A TALE OF CHAIN ARMOUR.
A well-known war correspondent toll; a story apropos of bullet-proof aniu.ur. Whilst in Paris at the hoitimimg of the war a. fluent French inventor persuaded:, tiim to obtain an opportunity Lev demon strath) jr. the usefulness of a thin shirt- which he claimed ivouid resist any bullet or bayonet. A sample shirt had been buna up and ; fired at witii satisfactory results; but I it was. with a. certain journaimic seep-', ticte.oi that my iriend attended the offi~ ( 3ial demonstration at Hendon later, j Anyway, to oblige the inventor, he putj >n one of the shirts to show its comfort, j ind flexibility. It was then that the! French inventor achieved a- dramatic; sffect, for ho whipped out a Webley i lutomatic and' blaseo away straight at' ny friend's chest. He h still a.ivc to,' ;ell the tale. Before he had recovered , jnougli breath even to swear, a War ! Mice official i.cra.-ped hi;n vwu'mjy by | die hand. •'Sir'' he said. _",u.u are j t brave mau! ; ' He then disappeared J »vith becomin'r modesty. _ He had gono» rvhere he could ect a stiff brandy audi -oda-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11511, 6 October 1915, Page 1
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