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Show All This, We Find, Was According to Orders Out for a drive in her pony-cart, an elderly lady managed to get involved in some army maneuvers. maneu-vers. As she approached a bridge a sentry stopped her. "Sorry, madam," he said; "you can't cross this bridge. It's just been destroyed." The old lady peered at it through her spectacles. "It looks all right to me," she murmured. Then, as another soldier sol-dier came along, she asked: "Excuse me, but can you tell me what's wrong with this bridge?" The soldier shook his head. "Don't ask me, lady," he replied; re-plied; "I've been dead two days." |