AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 51, 3 December 1886, Page 2

AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE.

A MYSTERIOUS DISAPBLAKAM H

There is a young man just now returning t<> the colonies (rom H :1a I. hringmg with linn as a sv-rf • as can well lx* imagine*! i story which would not he tolerat.-l from the pen of a unvehat of tlie pern -i, because *• tliese tilings do uot liapjxwi now tdavs, don't you know. ' Romance fiimdxsl with die day* of (j u*u Ami . The *Uiry ls*l [x-rbaps hetu-r Ist | start*-l at Rmiedm a* our cluxeet point of interest. A young lady, then a Miss Coultinan —engaged as a r* toucher at Mr Moms' phot .*pbi.«v*tabli*hmeiit iu Goorge struncoillltereil some year or no ago a young gentleman whom she was tnir.de I. after due solicitation, to ar.-ept as b*-r Imsiiand. The >t'ang getitl* a*name was Hinglfiainimer. and h* was ' a Dutchman, but a go**) fi ll *• , r ■ ; that, and held a ponition of trust in tlie office of the Singer S. w Machine Company in Melboun .. . 1 happy pair were duly unit.-1, and lived in Mt-lhourue wa ll and pr< *»ix.*ro* i -. Rut trouble nulk.-l behind them. the- eventful inonung in Ma . Mr Hiaiagldimuier di-app**ar« 1. , J was seen no more. He had beta*- n hunnelf to a neighbouring Ix-ach with hi* camera ( lie wa* an aiuau or pliotographer). and U-youd the -..i----covery of his clothing which occurre*! some time afterwards, uo trace was

f \m nl 1 nuik'u ,n, near Meli >•, » plm-e tolerably well f '•*! i: m l altho.ij.;!; ure want of » a i o.'lernl, no ri-iiuiux u«t» S >\«ji«l itii• 1 h i elite to llie mystery .. :• -r*in.il.:. IViaark generally lery c u| iiieiit.yv rennirk—is -i" *i J.ipitl exits of fc-.il. i- ! U i' not or prising t hat . iciMitaUt i i luive boon ailoat concern- . Ur Uooghkj • Melbourne <l«tentiv«s were sot in. an 1 'in feet tlmt Uio iniwiiiiH I:• wa» insur-d for t-ittoo in s.. . i *1 oflice ilni not sweeten his Um puhlie, ..... 1 iliLil black; tlie iiisuranet; . w.n not |anti the pruemn- . i -ill i. ' irne.l recently to ...mi in Dim lin, where she met .Jeep au«l ready sympathy for her It .n.nt . remarked at this stage ■ under Mr I! linnnir ..i i • hiulhceii proiupt- . i.n.niiud, and that everything „.. t :i d to lx absolutely correct. liis drama; tile ■ lid act we lmve to seek the ; a i , . Mr lain- • wi.iii-, ...1 to la now returning !. . in lorniii; over the slings and i •!'a ni t outrageous fortune. 1 . ih . Iliiugiikluunu.r narrative / it i ti- tint the In-ro of ull this :■ i i inies on the March ... ming in , .< l. n, a ::<l informed his : "t his in'entioii to start for the i • li to take photographic views. He Iniiiself and caineni underway, rrivi I at Ilia de--a . bill by this til ,e tile sun lmd its irength. and the amateur I aplnr yisuned towards tin* i li. -t:;ppi 1. con.* aled i'.i.i •• ami camera discreetly in r ii>, and '.am m award. On rein. ; loeihct a landing lie observed • hi strati gi-.il po ation was oceu- ;■ 1 i.. la In and there was nothing ■ g i it a temporary retreat seaward uin. He reti-atcd, but the tide, • tlie turn, retreated .ii mi, and to his dismay lie found ilf unable to regain the shore.' tin- critical juncture it it seems lie i uui frit ndly planks lashed ■'.her raftwise, and endeavoured' n their . upport to make port i 'aiu. 1 <at lie was weak and tmed ; ilu sun was nearly at its hail, :;ud lie could make no pro- \ lit I t tage of exhaustion ■ i ■! to throw himstlf across : •;. i. , w her,• lie lost consciousness - ran i re were n couple of vessels, it . left Melbourne that day w ii'd h. mid, and one of them -.1 tie in niwny anil picked him rating in delirium, •» , oin 1 to Kughind, and ns lie u 11 1.• .ii. of r. c .Vi rv, was j' , m | ispitah After n time it f . tn-—*d bv the authorities that nvi I i 'in unknown tongue, and , fIL ' '•■ " ug idi utitied ns either j hipped

in r •!:. ( h i,mi l, and found lodging ii • 11..' 1 in the Low Countries. i 11 gld lhniiiu', wliicli was iv upon his lips, led to the of his identity, for his n . and an uncle of the same name • i . * ' 1 within tin isuruble distance, . 1 and l ini. tl i "-i Mr Hooglikliinmer !th .: i, * I m niorv, and I v-sti 111 ! pairing ft ■ -1 v iuie tine s uumer ’ ' - Victorian coast into :'ii i ty. Cub! inis have siuoo 1 I-' tii'. -f.- in the sorrowing ' * thi exp ■ t int wife, and • f i' I .. lav, lavished their ip by ui Mrs Ilooghklimnier . i with '.l ir ongratu--1 ' few wick-, will bring back 1 1 and her burn—sound i r . i. i I nlily. Tiie re-union h- ally mid roinuntieally ipli ire f irtunate, n jm of tlu ir mi fortunes, for few ’ 1 drain:, have ) happy ■ * c)• 1 ■ (I; , , ll.ulv Times.