RESIGNED TO HIS FATE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2287, 22 November 1889, Page 2

RESIGNED TO HIS FATE

1 Have you broagat any wltnajfsou ? asked the Rev Mr Wood, of Bithgtta, of a middle aged couple who. had coma to be married. 'No, we ne'er thooht o' that. I*'t aeoBBB»r V 'Oh certainly, aald the minister, ' yoa should have a groomsman md bride's maid as witnesses.' *Wha can ire get, Jen, do yon think V The bride 10 addressed suggested • female cousin, trhom the bridegroom had not pcavloaa y lean, and After oonoultatlon a man was ilso thought of, ' Step ye awn' alaag, Jen, m' ask them an' I'll walk «boos till ye tome back.' Jen set oat as desired, and tfter some time returned with tha two irlende, tbe ooosln being a blooming Inas, lomewhat younger than the bride. When ihe pattlaa h*d been properly arranged, md the minister was about to proceed vlth the ceremony^ the bridegroom eudienly oatd— ' Wad ya bido a wee, elr V ; What Is it now ? aukei tha mittiater. ; Weel, I was jast gmu to aay that if h Tmd ba the bame to yog, 1 wad ralther lavo ihnt auo? pointing to the brldeaitd, A most ex.iraordi.oary statement v make at thißßtage 1 I'm tvtrald It Is to late to ta kof ouch a thing now.' 'Is It V ■aid tbe bridegroom, m a tone of calm resignation to the Inevitable. ' Wee), then, ye mm a jaet gang on*'