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JACK AND JOCK
In the well-known political school from which Messrs. Lang and Garden have graduated with almost equal honours, and to which in spirit, they are both believed to be loyal to this day, it is customary for the alumni to address one another as “Comrade”, at least for ceremonial purposes.
Obedience to this unwritten rule formerly posed no hardship upon Comrade Lang and Comrade Garden. As, when gentle folk meet, compliments pass, so when these notable demagogues met there was a cordial exchange of the proper party honorifics.
Indeed, during a series of weary years Comrade Garden and Comrade Lang, fighting side by side, as they averred, for the fellowship of men and other exalted causes, made comradeship seem a frigidly inadequate term for the mutual love and strong communit
