A HAPPY ENDING.
From Genoa comes a strange story, vouched for by Reuter's news agency. Two brothers went to the war, and their kinsmen felt they were singularly unfortunate, for one of the lads returned shell-shocked and dumb, and the other was reported missing. The dumb man got work, and found a kind-hearted woman to marry him. One day they were making a train journey together, and she was looking out of the window while he read a newspaper. Suddenly she was startled by hearing a stranger's voice at her 6ide. She found that her husband was reading aloud that Mr. So-and-so was giving an exhibition of his paintings at such-and-such a place. The Mr. So-and-so was the brother who had been reported missing all those long years ago. The joyful shock had restored the dumb man's speech. What wonderful news for a mother and father! Two tragedies have found one happy ending. Of course, it is only half a story. We should like to know why the missing brother never came home. But all is well that ends well.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 117, 20 May 1931, Page 17
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180A HAPPY ENDING. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 117, 20 May 1931, Page 17
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