The Wreckers

Excerpt from The Wreckers: A Social Study

The Pad Mall Gazette once said, No man can tell beforehand how his neighbor will take a jest. And from frequent observation I believe that this is true. Not very long ago a young lady was telling of her visit to the battle-field of Waterloo. I saw the we] l,' she said, into which, after the battle, they threw some of the wounded soldiers.'

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