TWO LITTLE ROMANCES
A lady who attended the church of a
Woll-Knowr. London clergyman complained tQ Mm 1^ ghe could^not continue S o to his chrrch. as a gentleman, a mombfn. of the pame fl stared a " hw sfJ persistently _ The clergyman re . monstrated with the man galfl & • llot he , ]ooking . aj . h^ cl soon ftf tQ h . g r . requested tQ the marriage cere . mony fof thig wpy couple A marriage ln AustraUa took place uu . der pecuUar circum3tances _ man us?d tQ j • sjste sometimes snowed
to his friend, a chaplain; be also showed him her photograph. The chaplain became captivated, and asked if the sister conic: "not.be persuaded to come out, :md Vie wrote ar.a rror-csed to her. In the
courno of time an acceptance arrived, aud when the vu&sel was expected by which the sister was to arrive the brother :ukl the chaplain gi.t leave to go and meet lic-.r, but wfen in» '.'•ether saw wivj liad come he exclaimed in despair,'lt's Maria." Not the pretty young sister.but one twenty years older. But as she had come so far the chaplain did not like to ship her back again, and so succumbed to his fate.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1899, Page 5 (Supplement)
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