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Show HE HAD USED MORE. f Soldier Explains Lack of Soap to Dls- comfited Sergeant. It wr3 kit Inspection, and the different dif-ferent companies of tho battalion wero standing with their kits on tho ground In front of them. Tho sorGannt-maJor was making tho examination, when his caglo cyo detected tho absence ot soap In tho kit of Prlvnto Fllnu, and ho demanded what excuso tho man had to give. "Plazo, corr, it's all used," said Flinn. "Used!" shouted tho sergeant-mn-Jor. "Why, tho first enko of soap 1 had served mo for my kit lasted mo threo years, whllo you are not a year In tho ranks yet. How do you account for that?" Fllnn's eye had tho fainier.t sus.pl-cl,n sus.pl-cl,n of a twinkle, as ho replleJ: "Plazo, tori', 1 wash uvery day." And the uergeant-jnnjor walked on, whllo tho entlio company grinned. London Tlt-Ilits. |