STRANGE ROMANCE
SOLDIER AND NURSE VANCOUVER, September 6. After having corresponded with each other for 19 years, a Scottish nurse 'and a Scottish Canadian soldier met for the first.time yesterday on the occasion of their wedding day. In 1914 the nurse, who was then working in a London hospital, slipped her name and address into the wrapjper of a cake of soap which she contributed to a patriotic: fund. The soldier, whose name is Christie, received it, and wrote to the donor. Tihus was begun V remarkable romance. The nurse had recently been working m New York. Christie once figured in a sensational ffjngiKvhainded battfie 'with a grizzly hear, which caught him unawares while lie was prospecting in the Yukon. Remembering the advice of an Indian chief, lie hugged the hear close, drew his knife and gradually wore the Rear d/,bwn. Hie buffered terrible agony and privation for a week before he was aide to get help. Twice during the. war Christie von decorations.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1933, Page 1
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