MOONLIGHT ROMANCE

NZ Truth, Issue 1240, 5 September 1929, Page 3

MOONLIGHT ROMANCE

Constable Spoiled Tete-a-tete

(From "N.Z. A Truth's" Christchurch Rep.) Underneath the bright, silvery ' light of the moon, at 2 o'clock m the morning, Clarence Higharh Pepper sat with his sweet seven--v teen-years-ofo! girl friend on the steps of the front porch and told ■-,'•■ her that he loved her the best of all. ". •. . j THERE, m the seclusion given by an unoccupied house Pepper sat and told the old, old story, but his- murmurings of. sweet ballads were mistaken by a prosaic policeman, who was passing, for the buzz of the fire fiend. Hence the course of true love, m Pepper's case, was not allowed to run smoothly. The policeman was more concerned with the thought pf blazing houses rather than youthful romance. He arrested . the young couple for being unlawfully on other people's premises. ■ When they were brought before Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., m the Christchurch Magistrate's Court, \ Sub-inspector P. J. O'Hara said that both had shown signs of. having filled — and emptied— the cup that cheers. Nothing was known about the girl, he said, but the young man had been before the court previously. In mitigation of the young couple's offence their counsel, Mr. A. J; Malley, said that they had been to a party where they fiad drunk some beer. Oh their way home they had ; gone 'ori to the verandah of the unoccupied house where the constable found them." •". ' He was referring to the conviction against Pepper when Athe Magistrate cut him short by telling him he was not 1 interested m that.. 'Mr. ; Levvey had little sympathy for the loving pair, 1 and ho faith m Pepper's wooing. "Cu£ out his acquaintanceship, young woman,' he told her.; ; r ' A; Both were convicted and discharged, the girl's nariyeAbeing suppressed. ■The most convenient a,nd"econ6ihical method of furniture - removal .is by 'Dennis' pantechnicons, employed by' the ; Ne w ;. Zealand Express Company. Double handling and packing 1 , charges are avoided and goods arrive on time and m perfect' condition. In addition expert packers accompany each j oh, and V goods are insured against all risks.*; ' .. • ' j