He Was a Policeman.
She was only a policeman's wife — jusb the j loving helpmate of a humble tnau who guarded the peace of a great community, ready and willing at all times to lie down, bat not die, for the good and safety of his city. Only a police-
i man's wife, bufc a woman wifch as warm a heart as any rich, be-ribboned beauty ; so, of course, when a vagae rumour crept fco their quiet suburban hums of some horrible accident, her face blauched with fear for her husband, and all a-cold and trembling she look her stand at the front gate waiting tor news. A breathless man dashed by. She hailed him piieously. " Tell ms ! " she gasped. " Tell me all ! " Rapidly and excitedly he began : " Oh, bufc ifc was a time of terrible danger "— "Enough! enough!" cried the policeman's wife, her feef *cc radiant with joy. "I am sure, fchea, fchafc my husband was uovfhere about."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2293, 10 February 1898, Page 52
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159He Was a Policeman. Otago Witness, Issue 2293, 10 February 1898, Page 52
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