CONSOLATION.

AN Irish officer had the misfortune to be dreadfully wounded in one of

the late battles in Holland. As he lay on the ground, an unlucky

soldier, who was near him, and was also severely wounded, made a

terrible howling, when the officer exclaimed, "What do you make such a

noise for? _Do you think there is nobody killed but yourself?_"

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