Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1912 — Too Literal. [ARTICLE]

Too Literal.

During the campaign around Manassas. Bull Run and Fairfax, General Phil Kearny, inspecting his command one morning, found a man who had polished the front of his shoes, but not the heels. The general looked him sharply in the eye for a moment "What do you mean,” he said, "by coming to inspection with the toes of your shoes polished, but the heels muddy?" “General,” the soldier said, persuasively, “you told us a good soldier never looks behind him.” General Keany passed on down tb» line. —New York Sun.