STANDING ROOM ONLY.
Pat, who had joined the new army, was given his uniform by the Quartermaster. Everything fitted all right til! he came to put on the trousers, which J he said were far too tight. j '•No, no," said the Quartermaster., "they're fine." "I tell you they are too tight," said Pat ; "they the tighter titan my skin."
"Nonsense, Pat, how can they be lighter than your skin?'' "Begorra," exclaimed Pat, "I can sit down in my skin, but- I can't sit down in the trousers." <
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King Country Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 871, 10 May 1916, Page 6
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88STANDING ROOM ONLY. King Country Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 871, 10 May 1916, Page 6
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