A Gibraltar Legend

One of the stock of ancient legenda relatiug to the Rock of Gibraltar, from which the passing griffs were formerly regaled, relates how a young Scotch' subaltern was on guard dnty -with a brother officer, when the latter in visiting the sentries feil over a precipice and was killed. When the survivor was relieved from duty, lie made the customary written report in the usual f orín, "Nothing extraordinary. " And this brought the brigade major down upon him in a rage. "What! When your brother officer on dnty with yon has fallen down a precipice 400 feet high and been killed, you report oothing extraordinary I" "Weel, sir," replied the Scot calmly, "I dinna think there's onything extraornery in it, ava. If he had fa'en doon four hnnder' feet and sot been killed - weel, I should hae ca'd that extraornery. "