A DISCONSOLATE SUITOR.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1679, 21 May 1874, Page 10 (Supplement)

A DISCONSOLATE SUITOR.

Many on this Coast may have heard .of the singular experiences > of: colonial life which came under the •'observation/of Mr Charles Broad, mm (Warden at-JReefton, when acting as Emigration- officer at Wili liamstown in the earliest drfys'of the Victorian diggings,' but an' 1 incident * which came under that gentleman's' immediate knowledge within the'past few Peeks-it Ke'eftbri, willcope; we think, with any of ttfe most ludicrous tales of the'early golden times. When sitting one day in his office adjoining the Court, he was politely .waited' on by an 'applicant for a marriage license^'who was prepared, pound "note in hand, to pay the required demand imposed'by \&w, preparatory to becoming-a happy benedict. The warden; being likewise registrar, proceeded to record the necessary particulars before granting the certificate, when'somfetlnng like v the following conyersation- ensued:—"What's your name?"' '< "Tim 'O'Brien." ,",And the girl's name ?■" ftl don't know her name, sir; .but my mate aays he knows her, and he believes she would just suit me." Tof this registrar' ieplied that he could not, .under the circumstances, think lof writing'out the document,^ /" Well I" continued Tim, "if I telegraph through to Charleston.ahdget to know 'her- name from my mate, will you grant it P " To •this the registrar assented,' and the • document was subsequently < prepared and .•handed over. But here the. strange i story only commenced, and the latter portion was subsequently narrated by Tim ! himself on his return from Charleston, ! minui any better half. Arriving at Charleston he called on his mate, and interviewed " the faimalej" whoihad turned the i prime,of life by a considerable, distance. "Are': toil- -the girl il'm going vto marryP" said he. ''I believe so.it was the gentle response.'. A'Well' but you are older than I thought/ 1 laid Tim, after eyeing her carefully, "and I don't think I'll have you aftw all." " Eight you are," replied the hit one, • and the ardent suitor returned to seek further, advice at the hands of his . mate; f who gave his opinion that he would look a darned fool going back without a wife, seeing that .he had got the certificate. M.Very well," says Tim, f I'll have her," and to tke fair one's abode he again de* parted. Beaching the house, lie accosted the ancient and adored.one with the/intelligence that he. meant to ','get Bpliced " to her after all. By this time the hand sought became .uplifted, and the following , was the parting salutation to Tim. " Old I indeed;.:did you sayP Get spliced indeed, Marry, you! Hever. Get, put, see you Mowed first." So Tim returned, and remains to this day. a disoonsohtfe ■of Seefton., desirous of bjgiiuyre funded theoost of hi»;certitt^tttv-Wtst Coail BajpW*;»,-„,/! .aXr-^l „V.c,,, Ja ; ■