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You can with advantage tell this little story over your Christmas fireside. A pompous army officer once came to General Goethals shortly after the latter had assumed control of the Panama Canal zone. He had a grievance against the new incumbent, and determined to "have it out" with him. And he did, in this fashion: "I "got that letter of yours, Colonel Goethals," he announced very airily. : "Letter," queried Goethals. "You must be mistaken. I have written you np letter." "Oh, yes," replied the officer: "That letter about, the work at Mirafiores." "I see," answered Goethals. "You spoke a little inaccurately, and I didn'.t understand. You meah you received my orders—not a letter. And as you say you have the orders, that matter is settled. Was there anything else you wanted to talk about?" There wasn't.
"Oh, no," said the boy, "I have a long way further to go, but mother told me to eat my sandwiches at Feilding." ■■;.-..
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Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 17
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160SNUBBED ! Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 17
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