[Pg iv] All this, however, is mere conjecture. It is based on my knowledge, accidentally gained, that a lamp of this description formed part of a job lot of "assorted curios" acquired by the Government with a view to subsequent reissue in the form of buttons for soldiers' tunics. This fact, taken in conjunction with the unusual events I am about to relate, does lend a certain color to the theory which I support; but of solid proof I can of course offer nothing. Some of Alf Higgins' adventures have previously appeared in The Passing Show. The Editor of that paper, by the interest he showed in Alf, has incurred the grave responsibility of encouraging me to write this book about him. [Pg v] [Pg v] CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Foreword Alf Higgins, Runner Alf Cleans His Buttons The Miracle of the Planes The Misguided Zeal of Eustace Eustace Fetches Beer Isobel's "Dream" Eustace Orders a Bath Blighty for Two
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