A CIGARETTE.
"After one of our scraps I felt a bit tired," said a wounded Canadian on leave to an English friend, to whom he had recounted some of his experiences at the front. "There was a kind of lull, and I turned to one of our chaps and said: 'I could do with a smoke.' He handed me a gold tipped cigarette. It was the best I have ever whiffed. 'This cigarette is all right.' 1 said. 'Where do they come from ! J ' " 'Off that German stiff.' he answer, ed.
"I looked around and taw a dead German officer, and cloubtles 1 showed some hesitancy in going on with the smoke. 1 know I felt it.
" 'lt's all right,' he frhid; 'what's the matter? He can't smoke them himself now, and I iidn't take his watcli—though, to bo sure, he doesn't want to know the time any more. But a cigarette' —he locked at the 'stiff' and added : 'Guess he wouldn't grudge a fellow a cigarette now.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 113, 26 November 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)
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168A CIGARETTE. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 113, 26 November 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)
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