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and Stripes on the back of the horse. Finally two
Australian soldiers got a footing on the base and
the crowd grew wild with excitement, singing all
the patriotic songs they knew & shouting themselves
hoarse. Well: Germany has had "Der Tag" she
toasted, and longed for. I hope she appreciates
the result. Tonight we are having Robert Scott
Moncrieff & his wife to diner to crack a bottle
of Paul Roger 1906 long marked for the occasion
and a bottle of 1820 sherry - my only one, but no
occasion can ever more worthily merit the drawing
of the cork.

7th. Jany. 1919.
My luck in glass collecting has not left me! From
interest there is hardly a shop window from a "fleshers"
to a fruit shop that I do not look into as I pass
along the street and as for a curiosity shop, a
broker's, or a cabinet maker's, each comes in for a
good survey, for one never knows what treasure
may be lurking there. As I returned to the police
station on Sunday forenoon, tired after an arduous
morning, I passed at the foot of Morrison St. an
upholsterer's shop with its blinds drawn, but some thought
prompted me to step aside into the doorway and
peer behind the blind. I was surprised to see
standing on a piece of furniture a nice drawn
glass with an air spiral stem & beyond it

apparently another. A glance was sufficient to satisfy
me from the high instep and the execution of the air
twist that at least the specimen nearest me was un:
:doubtedly genuine. It is always a rule of life with
me to act promptly when I have made up my mind,
so instead of going direct to the Museum on Monday
morning I betook myself to Morrison St. To my an:
:noyance I reached the shop before it was opened, but
reckoning that a respectable shop was certain to be
open before 10.0 I proceeded to walk the pavement, till
erelong I saw a woman dive in & pull up the blinds.
I was not long in following, and inside to my joy, found
not two glasses, but five, all of the same type drawn
air spirals & in good order. The class of shop did not lead
me to expect a long price, but I never anticipated
the figure named 5/= [£0.5.0] each! I would have paid that
for them in the early days of my collecting, & would
not have been surprised had the price of these been
25/= [£1.5.0] apiece. In London I would not have got them
under a couple of pounds at least & possibly a
pound or so more. My promptitude was well rewarded,
& I was interested to know that a lady was after
them but was trying to find out if they were genuine
first before committing herself. Great was my delight
too to be told that a gentleman from the Museum
was to come & look at them! Evidently myself, but
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