YES, WHY SHOULD HE?
-For.a whole solid hour the captain -had been lecturing his men on the 'duties of a. soldier, and he thought that now the time had come for him to test the results of his discourse. .Casting his eyes'around the room, he fixed on Private Murphy as his first ■victime. , "Private Murphy," he asked, "why should a soldier be ready to die for his country?""" The Irishman .scratched his head for a while, then an ingratiating and smile flitted across his face.' VSure captain," he said, pleasantly, "you're quite right. Why 'should-he?"
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Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 14725, 2 August 1921, Page 7
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95YES, WHY SHOULD HE? Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 14725, 2 August 1921, Page 7
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