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"6. The words "arising out of" and "in the course of employment" are in fact two different phrases and have been understood as such. If the accident had occurred on account of a risk which is an incident of employment, the claim shall succeed unless, of course, the workman had exposed himself to an added peril by his own imprudent act. The phrase "in the course of employment"

suggests that the injury must be caused during the currency of employment, whereas the expression 'out of employment' conveys the idea that there must be a causal connection between the employment and the injury caused to the workman as a result of the accident."