STRICKEN SYMPATHY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 219, 20 October 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

STRICKEN SYMPATHY.

H"i'e is n beaut'fu] hospital story it* corded by the Rev. William Sellers m bis new book, "Willi Our Pightni; iten.'' A colonel's wife was making th ■ round of a military .ward when 'she noticed a wounded soldier toying wit'i a German helmet, "Well." said sh,<\ to the soldier, " I Mippjisp that means that yon kiliel your" man ?" "Well, naiv," quietly responded t'<soldier. " on see it was Hko this. He lay on the lield pretty near nie with m iiwfu' bad wound and Id/vdin' awav sometlun' terrible. 1 was losin' a it 1 of blood, too, frae my leg.but I managed to crawl up to him. and bound liiin up as well as 1 co'iiiil, and ho did the same for me. NawtTiin' o' coors.* was s i.'d between us. | knew no German and the other man not a word . ' Knglish, so .wlvii he'd done, not seem 1 boo else tae thank him, I just smile.!, and bv way of to7<en handed him mv Glengarry, and lie smiled back und gave me his helmet."