KIDNAPPED BRIDEGROOM.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 276, 20 November 1926, Page 23

KIDNAPPED BRIDEGROOM.

JILTED GIRLS' REVENGE. SUBLETY AND HUMOUR. ' The modern girl whose love is spurnec : finds more solace in revenge than in tears, I and she is as ingenious in her vengeance jas she is bold and remorselesss in giv- ! ing effect to it. ! When, for instance, a North of England lover deserted the girl -who had worn his engagement ring for three 'years, to lay his disloyal heart at the feet of a woman whose wealth compensated for her lack of youth and beauty lie could little foresee the price he would have to pay for his treachery. On her wedding day a parcel was placed in the bride's hands. It contained a hand- ; Eomely bound volume with the dedira|tion: ,c To Mrs. , ill gratitude from rescuing Alice M from an unhappy fate. ' Tis better to have loved and lost , :" Bound Hand and Foot. I The explanation of this strange dedica- ■ tion became painfully clear when the ; bride-to-be discovered that the volume contained all the letters addressed by her lover to her predecessor in his affection; and her indignation can be imagined when she read certain underlined passages of unflattering comment on herself. Of a different character was the re- > taliation of a Devonshire farmer's daughter on the man who had played her false. iOn the morning of his wedding to her supplanter the bridegroom was waylaid by two of her stalwart brothers on his I way to church; he was bound hand and ' foot, flung into a dog-cart, and carried off to their home. There the unhappy man was locked in a barn until the foli lowing morning. I A short time ago a Scottish girl turned ' the tables cleverly on her false fiancee. When the young man, who had been en--1 gaged to her for some years, deserted her in favour of a rival, she brought her i battery of charms to bear on his father, with such success that within three 'months she was standing by his side at I the altar. .Tf the son had found her undesirable as a wife, she took such good care that he should find her less amiable as a stepmother that within a few weeks he had turned his back on his second I love and was on his \»ay to Canada. ] Of revenges which combine subtlety i with humour it would be difficult to beat that of Miss Jessie Mclntyre, the 18-year-old daughter of a well-to-do family. A i short time ago Miss Mclntyre'a fiancet. 'a young man named Pendleton, informed jher that he had fallen in love with ! another girl whom he said he intended to marry. I Miss Jessie promptly set her wits to I work to "get level." Having discovered I her rival, one Miss Aitken, in a neighbouring town, she had her hair cut short, donned" a suit of her brother's, and sallied forth to make love to her. This she did Iso effectively that before many weeks ihad passed Miss Aitken had promised her hand to the handsome stranger, and ■ had given the fickle Pendleton his dismissal. Two days later Miss Aitken, while shopping, met her "fiancee" in a gown ! of the latest fashion. Recognition was mutual. There was a violent scene, which ended in the two heroines being led off to the Police Court, where they were dismissed with a warning.