers.

If the average rent of the village lands was, let me say, one rupee eight annas an acre, the rent roll of the 1000 acres would be 1500 rupees.

These advantages had not been gained without a severe struggle, and a terrible roll of killed and wounded was the consequence.

Now if any person with these references were to search the Issue Rolls, he would be much surprised to find that the Rolls are rolls, and not books, and that "pp." is not the correct reference.