410 Colonel Andrew Balfour on One Side of War [Jan. 24, 



of the type of the average British soldier — a type I can best explain 

 by a short, but what is even better, a true story. 



" A young lad lay seriously ill in one of the great hospitals of 

 Malta. The consulting physician approached his bed and said to 

 him, ' Well, my boy, how are you to-day ? ' 



" The patient replied as he had always replied w^hen asked this 

 •question throughout many weary days. ' In the pink,' he answered 

 feebly, and, having so answered, he lay back quietly and died." 



[A. B.] 



