"Was Corporal Thom your chum?"
"Yes, sir, for six years we was on the Bar U. M. together. We was awful
close friends. He was a good chum."
"Corporal Thom!" exclaimed Barry again; "he was your chum! He was a
great friend of mine too. You have indeed suffered a great loss."
"He thought a lot of you, sir," said Monroe. "He has often talked to me
about you."
"But what a splendid death!" cried Barry. "Perfectly glorious!"
"I didn't hear, sir," said Monroe; "I came down three days ago, and only
heard that a bomb got him."
"Oh, splendid," said Barry. "Nothing finer in the war. Let me tell you
about it. There was an enemy raid coming up. The corporal had got wind
of it and called his men out. They rushed into the front line bay. Just
as they got there, eight or ten of them, a live bomb fell hissing among
them. They all rushed to one end of the bay, but the corporal kicked the
bomb to the other end, and then threw himself on top of it. He was blown
to pieces, but no one else was hurt.
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