"MARRY IN HASTE, REPENT AT LEISURE."

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 88, 1 November 1879, Page 2

"MARRY IN HASTE, REPENT AT LEISURE."

A few issues ago we chronicled, under the heading of "The Course b£ True Love," a marriage under somewhat singular circumstances. To-day we publish the sequel, from wl\ich it will be seen that the old adage "Marry in haste, repent at leisure," has been fully exemplified. ' After the performance of the nuptial ceremonies, and triumphal procession before 'recorded, the happy couple retired to the farm of the bridegroom at Stoney Creek, there to revel in the delights of bucolic wedded happiness ; but the fair Christine was evidently of the opinion^hflt she was not a "flower which was born tp^blush unseen or wa9te its fragrance on the .desert ail")" and consequently •her graceful figure might have been seen on howebaok, careering like the wind through the straets of Palmerston before a do?en of her sex had shaken off the embiaces of the drowsy god. After the trouble and difficulty the owner had to obtain the bird, it was only natural to expect that he should wish to cage it, not that it should take unto itself wingst, and fly away -with the early lark to gladdeu the eyes of those possessing no vested interest, and he consequently gave, his chavmer a piece of his intnd — in fact, it the, truth must b.e told, he g«>ve her the whole of it — a wedding present not at all relished by the fair- Christine. Experience has proved that " you may take a horsa to the well, but you cannot make it drink," and vwfcb out being so ungallant as to compare the blushing b,ride to the useful but unornamental quadruped aforesaid, truth compels us to st^fce that poor Christiansen soon discovered thqt although he had won his lave, it was even m,ore difficult to keep her. Considering the, highly romantic surroundings at tached to the, wooing a.ncl winning, the elopement which fallowed should have been conducted with some idea to harmonise with the other circumstances, and the legitimate manner of exit from the festive scene would have. bee,n for the bride, to be seated on pillion in front of the rival Frost, whila the outraged husband, pistol in hand, followed; in pursuit Alas ! for the prosaic termination to such, a romantic chapter ! On Wednesday, the false one, without tears, embraces, ora,dieus for. the 'lese.rted husband walke.d to the. station and in the most unromantic manner, took a second claas ticket for "parts unkuowii." 1 She had no partner in her flight, but yesterday her old flame, Frost, was seen perambulating the. township, Jooking the picture of self-satisfied importance, with his nasnl organ/ elevated at an angla of- forty-five degvooj 5 and; Miles's Boy. says that the deration of the said proboeis is a sure, index that the gallant Frost ' was in*ttu} confidence of the deserter. By the, next train the bereaved one was upon the track and after twenty-four hours' search returned with the fair captive, but there is many "a slip twixt the cup and the lip," for taking advantage of the, shades of evening Qind a sharp, corner, liberty, was. quickly regained, .and all that is now left of this wife of a fortnight is a not very flattering recollection. It is not improbable that Palmerston will again have an opportunity of gating up.o.n i.thet hoxpiqe,. as fch.6. b,ereave,d husband has ■ invoke^ the machinery of the law, and sought the assistance of- the police fo^ the restoration of his treasure. Should he v su,cceed in repovej'ing the, loit one, we. Tjrould ! not be. the leiist surp s rise4 to hean that* his , ne,,xt inri>Ci\tfctn to the majesty of the law will be for a final dissolution of partnership.