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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 163, 28 March 1874, Page 3

A correspondent, writing from a Jersey camp meeting, tells the following:—“Many people sleep in the same tent here, being separated by a partition. A young Methodist fellow from Camden had become quite interested in a pretty daughter of a religious farmer. Last night, wh le a dozen of cold-hearted fellows were trying to sleep, they heard him say, in a low, sweet voice, * Now, Caroline, dear, let me seal the vow—do !' 'No, James, I cannot. What would my mother and father say P’ ‘But, Caroline, you have promised to be mine. Now let us seal the vow—let us, do let us—won’t you? Do kiss me!’ * No, James, I cannot, oh 1 I can not In a moment the tent partition parted, and a bigwhiskered brother, who wanted sleep, shouted, * For God’s sake, Carrie, let him seal that vow. He’Jl keep us awake all night if you don’t.’ The vow was sealed.”— Jlaiclce s Hay Herald. Miss De la Rama (” Ouida”) the novelist, it is reported, is cominu to New Zealand at an early date to be married to a gentleman resident in Canterbury.