A MEAN TRICK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1873, 21 June 1888, Page 3

A MEAN TRICK.

All is said to be fair In love and war, and, acting on this principal, a very mean trlok was lately played ia an American town on the occasion of the marriage of a yoong and beautiful girl, wto, In addition to her personal charms, had a large fortune, She was consequently mush sought after by the eligible bachelors of tha locality, and when It beo«m9 known tbat, out of a heap of proposals, the had j accepted one made by a gentlemin whose chance had been considered Blight, there ensued an extraordinary amount of tealousy and heart-bnrning. The wedding was fixed, and by fie appointed hour for the ceremony the guests were aisambled at the brideeleot's residence, waiting the arrival of the bridegroom. The happy man— or perhaps we should cay the unhappy man — had no sooner entered the drawing room and made his buw, than he fell dpwn ia a fit, the bride following suit, Intense oommotiou ensued ; and as an Inevitable consequence of this contretemps, the wedding had to be oft It has since transpired that the man on whom the handsome young heiress had fixed her choice had been dragged by two of his rivals for tha lady's Innd ; and it is surmised that she bad also had been given something to drink which was not good for her. The result has been, we read, to dlsgußt the young lady with matrimony, and she declares now she will marry no one.