It is always a bit of a trial going back to school after a few days absence. They are all practising for sports with Fermoy next Sunday. The whole school will probably go to Fermoy. Yesterday my companion in the procession was an old Farran Ferris day-boy, whom I did not know, though he knew me. He told me several killing stories about Dickie and Pa, and said that the latter had been an officer in India before. So to-day we tried to draw Pa out by talking about snake-charming, and he was just saying he saw one in … when he told us get on to our work. – There is a revolution going on in Poland now, and Marshal Pilsudski has captured Warsaw after great fighting. – The German cabinet has resigned. The English strike is now practically over, and the firms are busy making up for the injury to trade. – Captain Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, has just been in an expedition to the North Pole. Abd El Krim is still waging war. Mam had Sophie, Irmah and Elsie Hilser up to-day for lessons instead of Sat. Mam is working hard at beautiful new programme.
