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Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1927, Page 1

LONDON. Aug. IG. This tale of romantic love which is about to be told ought, by all tile rules of story-writing, to end happily—that is to say, with the heroine smiling through her tears, and the hero, with his arms enfolding her, vowing eternal devotion. But how is this to come about if the heroine, ar the very moment when the villagers are getting ready to cheer, as it were, suddenly decides that the hero is nothing but a villain after all? However, you shall judge, dealreader, whether such an unorthodox ending is not. in the circumstances inevitable. Leah, the Belle of Bethnal Green, was just sweet-n nil-seventeen when, on a day in January last. Samuel, the hair-dresser’s assistant, who was 20 and making money fast, took her secretly to the register office. They were wed—for Samuel, full of impetuosity, was said to have forged documents purporting to he declarations by Leah’s parents that, she being under ngc, tney formally gave their consent to the marriage. There passed a few days of perfect bliss—then Leah’s father learned of the marriage. His anger was great, but he decided upon compromise. He intimated to Samuel that he would be forgiven if he married Leah according to Jewish rites, and a hall was booked for a date in October. Meanwhile Samuel’s alleged forgery was discovered, and yesterday he was brought before Air Clarke Hall at Oldstreet Police Court.