Thorne Smith
BILTMORE OSWALD: THE DIARY OF A HAPLESS RECRUIT
porThorne Smith
Sinopsis
BILTMORE OSWALD
The Diary of A Hapless Recruit
Feb. 23d. "And what," asked the enlisting officer, regarding me as if I had
insulted him, his family and his live stock, "leads you to believe that you are
remotely qualified to the Navy?"
At this I almost dropped my cane, which in the stress of my patriotic
preoccupation I had forgotten to leave home.
"Nothing," I replied, making a hasty calculation of my numerous useless
accomplishments, "nothing at all, sir, that is, nothing to speak of. Of course
I've ed a couple of seasons at Bar Harbor—perhaps that—"
"Bar Harbor!" exploded the officer. "Bar! bah! bah—dammit," he broke off,
"I'm bleating."
"Yes, sir," said I with bec...
BILTMORE OSWALD
porThorne Smith
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- Historia y Biografías
- 10/04/13
Sinopsis
Feb. 23d. "And what," asked the enlisting officer, regarding me as if I had insulted him, his family and his live stock, "leads you to believe that you are remotely qualified to the Navy?"
At this I almost dropped my cane, which in the stress of my patriotic preoccupation I had forgotten to leave home.
"Nothing," I replied, making a hasty calculation of my numerous useless accomplishments, "nothing at all, sir, that is, nothing to speak of. Of course I've ed a couple of seasons at Bar Harbor—perhaps that—"
"Bar Harbor!" exploded the officer. "Bar! bah! bah—dammit," he broke off, "I'm bleating."
"Yes, sir," said I with becoming humility. His hostility increased.
