PRACTISING ON THE COLONEL.
The colonel had ridden his horse to town in the afternoon, and it was dark when he returned to camp. Some distance outside the guard line he was challenged by a voice from the darkness—- “ Halt! Who goes there?” “Colonel,” he answered. “Dismount, colonel. Advance and be recognised.” He was certain that there was some mistake, for no guard was supposed to be posted there. But a sentry’s orders are not to be disobeyed, so he grumblingly dismounted and led his horse forward, inwardly vowing vengeance against the sergeant of the a guard who had caused him all this trouble. As he approached the sentry he burst out wrathfully "Who in thunder posted you here?” “No one, sir. I’m just practising.”
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New Zealand Tablet, 13 February 1919, Page 45
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125PRACTISING ON THE COLONEL. New Zealand Tablet, 13 February 1919, Page 45
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