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Show Orders Reversed. The English soldier on furlough from the front was pressed for reminiscences reminis-cences of France. "Well, sir, the biggest shock I got over there was going to the firing line first time. Who should I see but Rooney d'ye mind old dot-an-carry-one, who used to be on this beat? There he was, as large as life, in the military police. 'Jim, me lad,' sez he, 'I've pinched you a few times at home for scrapping, but, Lord save us, I'll have to shoot you here if you don't scrap, so keep up your reputation!" It's a rummy world." |