BETRAYED.

Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 98, 23 November 1878, Page 3

BETRAYED.

A correspondent writes as follows to the ‘Bristol Times and Mirror’:—“ A young lady, who lives in the lower part of Somerset, has been shamefully hoaxed bv a ‘gentleman ’ hailing from London. A few days since she was wooed by an individual, many years her senior, who came from town. Ihe courtship commenced about six months ago by the lady answering an advertisement in some matrimonial journal. Much \ reparation was made by the friends of the young lady for the wedding, which came off last week. The ‘ gentleman,’ who represented himself to he at the head of a firm of well-known jewellers and silversmiths in London came down punctually on the auspicious morning, hut was in a great haste to return to the city, as he had impnrtant hanking business to transact. He hinted that he moved in superior society, and he invited some of the Indy’s friends to his home and her future residence—a house richly furnished, and with servants in attendance. The ‘ happy ’ pair left the house of the bride’s father shortly after the nuptial knot was tied, and proceeded to London bv rni l , husband gallantly relieving Iris wife of the trouble of looking after her luggage, and securing her wedding presents and a cheque for LIOO given her hy her father as a marriage portion. On airiving at the end of her journey he took her to a wretched hove', the sole turn nirp of which consisted of a couple of chairs, the legs of which were fast dissolving partnership with the. seats, | and a piece of dirty old carpet. An explanation was demanded by ihe disap-

pi iiri "l wife, but she was met with the replv that if she did not like the ‘ home’ provided for her slm could go a' out In r lusin ss. She imin dmtciy qn Trial the plac-‘ in disgust, and nothing in re lias been Im.-ml of her husband or her burgage. Efforts are being made to bring the strong arm of the law down upon the heartless rascal.”