A PUZZLED SERVANT.
General S>r Ueaueliomp Duff. Com-niandor-in-Chief in India, sternly discourages anything like excess of late hours on the. part of young officers, holding quite rightly that such practices are not conducive to military efficiency.
Recently he was adrdossing some newly-joined youngsters, and as in exaniplo of the sort of thing he did not want them to do he told th. ni ti story of a subaltern who was waked one morning by n brother "sub's" scrva.it pulling at his feet.
"Sahib!" whispered the servant, anticipating wrath, " Sahib, what am T to do? My ma,ster told me to wake him at half past six, and he has not gone to bed till seven !'•'
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 227, 17 November 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)
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114A PUZZLED SERVANT. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 227, 17 November 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)
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