"Double!" he shouted, and himself gave the example. And as he ran he passed into his third phase and dreamed it was all true; and he woke up with a start at the orderly room, and found that it was true.

That very evening he resigned his commission, "owing," as he wrote, "to an incurable habit of getting the rear rank in front."

What happened to the men I cannot say with certainty. I think they are still struggling.


Physical Exercise Instructor. "'ERE, YOU! WHAT THE DEUCE ARE YOU LARFING AT?"

Recruit. "OH, SERGEANT, I—I WAS THINKING WHAT PRICELESS BALLY ASSES WE MUST LOOK!"


MEDITATIONS OF MARCUS O'REILLY.