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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2055, 5 August 1875, Page 3

The Taupeka Times.^ay.S:: "The.bldj old story,-; that thiecourg^; of; true: love never runs^^- smooth,"j;was, exemplified ,;'in Lawrence lately,; Afsprightly b'achelpr, of some 40 .sumniersi. ,w6qed a dar^sel ;Of sweet 17-, and,for-sbnie : time thejove.was ismooth/and pla'cid~as a lake.: r The' gallant lover resigned '.a r lucrative Government appointment, obtained.the ready consent to^ftho umon rof the 'lady's parents^" and thenriWenttb Dunedin. to a dpi^e!cot Ariierein;;fccß!buse* his lady-love. ■Having secureda'neafc house in a qciiet ■retired nbpk,"iie it comfortabT[|, ■according to his views of love-making in & cottage. * He then wrote, to the fair damsel, fixing an early date for the marriage ceremony. In the meantime, hbwJever, the young lady with the- usual jfickleness of her sex, had transferred her affections to a more youthful Adpnisj and left the would-be Benedict put in>the cold, thereby provin^he/i^u^l^!^^^ adage that * There's many a islip •>twixt.;the "cup jand the lip,' and marriage is?vory uncertain iuntil thexGordian knot is actually tied." ; A Young Shaver—rA barber's ibaby. Better run in old clothes .than run in ;de"bt.--';\; ; ;:-:;.:^-.^^;^;.;:-'.T; : .::,^:/ •..-■