Scrubbing a Recruit.
A good story is told concerning a new-corner who appeared on parade with a very dirty neck. "Sergeant!" said the Captain, " Sir !" said the Sergeant. "Where is that man 1 told you to ecrub ?" " There, air !" "Where?" "There." "Oh, no; nonsense." " Yes, sir, that's the man!" " What ! that man ?" Yes, sir !" "Well, now you say so, I fancy it mu^t be ; but 1> shouldn't have known him. What a difference it makes ( to' a man to be clean !" Happy recruit, every man of the company on the grin and he "blushing violently, conscious that for the first time for many months his biußhes are visible.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 179, 20 November 1886, Page 1
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108Scrubbing a Recruit. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 179, 20 November 1886, Page 1
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