SHORT STORIES.
■HE AVATCHED OUT FOR A I DRINK.” 1
The young, witty-looking Tommy was leaning gracefully across the counter in the bar of the Cow and Caterpillar. Every now and then he would give a twitch to his left arm. “Shell shock!” whispered a sympathetic observer. “Poor fellow!” “I wonder if he will toil us his exXierienees?” said another man. Tho subject of their remarks then turned to them, and remarked amiably: “I wonder if I shall ever make this darned wrist-watch go!”
BAD LUCK. His better half, carried away by patriotic zeal, had followed him to France in the Red Cross. After a short period of hate which he had to go through, he made close acquaintance with some shrapnel. Dear wifev was bending over his helpless form. The man looked, then closed his eyes. “Isn’t that just my rotten luck!” he murmured. “With all these pretty nurses over here looking after the soldiers, I had to draw you! ”
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 4 August 1919, Page 3
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161SHORT STORIES. Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 4 August 1919, Page 3
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