Hero is a true story (says the "Daily Graphio"). It was in the lounge of one of Loiidon's most famous restaurants. A"yotnwc 'man, very brown, "\vitli _ keen eyes ana clean-eut features, was sitting alone, obviously waiting for friends. Two girls m one of tlm groups looked round at him once or twice, and at last, with an air of resolution, one walked across to lonely man opposite. "Pardon me," she said, "I have something for you." Tlio man jumped to his feet, and the girl put in his hand a wliite feather. A little smile flitted over his face. "It is very strange," he said, and took soniething'froiii a waistcoat pocket, "that on one and the earn; day I should receive two such distinguished decorations." He opened his hand, and in the palm lay a .little bronze cross, with . th<3 two words "i'or valour"- inscribed yUEoa it, j
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2558, 4 September 1915, Page 4
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148Untitled Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2558, 4 September 1915, Page 4
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