His brother was intensely amused,
and they both laughed heartily, when he told us that he himself, while
waiting at the reception-camp with the draft, had put in much the same
kind of application, saying the same kind of things about Cook.
But when they realised that both applications would be forwarded to
the same Divisional Headquarters for consideration the joke lost some
of its savour. And when the Adjutant called them up and handed the
two returned applications _pinned together_ both brothers needed all
their qualities of toughness and rigidity which, as I understand, are
acquired in the wholesale hardware business.
L.
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[Illustration: _Shortsighted Traveller_. "IS THERE SOME DELAY ON THE
LINE, MY GOOD MAN?"
_Naval Officer_. "WHO THE ---- DO YOU THINK I AM, SIR?"
_Traveller_. "ER--N-NOT THE VICAR, ANYWAY."]
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"HOMES FURNISHED COMPLETE."
"Oak bedstead, 3 ft. 6 in., with wife and Wool Mattress, new
condition, L5 10s. 0d. lot."--_Provincial Paper_,
"One Parsel Furnishing goods curtains, cushion covers, etc.
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