“THE worst of being a mug, ” said Private Smith, “is that you usually look it. That ain’t my point of view, an’ it’s not original, bein’ the idea of one of the grandest lawyers that ever went into the Army. This chap’s name was Grassy, and he joined our battalion owin’ to some trouble he’d had with his girl.“Offen and offen he’s told me an’ Nobby the story.“‘It was like this, ’ he sez. ‘Me an’ Miss So-an’-so was engaged, an’ one night me an’ her met at So-an’-so’s. I happened to remark so-an’-so, and she up an’ said so-an’-so, an’ finished up by tellin’ me that I was so-an’-so so-an’-so.“‘After them illuminatin’ remarks of yourn, ’ sez Nobby admirin’ly, ‘I can’t see what else you could have done, ’ he sez. ‘Naturally, after a lady has said so-an’-so to you, there’s nothin’ left to do but so-an’-so. What’s your opinion, Smithy?’“‘So-an’-so, ’ I sez.
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