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The literal O'Flynn.

--An officer who was inspecting his company in the army of the--one morning spied one private whose shirt was sadly begrimmed. "Patrick O'Flynn!" called out the captain. "Here, yet honor!" promptly responded Patrick, with his hand to his cup. "How long do you wear a shirt?" thundered the officer.-- "Twenty-eight inches," was the literal rejoinder.

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