SLACKER GETS BACK
Frederick Palmer, the war correspondent, was talking about England.
“Everything is war, war, war, over there,” he said. “Dear help the young man who is not in khaki. He has a dreadful time.
“Now and then, though, one of these slackers—as they are called—gets a bit of his own back.
“A slacker, for example, was passing a prison camp near London when an interned German shouted at him from the barbed wire fence:
“‘Hey, Kitchener vants you!’
“The slacker frowned. ‘What?’ he said.
“‘Kitchener vants you,’ the German repeated.
“‘Well, by Jove,’ said the slacker, ‘he’s got you, all right!’”