[The Sky Pilot in No Man’s Land by Ralph Connor]@TWC D-Link bookThe Sky Pilot in No Man’s Land CHAPTER IX 17/42
In the rear of the party marched the chaplain, laden down with one man's rifle and another man's kit-bag. "They're all here, sir," said Corporal Thom to the M.O., with a distinct note of triumph in his voice.
"All here, sir," he repeated, as he observed the sergeant major standing at the doctor's side. "Well done, corporal," said the sergeant major.
"You brought 'em all in? That means that no man has fallen out on our first march in this country." The corporal made no reply, but later on, he explained the matter to the sergeant major. "It's that Sky Pilot of ours, sir," he said.
"Blowed if he'd let us fall out." "Kept you marching, eh ?" "No, it's his chocolate and his jaw, but more his jaw than his chocolate.
He's got lots of both.
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