HE NEVER TRIED IT AGAIN.
A brigade major sexwing in Gihralter was ixx the habit of giving to soldiers aaTxo had indulged not Avisely but too Avell, a note addx-essed to the sergeant of the guard, ixx Avhich it was Avritten, ‘ Please confine bearer.’ One day an astute Irishman happened to be one of the victims, and was haxxded the note and ordered to return to the barracks at once to deli\’er it. On his Avay he xnet the brigade xxxajor’s groom, axxd knowing the contents of the note, asked him as a favour to take it to the baxracks, as he did not Avish to return for an hour or t\A r o. On deli vexing it he Avas of course coxxfixxed to the guardroom. The major, on learning the truth, said no more about it, thinking it A 7 exy smart on the part of the soldier’, and never tried it agaixx.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 29, 21 October 1893, Page 5
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154HE NEVER TRIED IT AGAIN. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 29, 21 October 1893, Page 5
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