A CASUAL BRIDEGROOM
HADN’T HAD A SHAVE. A Wanganui minister bad a remarkable experience at an blaster weddir ceremony. It was timed for 2 o’clock, and at that hour the only occupant of the church was the minister. He worn out to the street, and there saw an indifferently dressed young man, down at heel, who bail not had a shave for several days, with a cap at a rakish angle, and who had the butt of a cigarette behind one ear. The minister asked him if he would come and have a look at the wedding. “ I suppose so,” he replied, “ for ■ am the bridegroom.”
“ T don’t know your circumstances,” replied the minister, “ but the least you could do was to have a shave.” Presently the bride and best man arrived, and the unshaven one was dulv married.
The minister w ;l s asked whether he had received the customary donation for performing the ceremony. He replied in the negative. •* Nor did I expect it.” he added.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1929, Page 7
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168A CASUAL BRIDEGROOM Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1929, Page 7
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