THE MEN ARE SPLENDID
"The wife of one our wounded soldiers was given =- permit to France, to son liim before ho died," snvs tho "Moi'mntf Post." "It was a wot, cold day for the funeral. At the graveside the chaplain whispered to her, a lonely figure keep* in.,' close to him, 'Now I am going to offer.lip >. prnyer,' 'Then I must kneel, she said. 'No, never mind _ kneeling; just stand,' he whispered again. ' "A Tommy . mulerstood her _ distress. Slipping off iiis coat, he rolled it pillow"fashion, and laid it for her on line .sodden ground, and so slie knelt and was comforted."
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 275, 16 August 1919, Page 8
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102THE MEN ARE SPLENDID Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 275, 16 August 1919, Page 8
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