FIGHT OR I QUIT YOU
Mabel—“I think I shall give up my flat next week.”
Maud—“Why, is it too small?”
Mabel—“No; he won’t enlist.”
WOULDN’T BACK OUT
One night General —— was out on the line and observed a light on the mountain opposite. Thinking it was a signal-light of the enemy, he remarked to his artillery officer that a hole could easily be put through it. Whereupon the officer, turning to the corporal in charge of the gun, said:
“Corporal, do you see that light?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Put a hole through it,” ordered the captain.