Just an Error

New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 134, 16 January 1942, Page 2

Just an Error

ALKING of the blackout reminds me of an old story of the last war. Two New Zealand soldiers had arrived in London from France on a few. days’ leave. They decided to stick together during this period and they kept their pact for the first 24 hours. Then one of them decided to look up some distant connection of the family. The other fellow kept him

company all the time. When they found the house they also found a very pretty daughter of the house there too. Eventually one of them arranged to take her to the theatre that night-and by so doing the pact was broken. The poor lonely soldier then decided that the best thing he could do would be to find a girl for himself. He took up a strong position at a street corner in the very dim light, and watched the couples go by. At long last out of the corner of his eye he saw a lonely skirt pass by in the crowd. He hesitated and then decided to follow. He kept the short skirt (as worn in those days) steadily in view. After walking about a mile and a-half he saw the figure suddenly stop just outside a small shop, from the window of which there came a small gleam of light. Here was his chance! He took his courage in both hands and approached the figure. As he came alongside the window the figure turned round and faced him, It was not till then that he discovered that for the last mile and a Aalf he had been following a slim recruit belonging to that famous kilted regiment -the London Scottish!-(" Just Blackouts," by Major F. H. Lampen, 2YA, January 1.)