Biltmore Oswald

WITH 31 ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE
RICHARD DORGAN ( Dick Dorgan ) U.S.N.R.F.
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1918, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company All Rights Reserved
Reprinted from The Broadside A Journal for The Naval Reserve Force
Feb. 23d. And what, asked the enlisting officer, regarding me as if I had insulted him, his family and his live stock, leads you to believe that you are remotely qualified to join the Navy?
At this I almost dropped my cane, which in the stress of my patriotic preoccupation I had forgotten to leave home.
Nothing, I replied, making a hasty calculation of my numerous useless accomplishments, nothing at all, sir, that is, nothing to speak of. Of course I've passed a couple of seasons at Bar Harbor—perhaps that—
Bar Harbor! exploded the officer. Bar! bah! bah—dammit, he broke off, I'm bleating.