"So glad to see you, Mrs. Bamsby! And how is your dear husband? Where is the Colonel? I was only saying the other day, 'I wonder when I shall see Colonel Bamsby!'"
Mrs. Colonel B. "You'll see him now, my dear if I just step aside, or you walk round me."
Easter Manœuvres.
Adjutant. "Your orders are that when you are attacked, Captain Slasher, you are to fall back slowly."
Capt. Slasher. "In which direction am I to retire, sir?"
Adjutant. "Well, the proper way, of course, would be over that hill, but—they intend to have lunch behind that farmhouse in the valley."