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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 23, 27 December 1884, Page 4

Marriages are so lightly and easily made m .America, that it is not altogether surprising yoang wemen should sometimes hardly know whether they are married ov not. This appears to have been the case w : th a good lookiug young person who was recently atrested wi'b a male companion at New York, at the instance of a citizen, who charged the lady with deserting her lawful husband, and her companion with abducting ms wife. In bpuri; the plaintiff alleged he had iry'iwduced the fair fugitive, who was only 18 years old, as his wife to all his relatives, and that, m his opinion, this gays. him a legal claim upon her. The young lady's other prfmu-er thought the claim ill-foun-ded, and to settle the matter asked the girl whether she \ioald marry him then and there, the presiding magistrate officiating at the ceremony. She hesitated, conferred with her legal adviser, who considered that the best thing was "to choose the handsomest of the two,"" which happened to be the one who had causer! her to be arrested. This she consented to do, but the magistrate declined to unite them, they lefV. the Court to get the JVI ayor to marry them. En route, however, the inconstant maiden changed her mind again, and determined she would marry the other suitor, which so enraged his rival that the two had a desperate quairel, the result being that they were both taken to prison for creating a disturbance m the streets, and the pretty Miss or Mrs Josie was left alone, free to change her mind as many times as she pleased.