. of America - Volume II Various Edited by Marshall P. Wilder The Wit and Humor of America - Volume II 10 THE RECRUIT BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Sez Corporal Madden to Private. noble and beautiful woman is, what a manly man, —when I reel, dazzled by this glare, drunken by these perfumes, confused by this alluring music, and reflect upon the enormous sums wasted in. that fact only to fatten your self-conceit? Take care, good care; for whether you say it by your lips or by your life, that withering response awaits you—“then what are you? “ If your ancestor...