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Show Superfluous Grit. During a particularly nasty d;;;. it storm at one of the camps a rear lc ventured to seek shelter in the sacr-j a precincts of the cook's domain. After a time he broke an awkwari f silence by saying to the cook: 1 "If you put the lid on that ca;; kettle you would not get so much d;r, 0 in your soup." T The irate cook glared at the ii- ti truder, and then broke, out: i, "See here, me lad, your busices; !s v to serv your country." o "Yes," replied the recruit, "but m 5 to eat it." |