Stoat-Life Tony Weller.
—o — Old “Bachelor” Wants Protection, Against Widow who Threatens to Marry Him. An air of gaiety reigned in the Brentford (England) Police Court recently, when a grey-haired old man, describing himself as a “ bachelor who had just lost his wife,” plaintively appealed to the Bench for their protection. His complaint was that a certain widow had threatened him with dire penalties if he did not marry her. “ You are surely not afraid of her,” remarked the magistrate. “ Well,” was the reply, “ I can’t truthfully say I’m afraid of her, but —well, you know, I’m a bachelor and she’s a widow, and a very wily woman.” Summons granted.-Daily Mirror.,
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Waipukurau Press, Issue 11, 30 January 1906, Page 2
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