CHANCED IT.
A British soldier out walking saluted a general, who was alone ami (111 foot. When he had gone a dozen yards, Tommy turned and shouted; “lie!” The general stared, .and Tommy ran to him. “What the devil d’you mean by yelling at me?. Don't you know who I am?” There was an awful wrangle for a few minutes, and finally Tommy got Ids way, and the general went with him to the nearest headquarters. Sure enough the court-martial found the general to be a Hun. But the officer questioning Tommy was anxious to iiml out tiie psychological process that caused the arrest. “What made you suspect him?” “I dunno, sir.” “But, come now.” A long pause. “Well, sir, 1 didnt' like the look of his face.” “But consider, are we to arrest every staff officer in Franco whoso face you don’t like ?” Another long paime, then: “The fact is, sir, I’d heard that if yon captured a spy yon got some money paid you, and I wanted a bit o’ money, so I chanced it!”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1902, 12 November 1918, Page 3
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177CHANCED IT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1902, 12 November 1918, Page 3
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