THE WAR RIGHT It war lias clutched me with Us iron hand And madu nic servant to its nrglity will; If, in its hold, my emptied veins refill And throh to thoughts my .;uul cannot command, I am become but bit of contraband, Claimed by the thrall of human interest. 'l'll.' flesh of nic has answered to tho zest Tii.it sweeps the eurronts of a menaced land. And I must ris" to duty, mv heart Rebukes each effort, each unpleasant ueed. "lis not for mo to claim the softer lu'.rt.. The path of peace, while others fight and bleed. It' war has gripped mo wit", its hand of minlit What, choice is left me save to strike for Right? LFRANA SHELDON, in the 'New York Times." A British flying officer recently left the Ir.'iirhes on the western front n tin early morii- : n<;. took a Tuik'sh bath three aiid a half hours later ir London I ad Innclron at one of the leadiiv.I.ondon lintels, and anaved bad; '_' somewhere in France" the samv tvniinjr.
Tbe renori from Bucharest of 1!" diath of Sister August no. an Kn<:! : m ladv well known fur h. r charitable work n Macedonia for many years, hnppilv proves to be unfounded. Sister Aupistine is well, and is now at 'lie French convent at Salonika.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 223, 3 November 1916, Page 8 (Supplement)
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218Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 223, 3 November 1916, Page 8 (Supplement)
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