BECAUSE OF A VOW.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 309, 4 January 1908, Page 3

BECAUSE OF A VOW.

The bride and bridegroom at a c» tinlr\ wedding last week in New South Wales have been waiting for some years for tlie happy event to come oil' (writes ''Christina" in the "Australasian''). The bridegroom, a clergyman, educated at Oxford or Cambridge, I forge-i which, came out to Now South Wales several years ago to take up work in the bush districts of the State, as a member of the, Good Shepherd Brotherhood. Several young Englishmen joined the brotherhood, and came out about the same time, to preach in the wilds of New South Wales, Dr. C'amidgo. HNhop of Bathurst., giving them their lirst lift with .-£l5O towards building a house an headquarters in Dubbo. In {he fourroomed cottage the "brethren'' were to foregather four times a year, for rust and the exchange of ideas. One of the "minor" rules of the brotherhood was tliat 110 member was to marry. "That's a simple and easy rnW the heart-whole clergy wore nil agreed. Accordingly tliev took the vows ol" eelibacv for three, or perhaps four, yens. They under tuok to travel in ilw outlying districts, conducting services in places which wer? practically no man's parish. And splendid work have these self-sacrificing and cultured clergy done. But-and hereV the point. At the very beginning of his career the chief of-the brethren fell in love with an Australian girl, the daughter of a station-owner. "Most anxious was he to marry the girl of his heart, but I here was that vow. which could not: br broken. "Accordingly for years ho bus (rone through his work, impatiently waiiing, waiting. The ling period is un a[ last, nnd the two were married the other day. And now the bridegroom Im* taken his bride away over the sea to England, hU home, and his relinquished work here.

THE DYIKG VILLAIN. An amazing and unrehearsed scene was enacted r.vently at the Third Avenue Theatre, which is noted for melodrama, and, according to the critics, for mos: atrocious acting. If was in the hv;l scene, the villain, after trying the patience, of the audience for three Jong liours. exasprating the. gallery almost heyond endurance, essayed to die in the usual melodramatic fashion. Then, for the first time the audience began to cheer, and the special oflicer in the gal- , lery, armed with a "slapstick." the ensJ toinary weapon in American th«*atr» gnli lories, made himself very ollieious | amongst the small boys. The resounding | thwacks from aloft increased the merriment evoked bv the unfortunate player's desperate ellort to die a -dagii death. Laughter and cat-ea!U became genera i. ! i,n, l tlte "flying " villain, named Augustas lioliinson, waxed wroth. I'.u- one? two. three minutes Mr. Jtobinson stood it. Then lie Silt liolt upright, in l )( . ( l. " Say, give a fcllrtw a chance, won't you?" he yelled. lie had to yell lo make himself heard. The gallorv shouted in glee. This was too umoli lor Mr. Hobinsoii. and, hopping out of bed, lie strode t,i the footlights, clad in street attire from the' waist, down.

" Ladies and gentlemen." he bawled. "I know there are some here, and I want to appeal to you in a *ense o;' fairness to stop this' disturbance. W'e are here to deliver the goods, and I know we can if we only get it chanc. But how do you suppose T can 'die' if you keep up this racket. If there is any one in the house not fair enough to lei; lifi give this plav in peace, he can get his money hack at the box-office." The jeers immediately turned to cheers

mid Mr. Roliinson strode lmck- to lipi!. covered himself with tlie sheet and '•died," as his lines required him to do.

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