Equal to the Occasion.
A good story is going the rounds of the Dorset Battalion of Volunteers. An officer m attendance at a shooting competition the other day noticed two of the men firiiig with anything but William Tell like precision. Approaching them, he angrily exclai«ucd: "You fellows, you don'c know" the way to shoot ; lend me a rifle and let me show you." "Bang," and the target - was missed. A broad grin, overspread the faces of the two privates, but the officer was equaf to the occasion. Turning to the first, with a frown upon his countenance, he remarked " That's the way you. shoot, sir." A second attempt and a similar result. Turning to the other he continued, " And that's the way you shoot, sit." A third shot and an " inner " was fluked. With pardonable pride the worthy officer returned the rifle, triumphantly adding, " And that's the way I shoot." The men ever since have entertained a very high opinion of him as a marksman.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 158, 2 June 1884, Page 2
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166Equal to the Occasion. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 158, 2 June 1884, Page 2
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