Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 22, July, 1921 — The Sinai Joke, Nice Burglar, Out of the Past, A New Label

* * * * * Out of the Past A rookie, all dolled up in his new uniform and ready for first liberty, strutted down the steps of the barracks and met the colonel coming up.

The silver eagles of the colonel’s shoulder straps meant nothing in this rookie’s young life, and he was about to pass with only a casual glance.

The colonel, feeling somewhat different, addressed the lad in an impressive voice: “Young man, how long have you been here?

” The rookie’s face radiated surprise and gladness at having thus been noticed by an apparent old timer, and he eagerly replied: “Why, I been here three days, how long you been here?

” * * * * * A New Label OLD CORNO

100 Poof Bottled In Barn Aged In Woods MADE OUT OF SPRING 1919

BOTTLED ALL OF 1920

Guaranteed to Conform with All Pure Fool and Drunk Acts * * * * * “It says in this paper that Lloyd George castigated the German delegates,” growled Panhandle Pete, glancing up from a paper all stained with near-beer.

“And that’s just what they had a-comin’,” vigorously assented his pal.

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