GRATEFUL TOMMY ATKINS.
It is frequently aeserted that "Tomm Atkins "has no sense of gratitude (save a correspondent of the Realm). Last yev there was much sickness among the trooba " afc Lucknow, where the sufferers We J! assiduously tended by two hospital nurse. Their heavy work knocked the younw ladies up, and they were obliged to 2 rest at the hills from which they returned some months later, arriving unexpected)? at Lucknow on a Saturday night. Oat*, subsequent morning they reached th. garrison church after the service had bejran and at a time when only the chanllW voice was audible in the buiUing. With clatter of sabre and jingle of spur, ever* 1 soldier sprang suddenly to his feot anrt stood respectfully at " Attention " as tho meek little grey figures cropt modestly t«" their seats. The spontaneous nature of the homage touched more than one old cam ; paiguer who witnessed the incident.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 9013, 28 January 1895, Page 4
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