Marry in Haste and Repent at Leisure.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 57, 1 September 1894, Page 3

Marry in Haste and Repent at Leisure.

" Marry in b_ste and repent at Leisure' is an old adage, which might;be well for young ladies to carefully treasure. A notable example of the evil results attendant on indiscreet impetuosity came tc light a few pays ago. A young lady the possessor of many chirm**, and is wellknown in Christchurch— especially among the Jewish community, of which she is a member, — met with a distinguished foreign-looking gentleman appareutlv possessed of wealth, and after a few days both declared in the passiouate language of love the mutual affection they bore to each other. Taking advantage of the facilities afforded by a paternal Government—the young I«dv deen-ing it unne_ cessary to go' through tbo formality of informing her mamma of the important step she was about to take— ihe two went to the registry office, aud after they were joined in the bonds of wedlock they proceeded to Christchurch to enjoy their honeymoon. This was, however, of short duration, for the bridegroom, who had declared himself to be a commercial tra vellor of the highest standing, ran out of funds, and to replenish his puree stole a bicycle Justice swift and sure overtook him, and oc being arraigned before tha court it was elicited that his name was not tbat under which he had been married, but was ef a distinctly Hibernain origin, and that he was employed in Dun edin for some considerable time in a grocer's shop. He was admitted to probation. The irate parent of the crestfallen young lady rushed off to Chri*»tehurch by the Tarawera, caught the Flora the following afternoon, and on Saturday morning her unhappy daughter was once more m the bosom of her family. — Otago Dally Times.