TRY A SMILE
— — BUYING it? .. “Well, men,” said the cLI,. „ . afternoon I am going to story about John the Banti * 1 first I want one of you to tell. was John the Baptist.” Silence! .: Becoming impatient, the ,J repeated the question. J John the Baptist?” °A Still no one replied. , “Come, come',” he exclaimed. 1 really, men . . . surely yogJf swer that?’ M . An old soldier stood up at the J of the room. “All right,” he si J “I’ll buy it if mo one else will I Who the ’ell was ’ee?” 1 I * * * He & I ■ . The sergeant was putting a I of recruits through funeral tOpening the ranks he walked sb down the space between, them, pay attention,” he snapped. “Ima? I’m the corpse.” . ."Reaching the end of the line turned round and regarded i the cruits carefully. “You ,’ands is right; your ’eads right,”-he muttered. “But you ba quite got that look of regret youos. to ’aye.” ■
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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 18, 30 August 1940, Page 8
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159TRY A SMILE Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 18, 30 August 1940, Page 8
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