A QUICK WOOING.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13231, 26 September 1908, Page 9

A QUICK WOOING.

Many romantic "'fleet" marriages are rejjoric-d in the Australian yatuis. The following story, published in tho Melbourne "Age," is perhaps as remarkable as any:--Two days ailtr the licet arrivt-il a young potty oilicer from cii-.» of the battlt_i;jt;.s maclo'thw acquaintance of an AuaU'aliun girl wl::> iviia an attendant at tea roo:i._ on the .sea frontage at Vi ili.:an..str;.vn. He t-..»n----ceivwl a white-hot, higli vc'.tage passion for her, v. Inch was rccLprot-at-.-d. and tluy Kfro married t'ue same day. 'J he aute-iKiptial settleim-ntis iiK-liukd the purc-Tiase by the bridegroom, anion;; other things, and the preientat.i_n thereof to the bride for her f.ole use, of one steamboat ticket io the Cnit<d States, and siifficie-'it c.t_h to provide her with pocket money and railway sravelliiiig expense-; ako an order oji tlio Naval of the great Republic for half his salary to be paid to her periodically during his absence. After a brief heneymcen of four days, tho bridegroom left Ho'jsou'a Bay en liis battleship, and tho brk'ks after drying her eyes, promptly packed up her things and left for Sydney, en route for San Francisco and her husband's friends, to whom she bears proper credential. Tho bridegroom expects to &e_ '.is wife again next February.