He'd Halt Them Tue sentry on guard was carrying a pick on one shoulder and his rifle on the other when the sergeant approached.
"What the dickens are you up to' roared the sergeant.
"Well," said the sentry, "I'm not much of a shot so I thought I could stun em first and then shoot em!"
The Mighty Pen "AMONG the prettiest girls present was Major Jump," wrote the young reporter, in his account of the military function.
Next day he w; "on the mat" in the editor's room.
"What do yeu mean by writing stuff like that?" demanded the editor.
"Well," explained the reporter meekly, "that's where he was and our policy is truth always."
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