A Romantic Affair.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3035, 6 November 1878, Page 2

A Romantic Affair.

About a fortnight .ago »; w«U<to»do storekeeper from Tairua .dined tit a well . known Grahamstown bottelrm and whil* satisfying the wants of nature he fell hopelessly in love with a pretty little new chum waitress. George, as we will call the man from the country, wts really badly stricken with the arrowy glances which Cupid shot from the merry laughing eyes of his inamorata, and after two or three days' assiduous courting the damsel consented to be led to the matri*, monial altar by happy George. It wa» arranged that the happy event should take place to-day, and after making tun* dry arrangements respecting his approaching nuptials, George returned to his dwelling in the bosh, there to wait impatiently till the day arrived when he was to claim his bride. Prerious to the eventful day that George had dined at the) . Hotel, a young Thames miner had been "spoons" on the object of George's affections, and it is understood had also promised to marry him. Early this week George, in his solitude in the primeval bush, heard that something crooked was going on at Grahamstown, and he came down post haste yet» terday, hired a cab, and drove the object of bis affections off to a Church in Pollen street, where they went. made one. Mr and Mrs George ■prat the remainder of the day driving rouad the town, and in the evening put up at a hotel in Shortland. At about tight - o'clock the newly-married wife, with" womanly eccentricity, expres*ei) a wish to have a ride on George's pony, and the husband, with whom her slightest with was law, hurried off to procure a side saddle. On returning from hit foci's errand, judge his surprise and vexation when he found that hit bride had left the house with the young miner above referred to and a friend of hit.' The dittracted husband made every endeavor to discover the whereabouts of his wife, but without avail so far, and he swears he will shoot the destroyer of his happinesa when he finds him. The police have beesv making enquiries as to the whereabouta of the girl to-day, but without success.