KIDNAPPED BRIDEGROOM

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12617, 30 November 1926, Page 12

KIDNAPPED BRIDEGROOM

JILTED GIRLS’ REVENGE HOW INJURED ONES “GOT EVEN” SUBTLETY AND HUMOUR Tho modern girl whose lovo is spurned fiuds more solace in revenue than in tears, and she is as ingenious in her vengeance as she is bold anti remorseless in giving effect to it. When, for instance, a North of England lover deserted the girl who had worn his engagement ring for three years, to lay his disloyal heart at tho feet of a woman whose wealth compensated for her lack of youth and beauty, he could little i'orsee the nice lie would have to pay for his reacherv. On her wedding day a jarcel.was placed in the bride’s hands. It contained a handsomely bound volume with the dedication: “To Mrs , in gratitude for rescuing Alice M from an unhappy fate. ‘Tis better to have loved ami lost’ !'* BOUND HAND AND FOOT l'his explanation of this strange dedication became painfully clear when the bride-to-be discovered that the volume contained all the letters addressed by her lover to her predecessor m his affection; and her indignation can be imagined when she read certain underlined passages ot unflattering comment on herself. Of a different character was the retaliation of a Devonshire farmer's daughter on the man who had played her false. On tho morning of his wedding to her supplanter the bridegroom was waylaid by two of her stalwart brothers on his way to ?hurcb; lie was bound hand and foot, iuug into a dog-cart, and carried off ;o their home. There the unhappy man was locked iu a barn until the following morning. A short time ago a Scottish girl :urned the tables cleverly on her false fiancee. When the young man, who had been engaged to her for some years, deserted her in favour of a rival, she brought her battery of charms to bear on his father, with such success that within three months she was standing by his side at the altar. If the son had found her undesirable as a wife, she took such good care that he should find her less amiable as a stepmother that within a few weeks he had turned his back on his second love and was on his way to Canada. WOOING FALSE LOVER'S FIANCEE Ul reveuges which combine subtlety with humour it would be difficult to beat that of Miss Jessie Mclntyre, the 18-year-old daughter of a well-to-do family. A short time ago Miss Mclntyre’s fiancee, a young man named Pendleton, informed her that he had fallen in love with another girl whom he said he intended to marry. Miss Jessie promptly set her wits to work to “get level.” Having discovered her rival, one Miss Aitken, in a neighbouring town, she had her hair cut short, donned a suit of her brother’s, and sallied forth to make love to he*. Thia she did so effectively that before many weeks had passed Miss Aitken had promised her hand to the handsome stranger, and had given the fickle Pendleton bis dismissal. Two days later Miss Aitken, while shopping, met her “fiancee* ’in a gown of the latest fashion. Recognition was mutual. There was a violent scene, which ended in the two heroines being led off to the Police Court, wher* they were dismissed with a warning.