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Show Had Eaten the Bones. H During tho slogo of Mafoking ono Hj of tho ofllcors organlzod a concert, or H "singsong." to keep up tho spirits ot H tho men. Ho discovered, according to 1 tho story as it Is told In "V. C," that k tho mon had causo enough for low V spirits. Hearing of a sergeant In tho B Highlanders who was a good per k formor, ho asked the man to contrlb j ! uto to tho concert. "I'm sorry, air. but I I cannot." "Why?" asked tho offlccr. HJ "You play somo Instrument, don'l K your "I did, sir." "What was It?" H' "Tho bones, sir; but I've eaten 'am." Youth's Companion. |