"HIS PREESONERS."

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 21 November 1916, Page 5

"HIS PREESONERS."

In "South Africa" the following is printed as a true yarn — Lieutenant Lovell Greene, son of Col. Green, of Natal, was wounded the day before th e Springboks attacked Delville Wood. He was taken prisoner and placed on a stretcher. An officer handed him over to the cars of four German soldiers, till he could be removed to the rear. When the officer was out of sight one of the quartet of faithful guardians said to Lieutenant Greene, "See here, we yield ourselves as your preesoners." The wounded officer smiled and said, "That's a good joke. You have disarmed me and I am wounded, yet you say you arc my prisoners. You are making game of me. " Said the spokesman of the four, faithful guards, "Oh, no; it is not at all a game. We yield ourselves to you as preesoners. We know now that the English do not kill preesoners, and as we have had more than enough fighting. we now go with you. We shall take you anywhere you like. Where you want to go?" "Back to the British lines, ol course."

"All right, you point out the way and w e kom wit' you." Seeing the men were in earnest. Lieut Greene pointed a roundabout way to , a +wx- dulv carried him our trenches, and the? ctuiy - , ,- „ fiipmsolves up witnouT there, yielding themseiMs f any more ado.