FORGOT HIS BRIDE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14109, 10 July 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)

FORGOT HIS BRIDE.

GIRL WHO WAS WAITING AT THE

- . CHURCH. The disappointed' bride of yesterday is the happy honeymooner of to-day, and now life has a more roseate hue. For over an hour the girl had waited for her lover at St. Luke's Church, Kingson-on-Thames, but the young man, who lived in the locality, did not keep his appointment, and the girl wen? dolefully back to her home at New Maiden. The reason was that the young man had forgotten the date of his marriage. Subsequently explanations were forthcoming, and the couple were made man and wife three days later. Their case has a curious history. Some weeks ago the county Bench adjourned a summons taken out by the .young woman in reference to the maintenance of her child, in /the hope that the couple would many, The Court missionary (Mr. J. L. Nathan) used hie influence, the wedding was arranged ; the bride and her mother furnished a home and prepared the wedding breakfast, and on the appointed day they, as stated, waited in vain at the church. Whim the ceremony did take place the missionary gave the bride away. The ring was provided by a lady living in the bride's parish, and after the ceremony the bride and bridegroom kissed and parted, going to their respective occupations, the bridegroom having obtained work. In view of the marriage, the summons against the young man will probably be dismissed. The parties were to have been married some time ago; the wedding was arranged, but the match was broken off. Then came the summons, the arranged marriage, disappointment of the bride, and finally the wedding.