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Show IS STILL IN SUSPENSE Private Leahy Questions Sergeant Donahue Regarding a Point in Military Law. ' Private Donahue and Private Leahy were the best of fi.ends, but when Private Donahue became Sergeant Donahue, Private Leahy saw the failings fail-ings of his former companion with amazing clearness. "Sergeant," he said one day, after long, fixed gazing at his superior in rank, "it a private stepped up to a Bergeant and called him a consated little monkey, phwat wud happen?" "He'd be put in the gyard-house," said the sergeant. "He wud?" . "He wud." "But if the private only knew the Bergeant was a consated little monkey, mon-key, and said niver a wurrd, wud he" be put in the gyard-house for that?" Inquired Private Leahy. "Av coorse he wud not," said the - sergeant loftily. "Well, thin, for the prisent we'll i'ave it, go at that," said Private Leahy. |