STRANGE MEETINGS.
Many storicS of strange meetings at the front have been published. Here is one told by a reservist, who at the J lime of joining was a member of the police force:--:""While out reconuoitI ring one day lie and other seouts uncx- ' pectedly came in contact with a body of enemy troops, lying in ambush, and, being outnumbered, were in a ticklish position until reinforced. A bullet in the leg brought the ex-policeman to the ground, and ho had resigned himself to capture when suddenly he was si.'i zed by the brawny arms of a young giant, who him to safety and immediately disappeared, without waiting for so much as a word of acknowledgement. 'Well, I'll be hanged! If this isn't a queer world!' ejaculated the former constable as he was assisted into an ambulance. 'I had a warrant in my pocket for that chap's arrest when I was called up!' "
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 18 August 1919, Page 4
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153STRANGE MEETINGS. Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 18 August 1919, Page 4
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