A MAN OF MANY PARTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2752, 22 April 1916, Page 3

A MAN OF MANY PARTS

STRANGE ADVENTURES OE A BRITISH SOLDIER.

Tho new British Army • includes men dniwii from every .class and clime within our fur-flmig Empire, but few have had a more varied experience than the soldier whom -an Exchange Telegraph Company's representative met at a soldiers' tea gatJi«'"ig the other day, (says , the "Daily i WS i )■' KUla " orchestra, was composed of soldiers, and the first violinist attrafcti, • i !: t;t ? utlon tho indifference with Hhich he regarded the snapping of his E string and the easy manner in which ho went calmly on playing the solo part on the second string, but the man's iiistory, tuough perfectly authentic, sounds stranger than fiction.

He was a Manchester lad at King Edward s Grammar School, which he left in 21 2i" i CoU }Pleie his violin course at Stuttgart, under a German professor who in - common with, the other students, coruially hated him, whilst he returned tlie compliment with interest. He was expelled for smashing the violin over the ■nead of the professor, and returned to his home.

His father gave him ,£2O and a ticket to Canada, and there a delightful series of adventures befell him in the many capacities in ifhich he was engaged, which included that of •

; Chauffeur. I rick , rider. Valet. Lion-tamer's assist- Canadian Mounted ant. Ti , Police. Uulf alo Bill's cow- Big game hunter.' b °y- 1 A Guide. in° WIT With Stefanssoa ' B la6t expedition

Now that he is a member of the new ISritish. Army he is anxious to have "a go" »lt), u ? US - - • Bein ? 811 ex P Brt gimaer, although ho joined the forces only about f^ « go ' , C3£ P ec ts to go to the iront shortly as a sharpshooter. He heard ? S le r v ?f tor the first time when he got to iort Norman and immediately set out Sat- ? tu° m ° nills track, quite alone, to % railway station, where ho spent .*3B on a ticket for England..