Weak in His Spelling.
A good story is told of the weakness i» spelling of an old Indian coloseh One day a brigade-major approached him with the remark. “ Very sorry to hear that you’ve been suffering-from gout, colonel.” “Gout, sir! What the deuce do you mean," roared the colonel; but only this morning I received in the brigade office your application for leave, and you distinctly asked for it on the ground that yon had been suffering from gout.” b I darsay I did,” answered the colonel; “ but what of that ? You couldn’t expect me to spell a word like rheumatism."
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Manawatu Herald, 21 March 1903, Page 2
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101Weak in His Spelling. Manawatu Herald, 21 March 1903, Page 2
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