A very junior officer was trying his first i case. “ Seven days confined to camp,” he snapped. “ Beg pardon, sir,” whispered the company sergeant-major. “You must not give a sentence like that. You ” i “All right, then; fourteen days,” retorted I the sub. “ But. sir,” pleaded the sergeant- , major, “ it’s not ” “’Arf a mo’,” ma-ior,” interposed the Tommy. “ Donlt , check ’im again, or ’e’ll give me twenty--1 one. ’E ain’t a horficer ; ’e’s a hauctioni eer.” 5 j Mrs Brown: “ Mrs Jones, lam told that I your daughter said I was a gossiping gadj about.” Mrs Jones: Oh, you mustn’t ! pay any attention to the child. She is ! always repeating what she hears the neighbor say.”
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Evening Star, Issue 17542, 23 December 1920, Page 11
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116Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 17542, 23 December 1920, Page 11
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