A LUGUBRIOUS MARRIAGE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2232, 25 July 1891, Page 4

A LUGUBRIOUS MARRIAGE.

One often hears of marriages under peculiar circumstances, • but a ceremony .thftt took place in an up-country district, very lately would undoubtedly form a chapter of deep interest to the enterprising, fiction writer, only that the bulk of readers would probably pass criticism on it as being highly improbable ; nevertheless it is strictly true. Two sisters, it

appears, were deeply attached to one another ; one of them fell ill, and eventually passed over to the bourne from whence no traveller returns. The other

sister had a lover, and the twain were engaged to be married. Whether the 'deceased sister made the living promise to that effect, oi' how it came about, deponent sayeth not ; but the young lovers were actually made one flesh, according to the orthodox marriageceremony, in the presence of the corpse, shortly after the breath had passed out of the body. These facts, sensational as as they are, open up a wide field for thought and comment, particularly regarding for combining in such £ incongruous form a joyous ceremony with one generally considered of the most heartrending description; and also, as to who could have been the officiating clergyman ? One could imagine the feelings of both bride and bridegroom in the years to come, when celebrating the anniversary * ! of their marriage, looking backward;-; haunted by the memory of that dead body reposing there so calmly and peacefully while,they entered into such a contract, but we venture to assert that there are few people indeed who would

desire to have such a gruesome episode to remind them of their marriage vows. STlie above facts will no doubt be stored up in the commonplace book of some of our future novelists, who will find no difficulty in utilising it in a sensational .form in some of their coming works. — Wanganui Herald.

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