A YOUNG BARONET IN TROUBLE

Temuka Leader, Issue 1758, 3 July 1888, Page 4

A YOUNG BARONET IN TROUBLE

'I he London correspondent of the Irish Times says :—“ A romantic case is hidted as shortly coming off in the law courts. The facta are Touched for, About two years and a half ago the heir to a baronetcy was travelling in the south of France, and hscamc enamoured of a young French lady, the daughter of a retired staff officer. They were married secretly, but iu due form, the civil contract being gone thro»gh before the British Consul at one of the seaport towns. Marseilles is believed to have been the particular place. After the honeymoon for a few weeks the bridegroom returned to England, having arranged for his bride to keep the union secret until be came of age. Meanwhile the lady went back to bar paternal home, but she had to, confess her marriage. Her father, who appeared to have been a man of hasty temper, disbelieved his daughter’s story, and offered her but one refuge, the convent. Having his suspicions aroused as to his nephew, he challenged him to fight, and severely wounded the unfortunate youth who championed his cousin’s virtue. The scandal which ensued caused the young wife to seek the seclusion of the convent. The cousin, on regaining his health, went to search for .the husband, of whom ho had but scanty description. On the other hand, the young Baronet journeyed to France, and attempted to claim his wife, hut without avail. Believing himself fre», about a year ago he married again, bis second wife being a niece of a well-known peer. The event becoming known to his first wife, she in some mysterious way arrived iu England, and the whole affair is likely to become a pubLc scandal.