ROM A NIC MARRIAGE.
Romantic ruarriagos are' not particularly rare, but it is exceedingly uncommon to meet with one like that which took place very recently m a church m Kensington. . A wedding party, consisting of the bride and bridegroom, one bridesmaid, and. groomsman, appeaved at the altar, The marriage was duly solemnised, an.4.the usual fovnusties had, been complied with m the
< VeslfV. duddenly the •» be.«t man Jl hsfcea tile ttiininMr if Ito WoU'U wait Itt i the church wbilat he went for a special license. The minister asked what he i wanted a special license for. The gentleman replied, " That I may marry : this lady/ pointing to the bridesmaid. " We have been engaged foi six years ; i it is time we were married. Shew ; ready, T believe, and if you will wait • whilst I obtain a special license it i shall be done at once." The clergyman promised ; the lady did not oft6r any opposition, and m half-an-hour the * heiYaHhm-ivfpf-impftrdmM dashed up m a cab with a jlfQense. The clergj* man took his placed and the bride and ' bridgrodni orthe^pWidiilg iflarriage became the bridesmaid and best man to those who had acted for them m that capacity less than an hour before.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 71, 22 February 1884, Page 2
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203ROMANIC MARRIAGE. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 71, 22 February 1884, Page 2
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