A very small boy was trudging along dejectedly in the grip of a policeman. In his arms he carried a football There had been an accident to a window.
A group of his playmates stood on the street corner, and the young culprit decided to keep a stiff upper lip while passing them.
"What did you do, Billy?" asked one of his "Nuthin'," he replied. "They've just asked me to play for the police."
Ready for a Game Here is a story of the last war, taken from the British Legion "Journal":
An old sweat and a young reinforcement on patrol duty in No-Man's-Land found themselves between two bombardments. The veteran suggested crawling to a near by dug-out for shelter.
"Suppose," protested the young soldier, "we find the dug-out is full of Germans?"
"That'll be all right," said the old un. "Maybe they'll have a crown-and-anchor board.
Poor Chap Tommy arrived home from school with a note from his teacher, written after an examination by the school- doctor, "Your boy shows signs of astigmatism. Will please investigate and take steps to correct The next morning the boy came to school and handed a reply from his father, which read:
"I don't exactly understand what Tommy has done, but I have walloped him tonight, and you can wallop him tomorrow. That should help."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.