WAITING AT THE CHURCH.
At last the fatal day had arrived and the whole village was agog with excitement, for was there not going to be a wedding? In due course the misguided lovers arrived at church and the marriage service commenced. Everything went along smoothly. At length they reached that allimportant point: "Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife ?" The bridegroom sta'mmered, blushed to the rqots of his hair, looked at the bride, and at last when the silence had become almost unbearable, blurted out : "If you please, sir, I'm not the man." "Not the man !" exclaimed the clergyman, aghast. "Then where is the man ?" "Well, you see, sir, he's down at the bottom of the church, waiting in the porch. He 6 afraid to come up," said the best man.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2643, 21 January 1908, Page 7
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