He was very, vory old; and, like most old warriors, lived wholly in tho past, nothing pleasing him moro than to be ablo to relate the glories of tho battles in which he had fought long, long ago; and nothing pleased littlo Tommy moro than to listen to these stirring stories. Tho old man had just been describing (ho perils he had faced at lukcrmaiK "Getting on for sixty years ago. Dear, dear," ho muttered, "fifty-nine years, nl any rate! Yes. that was the last time a bullet grazed my head/' For n while Tommy gazed at tho old soldier's head, then cheerfully remarked, "And there isn't much grazing left now, is there, granddad?"
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2125, 17 April 1914, Page 8
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114Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2125, 17 April 1914, Page 8
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