10/23 What'll you take to drink ?' 'Nothing just now,' replied Joe, smiling faintly. 'I haven't quite made up my mind.' 'A mettlesome fellow like you, and not made up his mind!' cried the serjeant. 'Here--let me give the bell a pull, and you'll make up your mind in half a minute, I know.' 'You're right so far'-- answered Joe, 'for if you pull the bell here, where I'm known, there'll be an end of my soldiering inclinations in no time. |