THE POOR PICKETS
AMUSEMENT IN THE CITY. The scene was Stewart Dawson’s corner; the actors, a crowd waiting for tram cars, and a party of pickets from H.M.A.S. Australia, under a stern-faced petty-officcr. Slowly, the pickets trudged their way with hands held behind their backs. They looked neither to right nor to left, and their faces gave the impression that they were in abject misery. Truly were they objects of pity to the curious bystanders. Suddenly, a little fellow, whose gaze had wandered from the faces of the pickets to that of the petty-officer, called out in a shrill voice: . “Mummy, what are the poor men o< - run in for?” . , n .,. 1n There was a shriek of lauj * the crowd, but the pickets A.. fL-es, ed ou, relaxed uot a muscle ot then laces.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 15, 12 October 1928, Page 3
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134THE POOR PICKETS Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 15, 12 October 1928, Page 3
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