BATTLES LONG AGO.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 31, Issue 27, 8 April 1919, Page 4

BATTLES LONG AGO.

He was very, very* old, and, like most old warriors, lived wholly in the past, nothing pleasing him more than to be able to relate the glories of the battles in which he had fought long, long ago. And nothing pleased little Tommy more than to listen to these stirring stories. The old man had just been describing the perils he had faced at Inkermann. “Getting on for sixty years ago. Dear, Dear! ” he muttered. “Fiftynine years, at any rate! Yes, that was the last time a bullet grazed my head.” For a while Tommy gazed at the old soldier's head, then cheerfully remarked: — “And there isn't much grazing left now, is there, grandad?”