Punch, Or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914
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's do make!" butendeavouring to conceal his feelings by the manipulation of his faceand a more than usually heavy interspersion of "Sirs" in hisconversation. The enemy are ill-assorted allies: Captain Parr, adashing player of great courage and very ready tongue, and LieutenantSumners, one of those grim, earnest fighters whom no event howeversudden or stupendous can surprise into speech. This latter is a realsoldier whose life is conducted in every particular on the lines laiddown in military te...xt-books. He asks himself always, "Is itsoldierly?" and never "Is it common-sense?" He is at present introuble with his superior officer for having frozen on to his ace oftrumps long after he should have parted with it. But those text-bookssay, "Keep your best forces in reserve, " and so the little trumps mustneeds be put in the firing line first. As to the other officers of your acquaintance, each is making merry, as the season demands, in his own fashion. One is studying, not forthe first time, a map on the wall showing the inner truth of thecurrents in the Pacific; another is observing, for his informationand further guidance, the process of manufacture of lead pencilsas illustrated by samples in a glass-case.
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