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THE "SICK" DRUMMER.

As a regiment of soldiers was on tl«> march, some of the soldiers stepped « ut of the ranks, and confiscated a couple of geese, and one of the drummers unheaded his instrument, anof put the captured birds in the drum .

Shortly afterwards, the colonel rode along, and, noticing the boy, said, sharply:

"Why don't you beat that drum?" "Colonel," said the drummer, mysteriously, "I want to speak to you."

The colonel drew still closer; and, bending down his head, said: ""Well, what have you to say?" The drummer whispered: "Colonel, I've got a couple of geese in here." The Colonel straightened up, and gravely said: "Well, if you're sick, and can't play, you needn't." The Colonel had roast goose that night.

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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 7

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THE "SICK" DRUMMER. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 7

THE "SICK" DRUMMER. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 7

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