. Even great military commanders have ! their, petty worries. When the Ger- ' mans: were before Warsaw, a hovering j Zeppelin dropped a bomb, which did no i harm to the town, but killed a fine fat !''goose....which was placidly grazing on j a suburban common. As there was not i enough" of- the goose left to cook, ;noi body.'bothered-any more about it at the [ the owner, an elderly lady j named Siereshevitch. The bird, it ap- ' pears, was the apple of her eye, and j tho envy of "tho neighbours. And evor ■ since its unfortunate demise the old ! lady.had been.writing indignant letters ' te the Grand Duke Nicholas about the | destruction of her gooso, and threatenj : ing him with all sorts of terrors if ['• cames near Warsaw a sain.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2386, 16 February 1915, Page 6
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127Untitled Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2386, 16 February 1915, Page 6
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