Indian Wooing,—A stalwart Mian np- ■ peaml the other day at Aylmer, Quebec, with a dusky companion by his side whom ho wished to, wed', 1 Both parties' seemed to be rejoicing iit tiio i ■prospect ns they repaired to the church; but i suddenly the raaidou changed. her mind, and j positively refused to becomo hisbride. Big Indian j told her to go homo and bring him back all the : presents ho had mado her, and while slio was . absent he secured another woman, gave her the ' I costume intended for tlio one that had discarded I liini, and married her. Only two hours wore lost by the entire transaction, |
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1043, 8 April 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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