THE TRAITOR
"One,- moment till: I've smoked this cigarette," > . ; . ; He. said—-his4>ack against the barrack ; wall. ," .. . r ... With folded arms and still eyes strangely set, rjV ~,. He puffed it .slowly in .the sight of all. ;; ~../ '_•'._.' Their hands upon their rifle stocks, they saw ■ • '"'. The glowing tip and the grey smoke ascend ... / And as he flicked the ash away with awe They looked on him who once had been their friend. His eyes gleamed dark above the cigarette . Till absently he flung the stump aside. But if with fear, defiance or regret, They never knew who watched him as he died. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, in the New Witness.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLVI, Issue 18, 1 May 1919, Page 34
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106THE TRAITOR New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLVI, Issue 18, 1 May 1919, Page 34
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