DIED WITH A SMILE.
A pathetic story is told by a Avounded soldier, now home, of an Irishman. "We cam© on him," he said, "after one of the fights on the Aisne. 'What can we_do for you ?' we asked tenderly, for we could see he was not long for this world. 'Can you whistle?' was the surprising reply. "Two of us said we could, and asked what he would like. 'A Nation Once Again,' he replied. "Tommy Burke whistled a few bars, and the dying man's eyes were fixed on him firmly all the time. When it was oven he held out his band to Tommy and said: 'Thank you., lad,; it, does me heart good to bear the ould tune for t^e last time this side of the grave.' Th*>n he turned over and died with a smile on his face."
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 17 March 1915, Page 5
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142DIED WITH A SMILE. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 17 March 1915, Page 5
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