DEATH-BED WEDDING.
A .jp&thetio narrative of a death-bed •wedding comeu from Aberdeen. A young Highlander Buffering from an internal oomplaint was removed to the Koyal Hospital for au' operation, The operation disclosed cancer bo far doveloped' that death could, only bo a question of a few dap. The young man bore his death 6entenco with remarkable fortitude and.asked to bo removed to a private house in the dity. It' was known that ho was engaged to n, Morayshire girl, and steps were taken to Inform her of his condition. Tho young man, although so weak that he could scarcely raise his head from the pillow, was anxious to bo ablo to call his sweetheart his wife before he died. The girl's wishos agreeing with- her lover's, the marriage ceremony took place at tho young nan's bedside on January 81. Within a week tho husband died and the brido of five days had become a widow.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1704, 22 March 1913, Page 3
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155DEATH-BED WEDDING. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1704, 22 March 1913, Page 3
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