STRANGE MEETING.
FATHER AND SON UNITED. "BOY I HAVE NEVER SEEN." i As a result of a quarrel outside a Portsmouth public-house, Mr. J. Perett, of Southsea, has become acquainted with his son, whom he had never seen. Mr. Perett was walking to his lodgings when ho saw three men maltreating another. Ho went up to see if he could help the victim when the other men attacked him. Things were going badly for him when a young brawny sailor ran to his assistance. After a while the three men ran away, leaving the sailor alone with the two victims.
While chatting about things in general over a cup of tea, Mr. Perett asked the sailor his name. " Perett," ho answered. " Jack Perett." The sailor was an orphan, he said. His mother had died shortly after his birth, and his father, who had gono away to sea beforehand, had never since been heard of.
" Good heavens," gasped Mr. Perett, " then you must bo my son—the son I have never seen." Hie couple then went to Mr. Perett's lodgings, where he produced documents and photographs which left the matter indisputable. In an interview, Mr. Perett explained how he had come to lose sight of his son. " Twenty-five years ago my wife, who lived at Southsea, was expecting the birth of a child when I had to go away, ho said, " but she died soon after its birth. The child was then put out to foster parents, who afterwards moved. " I was away for at least three months, and consequently when I returned homo nobody knew where they had gone. They said my child had been a boy, but had no idea where he was. I tried hard to find him, but it was no use—he had vanished. " Still, wo have met again after all these years. It is an amazing piece of good fortune."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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313STRANGE MEETING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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