Another Winston Churchill story came to hand by a recent mail. It appears that the incident happened very shortly after the publication of the Cabinet Minister's book, "My South African Journey." Of course, everyone knows that there are two Winston Churchills—our British Cabinet Minister, and the American » novelist. Well, shortly after his - African" book was published, our W inston Churchill chanced to go on board a British warship to call. Conversation had drifted round to matters literary, when a junior officer approached and.shook Winston warmly by the hand. '"'Delighted to meet you,; sir," he said. "I am a fervent admirer of your books. But I got such a deuce of a shock when first you came on board, d'you know, because I thought you were our political brute of the same name."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9168, 17 March 1910, Page 5
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