TOMMY'S TIPPLE.
A Tommy came with a note from the P. 0., and as ho looked shivery, says an army chaplain, I told him to come in. " Whal'll you have?" I asked him. "Tea, cocoa, coffee, cider, glass of beer? Make yourself a' homo," I added, pushing a chair to the fire. " Now, what's it. to be':" Tommy said: "You're very kind, sir," and sat down, but did not indicate his beverage. "Come along!" I said, "you're here, and I want you to feel yourself at home. Shall we fray coffee I am aware that my conduct was "subversive of discipline." and a lot of other rut, butwithout cant.—l believe that a man who is going out to tho death lino to do his bit—and mine, is a man and a brother- " You mean that, sir, about feeling myself at home?" I nodded. " \V»H, then, uir, if I was at home, an' pcrisi:«d up with cold, I'd 'ave a drop of whisky 'ot, rvith a lump of sugar in it.." I -1 made him feel at home, -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16210, 22 April 1916, Page 5 (Supplement)
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