NURSE AND SOLDIER

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 257, 27 September 1933, Page 8

NURSE AND SOLDIER

ROAIANCE OF NINETEEN YEARS. After having corresponded with each other for 19 years, a Scottish nurse and a Scottish Canadian soldier met for tho first time on September 6 on the occasion of their wedding at Y7ancouver. In 1914 the nurse, who - was then working in a London hospital, slipped her name and address into the wrapper of a cake of soap which she contributed to a patriotic fund. Tho soldier, whose name is Christie, received it, and wrote to the donor. Thus was begun . a remarkable romance. The nurse had recently been working in New York. Christie once figured in a sensational single-handed battle with a grizzly bear, which caught him unawares while ho was prospecting in the Yukon. Remembering the advice of an Indian chief, he hugged the bear close, drew his knife, and gradually wore tho bear down. Ho suffered terrible agony and privation for a week before he was able to get help. Twice during the war Christie won decorations.