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Show STRICT ON PUNCTUALITY Ltcnt d Wood's Rebuke Wat Mors Dreaded Than a Ducking in Ferry Slip. "Leonard Wood's Ideas nhout punctuality punc-tuality nn very strict especially for subordinates," writes Cllve Ncwcome Hiirtt. wlin wns his personal stenographer stenogra-pher at Uou'ruor'a Island fr a month. "I remember ouu morning I iiiIm. the Governor's Island bont at the bnrgo oilloc, and as theso boats only run every 13 minutes, I was late In reporting re-porting nt the olllcc. I was deeply chagrined when tho general, In his inlet way, suggested I might make the bont If I sturled n little earlier. .1 roKoltcri never to be lulu again. "However, tho next inornlnjrl "nr-rttcil "nr-rttcil at thu slip. Just ns the noat-warf putting out, but I mnilc a running leap and landed on deck nil right. Thu "orpornl In charge of the bont -ushed sur and shouted In my ear; '"You'd better not try tl it ngnln unless jou ynnt to land lito wa t'er.' - .-.- V. "I didn't 'mind being called down-by n cnrpoml linlf ns much lis 1 objected to tho quiet rebuke Of the general; and, ns I told the corponl, .landing In tho cold water wouldn't bo' any nioro of n shock than the Icy 'reception I might get If I landed nt tho ofllce late two mornings In succession." |