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Show One by Qtn. Milan. M Gen. Miles used to tell of a surgeon M at a certain poat during the civil war M who .was chaffed a great deal for hla ' M flowery and extravagaat style of ex- preaslon, both written and oral. Onr ' J one occasion It appeara that the col- U onel of tho regiment had appropriated I M the surgeon's tent for a Mesa-table, . M without the usual formality of atat- Ing hla Intentions. Whereupon the surgeon sent a complaint to the of- fleer In command. Among other thing H ha said: "I have not ao anuoh aa a fly H to Interpose between my head and M the star-decked heavens above me." H This unique document fallowed the H regular routine and eventually re- ! H turned to the unfortunate aurgeon H with the following ender 'at; "Col. H 1 Brown will cause a j to be inter- H posed between the head ef the com- H plalnant and the star-deeked heavens H above him as Soon aa possible." U- M lustrated Sunday Magaalne. H |