A military correspondent home on leave from Egypt tells a story of a brother officer which set the regiment chuckling The officer in question is very corpulent, has an elephantic tread, and has a habit, of grunting and emit? ting other inarticulate sounds One night-he was.going his rounds and fell foul of a sentry because he Avas not challenged "Didn't you hear me?" he demanded, furiously. "Yes, sir," was the trembling reply; "but—but I thought; iJtTwas a camel! "
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 4 June 1917, Page 4
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181Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 4 June 1917, Page 4
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