A corporal of a famous Irish regiment, while on a march in India, went to the quartermaster to borrow a camel to carry a spare tent. The quartermaster refused. “ I have only the cart, and this spare camel I am keening lor a case of emergency.” “ Well, said the corporal, “can’t you put the case of emergency on the cart and let me have the camel?.”-
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Evening Star, Issue 20109, 25 February 1929, Page 7
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66Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 20109, 25 February 1929, Page 7
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