The Observer.

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 151, 4 August 1883, Page 2

The Observer.

Saturday, Att&tjsu 4th, 1883. , : BRINGING HIM. UP TO THE SCRATCH.', v. Grisborne has not suffered lately through al3.efc; ' ; of sensations. The latest is a very Siceete sfcorjv -■ .', It is said " the end justiQes the mea'ns;"A ahd,'"'ac-~ ' cepting the theoiy that; all is fajr-in love 'and wary „ we cannot but admit that' the stratagem resorted ' to by an Auckland lady to bring her Gisborae- " lorer to book is worthy of a niche in the Temple- , of 3?anie. "• If a. woman will, she will, jou may \ - depend' on't ;" and, in this, ■ case 'alle^mlied. -'A.'--., worthy scion- of : the snij), needle^, aiicf- thimblefamily got sweete on a blooming damsel belonging;,, to Auckland city, which the yiscissitudes of >lif&.\ ; caused him to leave, and to, seek fresh wood r anc&. . pastures' new. iu.G-isbornej He regularly -»(jospesponded with, his affianqecl^ and the course Mprix&rf love went qufte. smooth.' But; the gallant Vas;^ chary of matrimbny; "'pressure of business" being,; the excuse re3Ort6d't6. ■ '"''- : / . r At .last the young lady, hope deferred, having^ made her heart sick, 'hit; upon afiappy Ifatf-'foixel' expedient. The, hero tof '".cabbage aud gofso'^ received a telegrsim contoying to him the xaourrir ■ ' ful intelUgen.cp that; his mother had gpne tp that/ ; bourne whence no 'traveiler ever 'Returns. On receipt, of . this letter, he duly entwined the. ; customary crape on his coat-sleeve,, hastened to;, his lodgings, packed his portmanteau, embark^d.^ pa^ board the Korthern-jbound.^oat^ancl p^esahted . r a. .grief -stricken appearance d^rjjti| the^'TMrage-,. -As he approached the, old r b.6mij lii Jgejings "yceie' those' of despair 1 /'bui/to 1 his ; uriuttef able swrprisc^ instead of seeingp.th^ .biinda drawn^ lialf •^-doz^aPl sinUing faces • gloomed /iiisveoming •'] andrjhe^ • enjtere^tlie'gortal^ of. hjb ;hpipe'.ami3sc;tiie-3iiotits ' of ( t£eh,aßaembled",;aani3pT| ?^^ him im

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r ft party* tj^ei Jatir^tlagem of aenaingfor mm. When once tße 4| ! i^>>»Mg;«.att»g^V.*^Vioun^^My'sgfc't^ work to ;^.|ißpok.it./ It is unnecessary to describe at any }'• .length what followed. .Suffice it to state that in •f, si day or two subsequently the church bells rang a y f (it»ifryCpe^l, t tw6 fond hearts were made happy, f in; ..due course the pair arrived in G-isborne, „v, andreceived the congratulation's of their friends. "■-And aj?6nojb«iKe : things herein spoken of illustraiied and on vjevr in the shop of one Gox, a tailor ? V. ' .-Tit*?,, ...^- ; -- •■ ■