BRIDES IN QUEER PREDICAMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 193, 18 September 1909, Page 3

BRIDES IN QUEER PREDICAMENTS

STRANGE HONEYMOONS THAT LEI TO HAPPINESS. "Happy is the hrfde that the kuu shines on," runs the old saying, the deeper meaning of which, according to some p.'ople, is that every mishap at a wedding is an omen of bad fortune and future mihippiness. Nevertheless, there are times when the most unusual wedding incidents, and the imhappiest of honeymoons, have resulted in happy marriages. ' Take, for instance, the case recently reported from llonleaux of n yuu."i"nmn ' who. two years ago, was, like K.lmond Dantes in "The Count of .Ucuite Crisro," arrested when about to »lgu the lini.riage contract with a girl to whom he had been betrothed far live years. The charge brought against him was one of forgery. The evidence was verv strong, but the girl belhvcd in her love,- and insisted on the marriage. The authorities gave the necessary permission, a id the couple were marrhd b fore the trial came off. AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR. Never was there <i sTrang. ;■ honeymoon, the husband in prison awaiiiii-r trial and the wife moving heav.n a a I earth, as the saying goes. io procure his release. And she was successful, the real culprit being discovered at the eleventh hour. This case reminds one very much of that of an American bridegroom who, on leaving the church with his bride on his arm, was arrest"d and conveyed to the nearest police station. The charge brought against him was that of embezzlement. He was bailed out, and manag d to appease the wrath of his father-in-law by declaring that it was all a mistake. It was -iot until a few days later, however, during which the suspense of the bride may bo j better imagined than described, that the authorities admitted their mistake, having located the real culprit. It appears that some time previously they had received instructions to be on the look-out for a young fellow who had been guilty of embezzlement, and had received an anonymous letter to the effect that the embezzler was to be married at a certain church at such an hour. By some extraordinary mistake they went to the Catholic instead of the Protestant church and—arrested tho wrong man. AN IMPROVIDENT COUPLE. It is said that love laughs at locksmiths, but that love is sometimes glad i to avail itself of locks has been proved by the honeymoon of a Philadelphian i couple who one morning were obliged! to ask the authorities of Cincinnati lo| grant them' shelter until they had wired j home for money to defray necessary expenses. It appears that they had been rather reckless in their expenditure, and could not pay their return fare. The money turned up in due course, and the improvident bride and bridegroom returned. It augured bad for future home management, and everybody prophesied a miserable future; but a Philadelphian pressman who learned the whole story says that the marriage is proving one of the happiest ou record. KONEYMOON K QUARANTINE. Probably one of the queerest predictincuts in which a bride ever found her-, self was that experienced by a young lady of Leeds six years ago, who spent '■ her honeymoon in quarantine. At the time of the wedding the bride and her mother were suffering from suiallpu\, and the source of the infection was traced to the brother of the bridegroom. The consequence was that the sanitary authorities gave instructions for the principals of the wedding party to be segregated, while the guests were kept under observation in the towns to which they belonged. I A memorable honeymoon was that of a sen-captain and his wife in March of last year. Directly after the wedding the ship of which the bridegroom was master was despatched from Harburg to Berwick-on-Twecd, and the bride decided to accompany her husband. When two days out a tcrriblcvgalc was experienced. The vessel sprang a leak, and the crew worked hard at the pumps to keep the ship afloat. Ultimately the ship reached the Tweed, but had no sooner rounded Berwick pier, in tow for Leith to be repaired, than the hawser broke and the heavy sea drove the vessel o n the rocks. ; The crew and the wife of the masbr refused to leave the vessel, although communication with the shore was established. It was a terrible time, even for the most seasoned mariner on board, but the bride preferred to remain with her busbariTl until the sea calmed down and permitted the vessel to be extricated from its perilous position.