He Had to Stay.
The officer of the day entered A guard room and found it empty except for a private Avho, gripped to his shirt and trousers, Avas lounging on a chair, smoking a clay pipe. “Where's the sergeant of the guard?” demanded the officer angrily. “Gone across to the non-coms’ mess to have a drink, sir,” replied the private. “And the sentries?” “In the canteen, sir.” “Then, confound it, Avhat are you doing here?” “Me, sir?” Avas the reply. ‘l’m the prisoner.”
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Opunake Times, 18 January 1935, Page 3
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84He Had to Stay. Opunake Times, 18 January 1935, Page 3
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