A chaplain in one of the military services.
1After all, Holy Joe is Holy Joe; and boys will be boys.
2This man would be smiling and he would say, Holy Joe, boys!
3For Nils was dying, and Holy Joe was praying for his soul.
4I found Newman in the port foc'sle, talking to Holy Joe.
5I was in far better case, they told me, than poor Holy Joe.
6The squareheads knew why Holy Joe had suffered-becauseof them, because of Nils.
7For an instant I forgot Holy Joe, and his evil plight.
8But Holy Joe likes it: fairly laps it up like a kitten, poor old dear.
9But Holy Joe checked the movement with a word.
10He pointed to the bunk that held Holy Joe.
11Yet the stiffs were not much impressed by what Holy Joe did to the mate.
12The big man glanced at Holy Joe, and smiled.
13Broken bones were being promised to poor Holy Joe.
14When Fitzgibbon was beyond ear-shot, Cockney began to damn Holy Joe for spoiling his aim.
15But just then I thought about Holy Joe.
16It was Holy Joe who spoiled Cockney's knife-play.
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