QUEER HOLIDAY ROMANCE.
GIRL GRABS OLD LOVER. EXTRAORDINARY MEETING. An extraordinary holiday adventure liofell a young woman at Torquay lately. While Miss Mildred Church, of Plymouth, was walking along the promcnado sho felt a tug at her handbag. She turned round sharply and caught a man's arm. Instead of handing him over to tho polico, howovor, for attempted theft, she gave a cry of joy and stood almost speechless with astonishment. 110 proved to be a man to whom sho was engaged five years ago and from whom sho separated owing to a mistake. Tho strange meeting is to have a sequel in a wedding shortly.
" After wo parted five years ago," Miss Church said, " I did everything I could to find him, but it was no uso. Imaprino our mutual amazement when we came face to face on tho promonado.
" It was a horrible moment, but ho has exnlained everything ITe had novor attempted anvthing like that boforo, but had been driven to it by hunger. I believo his story, and I havo forgiven him. lam roing to ask my father to find him work."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20306, 13 July 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)
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186QUEER HOLIDAY ROMANCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20306, 13 July 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)
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