Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1917 — Fired for Good Reason. [ARTICLE]

Fired for Good Reason.

An imperative drill sergeant called a recruit aside and. In a gracious mood, talked to him paternally. “You’re awkward,” he said, “either because you were bora so, or because you’ve been taught so. Tell me now. what was your occupation before you joined upF It appeared the recruit had been in the toy trade —a packer of toys. His job was to pack toy soldiers into cardboard boxes. He had been dismissed by the firm. “Why, exactly, did the/ fire you, mjr man?” asked the other. “They fired me,” answered the recruit, deliberately, “for a good and, as I see now, a very sufficient reason. I put too many bloomin’ err grants Uk the boxes.”