{"id":220,"date":"2021-06-17T11:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=220"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:00:53","slug":"second-class-constable-alston","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/second-class-constable-alston\/","title":{"raw":"Second-Class Constable Alston","rendered":"Second-Class Constable Alston"},"content":{"raw":"I WATCHED him as his cheek grew pale,\r\nHe that once was strong and hale;\r\nThe red had faded all away,\r\nAnd left it ashen, dull and gray.\r\n\r\nOne Monday night he came to me,\r\nRested his head upon my knee:\r\n\"Mac, me feel so sick,\" he said,\r\n\"I t'ink me poor boy soon wi' dead.\"\r\n\r\nI did my best to calm his fears,\r\nHe opened up his breast in tears;\r\nI'll ne'er forget the sight I saw,\r\nHis body strewn with bumps all raw.\r\n\r\nThat night we listened to his moans,\r\nThe hot fever was in his bones;\r\nHe tossed and tossed about until,\r\nAll his strength spent, he lay down still.\r\n\r\nMany a weary weary day\r\nIn the hospital he lay,\r\nTill one morn torture turned to peace,\r\nFor death had brought him his release.\r\n\r\nThe funeral, oh it was grand!\r\nWe honoured him with arms and band;\r\nAnd not a man but turned away\r\nWet-eyed from where his comrade lay.","rendered":"

I WATCHED him as his cheek grew pale,
\nHe that once was strong and hale;
\nThe red had faded all away,
\nAnd left it ashen, dull and gray.<\/p>\n

One Monday night he came to me,
\nRested his head upon my knee:
\n“Mac, me feel so sick,” he said,
\n“I t’ink me poor boy soon wi’ dead.”<\/p>\n

I did my best to calm his fears,
\nHe opened up his breast in tears;
\nI’ll ne’er forget the sight I saw,
\nHis body strewn with bumps all raw.<\/p>\n

That night we listened to his moans,
\nThe hot fever was in his bones;
\nHe tossed and tossed about until,
\nAll his strength spent, he lay down still.<\/p>\n

Many a weary weary day
\nIn the hospital he lay,
\nTill one morn torture turned to peace,
\nFor death had brought him his release.<\/p>\n

The funeral, oh it was grand!
\nWe honoured him with arms and band;
\nAnd not a man but turned away
\nWet-eyed from where his comrade lay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-220","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":192,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/220\/revisions\/221"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/192"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/220\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}