A Smart Dodge.
. ._. , ■ ». . . Archduke Heinrioh of Austria, it is related in the Koloiacbe Zeituog, desiring to marry Miss I.eopoidinp, Hoffmann, against the will of thp Emperor, bit upon tbe expedient of ' arranging for the •'passive assist . anoe,'\pf a priest, who dared not celebrate a marriage under pain- of the Emperor's anger, So' the Archduke gave a banquet, to which he invited tbe priest. After the Boup had been served he rose in his place, on which the quests! expected a toast. But the. Aro Moke, pointing to Miss Leopoidine "Hoffmann, pronouncpd slowly and RolemDly. the word?. *« Most Reverend; this is my ■wife." Miss Hoffmann immediately afterward* rose in her turn and said, This Mmy husband." According to the theory of " passive assistanpe " in Germany and {Austria, these worda, spoken before a priest, rendered th& marriage of the pair valid and aftcramentely concluded. The Emperor was said to be extremely astonished, but ; could do . nothing, for: the 1 . Church says : " What God has joined , let, no man pat asunder."
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Manawatu Herald, 25 October 1898, Page 3
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168A Smart Dodge. Manawatu Herald, 25 October 1898, Page 3
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