HELPING TOMMY
"Can yon, tell me how far it is to Victoria!"' s, The speaker was a tired and war-worn Highlander. Tho scene, Soho, London. Time, 11.35 i;n the morning. "I've got to join my unit at Victoria at 12," lie explained. "Been in hospital?" the stranger asked. "Two months; home a fortnight to pull up," and he gave a little pull at his kitbat; to ease it on his shoulder. Tho man looked a trifle haggard and grey,' and by no means set up by liis conv valescenco. The stranger called a tnxicab and helped him in with the bag. "What is the fare to Victoria??' he asked the driver. The man eyed him with kindly intelligence. "You're standing this, sir?" Yes." "Eightpence." Tno stranger demurred to the eiefhtpsnny faro, and gave the man a shilling l °, s'JP 0 The driver solemnly returned the sixpence. "f' m , in this, too'" he said. "Think I cant do ray bit?'' And he drove off proudly with his freight.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2697, 17 February 1916, Page 5
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167HELPING TOMMY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2697, 17 February 1916, Page 5
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