THE COURSE OF LOVE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 83, 15 October 1879, Page 2

THE COURSE OF LOVE.

;. v ''.T^'e.'s^l^<<B!^^''j^f'';i|po^y'''m Palmerston ■ has been agitated 'for. th« past week with • ' regard to a marriage which had been on thei / tapis, T under: somewhat peculiar, curcum-, stances. The fair; one bad two lovers, .one, an Englishman a^jd the. othe^ a Dant, and ; Indthough the lady' herself belonged ' to; th»,V> latter nationality, her heart and. •Section*/ } l^exa given .to her English lover^ Who foi'. sake .of expediency Twer >shiß V oatl Espsi.. Frost had bee.n paying his addresses for such a leng^lj o| time warranted, the . bridee-xpectant to, command him to nam*. T the day, but.as.he refused to do 7jp, shefolr. low,ecL;up her proposition hy, doing so hex? - ; :seif, v aiTanging. that the bridal ceremony should take- pjacpron. ; Monday last. Sh% , Was enabled to thus " put ronV the, it^t^y^ j hy the fact that her Banish lover had made. • a ; distinct promise to wed her on that day, and armed with that knowledge she deter-, mined now br never to make, the, he-italing' Englishman toe the mark. He pleaded for," • f ourlmonth's respite, but the lady was in-, exbrable,' and formally announced that four .days were the limit, and if •he.did nofcwie-y to'lese her forever, he. should mpke.up bis. ; ; mjud in (ihat Unie7 With her evidently r to t * ' :depide was only to act, and having de^' ' Vtermined to he married to some one on th*. Monday,' she straigh t;way went , to give thai orders for the auspicious event. A wedding ;|uit, ; wip spared, the clergyman aiid »-; ' gisti?ar,. werfe both intervia^ed,' ancl "a oertiflvcate required for tbe marriage. V TTpo^beingv; .askeip .the name of the. bridegroom, she »»iA that would have to be left blank, a» until ton, o'clock ;V,uppri - the , morning.of the :'mm-.-' -. Vriage,"sbe^c6uld not say to^wh^omßh^.^ouldj [belong,— : if TEEfcist^ wished? %hax». berj he. had a prior cla-Ui, and sh^woidd be.Mrs. F.y if not, then she should fall into the arms of;- --: her eount^E&n. tTp to late* on Saturdaynight, the- odds/ weire largely in> favor of ; FrpsVt, but; ... building top much wppn. the, damsel's affebtions, he treated theVthß^ts;. of the fair one with a levity which proved too fatal. On Sunday morning a band of I)anißlj2f6reignerß brought* trap, toths. ,door wliere the lady resided^ aigid obtaining. ; leayei" from her. mistress for a coaple of; ! hobs' absence, she never madevhejr appear-. ance again until the morning of her. bridal,^ ' ; when she. drove up. to: tell her that Danish' Ipye and constancy had -t^nreMGurded, and, sh« was on her way'tobestowJaer hand upon. • her countryman. On Sundiay ' Frpst4-like the. moljh fluttering about tha. candle— called upon the fair one, foundher. ; missing, and upon being informed.that sh»^ : had driven out m the. morning with his 1 rival, and had never; returned, followed 'the. tactics of the gentleman m the song, and ? gracef idly retired, whistling " She may g°. to Hobg-Kpng for me." On Monday morning, Whde'the«ua fell fast-^iind'^rpst-waa, ! missing— « quartette of two ladies and two " gentlemen might have-been seen perambulating the town, the ladies radiant m whit*. - falls and frpcks^ thp latter bespattei«d with flaming red bows, a^d the* gen.f le.m«U glossy, as wat" and black cloth could make them. They were the happy bride and bridegroom^ bridesmaid and best man, amd ifj-the lookerson did not'tbrpw •flowers iatheuj. paths, tha. dsficienpy was tomly *tou«d- f??. : *P "yf'-y Lloudness, ffeiuencyi *$di ■■.nbhjte^s| of tha^ ; "blessings "* greeting thp _ t We. ! bove shp^n, $hatshe lady was equal to. t(h» present occasion ; shs has given ample evi-. dence that abe is ecpia} to a. future occasion, . as upon Saturday^called Vto, engage th*" services of a media-1 man, npwtbat she had •ntered the married state, because, as »h* gsatly put it, he had/hew* '» .%(*. m b?r " ls3t illneil^' y