RIVALS EVEN IN DEATH.

Taihape Daily Times, 23 April 1918, Page 3

RIVALS EVEN IN DEATH.

One of the most touching of war stories comes! from a Melbourne nurse who wrote to her sister from a hospital in France. She was asked by an 'English nurse one evening if she would go along and see a soldier who had asked if there were any Australian sisters thero. The nurse who made the request said: "Poor lad. I'm afraid he will not live very long. My heart goes out to these young boys from the Dominions." The Australian girl accordingly went and found the boy propped up on pillows and plainly terribly ill. He showed very little interest in the visitor until she mentioned Australia. "What part do you come from?" he asked "Melbourne," she replied, with much satisfaction. "Melbourne, that rotten hole,'' was the rejoinder, given with such emphasis that she could only laugh. "You come from Sydney, T supposp?'' the nurse said "quickly; "dirty. ' ;:Wc, Isot. .'crocked (place " and this time he laughed heartily. They talked about the two cities, the sunshine and surf bathing, fruit and flowers, and then, when she left him, the boy smiled and asked her to bo sure and come again, But there was no need, for he passed away at midnight.