An Unfortunate Remark
An officer came to report to Papa Wrangel, as he was often called. The General noticed that the officer’s spurs were not those prescribed by regulations. He took him to task about it, and gave him twenty-four hours house-arrest. The officer seeing that Wrangel wore the same spurs, made a remark about it.
“Very well, my son,” said the General, “then you stay another twenty-four hours for me.”