A SAD STORY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3711, 15 January 1891, Page 3

A SAD STORY.

There is a sad story of an unhappy marriage in the Hungarian newspapers. Some years ago a gay vouug lieutenant of Hussars received a letter begging him to pay a death bed visit to a rich widow of 60, who according to the doctors was at her last gasp. The good natured hussar went accordingly, to be told by the lady that Bhe would die happy if he would only marry her, in which case within a few day he would inherit all her wealth. Left to himself he might have preferred three wives of 20 to One of 60; but whether out of good nature, or in the belief that it was too fair a chance to be thrown away, the

hussar fell m with the notion, and the ill-assorted couple were morried. In a fairy story, of course, the aged wife would at once have been transformed into a young and beautiful girl, like the one in the Canterbury tales; but unfortunately for the good natured hussar, the days of miracles are gone by. Tfo venerable bride remained as old as ever; and not only that, but matrimony did her all the good in the world. She lived for another 20 years, and her death at the ripe age of 80 is only just reported.