AN ENGLISH BRIDE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 452, 21 February 1919, Page 4

AN ENGLISH BRIDE.

Sad Case in Australia* One of the English brides who reached Australia recently carrying a baby, called on a Melbourne lady in high society, And announced that she had married the lady's son (says a Melbourne paper). To support her assertion, she produced her marriage certificate. The high society dame was dumb-founded. She had been in constant communication with her boy, yet he had never mentioned one word of marriage; in fact, he was engaged to a Melbourne lady. However, everything seemed all right, so she resolved to make the best of it. The supposed daughter-in-law was brought inside, and made very welcome. The family album was produced, and his photo displayed. " That is not the man I married," gasped the Englishwoman, " he was a different type altogether." She was positive on the point, and and the lady was just as certain that it was a photo of her son. The photo was a recent one, and the likeness was good, yet the woman was sure it was not her husband Evidently some unscrupulous soldier had imposed on the poor woman, and had supplied her with the address of another man's relatives in Australia. Now she is alone in a strange land, and does not know to whom she is married, nor who is the father of her babe