Sentiment and Forti= tude.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 July 1910, Page 4

Sentiment and Forti= tude.

« A SYDNEY BRIDE'S SORROW. Ait interesting case of fortitude displaced for the sake of a praiseworthy sentimentality was disclosed at Sydney Hospital last week by a youngf woman of twenty (says the Sydney Morning Herald). She said she had been married a fortnight, "and' we would have been so happy except for one thing. Look," and sho hel dup her hand. The fourth finger was quite black, and,' bad.lv swollen, so thot it must lfav-e caused great pain. A mark showed whore a ring was biting into the flesh. "The •ring was tight when it first went on," she continued, "but it was a dear little ring, a.nd I thought it wo* Id soon feel comfortable. You see, I wasn't usod to the feel of it. Next morning my finger began to swell, and my husband wanted to get) the ring off. But it wouldn't come. He wanted to get it cut. I wouldn't let him— I couldn't bear ; hawing my wedding rfng cut; but while he was away at work and 110 one could see T used to cry. It didn't get any bettor, and to-niglut my husband wouldn't stpnd it any longer. He said, 'Look here, you promised to obey me, and you'll have to. So there was nothing for it but to come to the hospital." Dr Marsh cut off the ring. The bride cried as she looked at the broken .symbol. She was comforted, by h'or husband, who asked her as they went out whether she would; like a new or J iave % old one mended'. Hie old one, dear," she said. "I'd bear it all over again if it can't be mado bigger."