BRIDE STILL WAITING.

Shannon News, 14 January 1927, Page 1

BRIDE STILL WAITING.

GROOM DISAPPEARS. \ The old song of'yesterday: "There- • was I—waiting at the church," had a modern setting in Wellington this week, when the lightly written lines were rather painfully recalled to a . blushing bride who had everything : " ready to take the arm of her escort and go to the wedding ceremony. The wedding of a Wellington lady and a,man not altogether an old resident here had been arranged for Monday, but the groom made excuses for that day, and secured a postponement by declaring that it was impossible to secure a license till Tuesday. All who were invited to the marriage feast hung up their best elothes preparatory for the morrow. On Tuesday the groom-to-be turned up and said: *'l shall be there at noon.-'' - '' The bride waited—and is still wait-' ing—for his re-appearance. ; When he is sighted the prospective bridegroom will have several things to explain: First, why he falsely represented himself as a wealthy wool • buyer; secondly, whether his firm' actually did provide him with a furnished home; and thirdly of course, why he disappeared so suddenly and completely ' when all was ready at the marriage board for the reception o*f the guests and the performance of the holy union. When the first pangs of resentment and remorse are appeased, the young lady will doubtless reflect that she was fortunate in being literally left in the lurch before—and not after—the ceremony.

The wedding cake will, of course, keep. '