unregretted. A drill sergeant, whose severity had made him unpopular with his company was putting a squad of recruits through the funeral exercise. Opening the ranks, so as to admit the passage of a procession between them, the instructor, by way of practical explanation, walked slowly down the lane formed by the two ranks, saying as be did so: “Now, I am the corpse. Ray attention!’’ Having reached the end of the lane, he turned round, regarded the re-, emits with scrutinising,., eye, and then remarked: “Your ’ands is right and your ’ead is right, but you" ’aren’t got that look of regret you ought to ’are !”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2366, 5 December 1908, Page 5
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107Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2366, 5 December 1908, Page 5
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