Expect He Would.
During the Peninsula War, at tbe little town of Tavistock!, in Devonshire, a Militiaman was heard to say that if the French landed he should certainly Tbolt, kill a sheep, and hide away in a «ave on Dartmoor till the storm had passed over. r ■ On this being told to his colonel, he called the man forward on parade, and lectured him severely on his cowardice in front of the regiment. » ‘What, you rascal! run away! I’d very soon be af er you,’ he said, ‘ I expect you would, sir,’ said the man, ‘ and smalL blame to you. Theye’s room for two.’ .*f »• ,
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Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22472, 5 December 1901, Page 3
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106Expect He Would. Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22472, 5 December 1901, Page 3
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