A VICAR'S ROMANCE

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 87, 1 June 1911, Page 5

A VICAR'S ROMANCE

I MAIMUAGE Oi? CANON' ITEMS. London, -Any -1 i. Romance figured largely in a ■' U: gy■•tiki’s wedding wi-k-Ji war celebrated ilt Hi- litn.': reeei'tlv. "’ho bridegroom was tlio Rev. Canon Charles Llewelyn !vans. 3.1. A., iiik! hi:; bride Ivlins Annin

Tate, tin.' onlv daughter of Mr. dosTaco, of Halifax. The bridcgPipm is .jS, snul has boon vicar of Ohrtab Church, Sowerby Hiidge, tor nearly twenty-live years. Ho bolds tec office or riirr.r clean, ami is well known tlwougaout the West Hiding. His Pride lias only come of ago, aml was formerly in the canon’s Huiulay- , •had, ;tn<i it is said that he enristencd lev when she was an infant. Miss Tate was always a favourite of the canon’. 1 :, and when she was destined to become a school teacher ho coached her in Latin. She afterwards attended Leeds University. 'I lie news of t; oil engagement war. in ado public in Onto hoi last, when Canon !vc:r was >n X:-w Kealund as a mere bar of the mission sent out by the Clmrch of Unshod. He lad then I.con a widower tw-ivc nncdiis. It had been intended tt keep the core;; 1 any, which war. performed "t ei. • had d: Church, Halifax, a quiet one, i>ui I Ik- lime having leaked out., the church war. crowded, while outside r.'anv waited to see the wedding n-ir. Whilst the register was bci,u>; sinned, a large number of people in Hie cluircJi awaiied the reappearance of the Unde a'>d liridegrocm. and live crowd outside had greatly increased in sun'. \\'i>cn (hey were informed by the vicar tlmt. Canon Ivcnr. and his wife were well on ibe way to Huddersfield, having left, the clmrch by the vestry door, i here was a hasev rush to catch a glimpse of the bride and bridegroom. When Hie mnlor-cnr was seen turning ;,iie corner the crowd, including severe.! people with cameras, rushed after it, and several parsons fall.

oaz ic joe::c Dii r c tt'zv ::£-z a Y.’r 1V THE CM ‘ :••!»!-■ NT WAT " 1 NTK T TEN ED. A CUTE TALESMAN. The r lory of Jack John*, on’;? arrest, arid lire manner in which he came to he iii;:king such high speed which landed him in gaol is rather amusing. A salesman for an automobile concern wad out in Goi-Ten Gate I’ark, San Frar'cisco’i, five-mile-long play go mini, where the avenues are as smooth as glass, and motor-cars, are plentiful. Ho war: demonstrating the hue mines of a high-powered car to an intending pure ha a.. 1 !. am! was going along at a tvaroj'.ablo ratio of speed, when the whirr of .Johnson’s rakish racing car was heard behind. 'IRE CO.LOr.il LINK. Tim in fielding purchaser in from Kentra-ky, one oi the States wilde tho old slavery days are not iaigotten, and where the white man finds it hard to consider tiro negro as a ,fel-low-citizen and a brother. This particular Kentuckian had ail tire Ke;--lucky i-iras cl the superiority of the win’re race, and a champion pugilist was no mem to him than any other man of the same hue. “I’ll buy no car from you if you let that black man beat you,” ho said to the auto, rales:nan, who is an expert driver and has made a name for Immsoli’ in racing events. “If yen’ll make that hi condition of tlip flic, i’ll sell you the car,” ho answered. “That goes,” said the Kentuckian. “Feat him to the beach and I’ll buy tho car.” SEVENTY .MILES AN HOUR. Johnson was just about to pass tho other machine when the salesmandriver mined Ids engine loose. His car hounded ahead,’ and the champion saw that his rival was determined to give him a trial of speed. Ho also turned on ti;o full power cf Iris car, and the race was on. They had nearly three miles to go before they reached tire boulevard, which runs along the ocean rands near tho ClifF House, and the race was an even one. Tho Kentuckian and Iris driver had a lead of ten yards, and they just hold that margin all the way out, in spite of •folinsoiTs frantic efforts to get to tho front. The cars were - making at least seventy miles an hour. AYJron they finally reached the Clm House the Kentuckian was shaking hands with ids reckless companion, and Johnson was reluctantly congratulating them on tire speed they had shown, when a mounted ’'police* man approached and ordered both of them to police headquarters." A PERSISTENT OFFENDER. Tire occupants of the winning car were let off with a stiff lino, neither 'having previously been guilty of breaking the speed laws. But • Johnson’s case was different. He lias been arrested and fined in nearly every city of. importance in the United States, and at San Francisco he has been mulcted of several flues for speeding. “I don’t want to make anv trouble a round here,” h G told the" Court. “1 just ear no. out hero for a rest, and 1 don’t mean to drive too fast. I’ll promise to keep within tho limit if you’ll let mo off this time, and I won’t race any more on tho public streets or on the park avenues.” •ho Judge, who was of tire opinion that Jack’s persistent refusal to abide by tho ’laws regarding speeding, was done mete for advertising purposes than J anything else, their imposed the sentence of twenty-five da.vs, and fold the big pugilist flatly that‘ho tnougat it was just a scheme on bis part to get himself a thousand dollar's' worth of advertising for tho small amount of fine which his previous infractions had called forth.