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Show His Choice. Just after the fall of Bloemfontein soldiers were called for, owing to the scarcity of civilians, to work the railway. rail-way. The weary "Tommies" were lying in a camp one night after a hard day's work, when a sergeant called out: "Any of you men want to put your names down as railway porters, drivers, driv-ers, stokers, half-boiled clerks, or for any other appointments connected with the railway?" Silence, broken only by snores. Then one "Tommy" slowly raised his head and drowsily muttered: "Put me down as a sleeper, sergeant." ser-geant." London Tit-Bits. |