No Word Waster.
It is related of the Rev. George Smith, a missionary chaplain in Natal, thit, though he did not bsar arms against the Zulu", in more than one attack he did esteutial service by going round the various posts end distributing reserve cartridges. On one cceasiou a soldier, in the heat and excitement of battle, was reviling his enemies and using somewhat profane language. Tbe chaplain, coming behind him, heard his word*, and *aid : — •'You should nofc speak like that, my friend. Dju'b curse them." Then, shoving some cartridges into his hand : •' Shoot them ! Shoofc them ! "
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Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 52
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98No Word Waster. Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 52
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