LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.

NZ Truth, Issue 66, 22 September 1906, Page 5

LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.

SWEET SIXTEEN AND HEF SWEETHEART, Who is Charged with Her Abduction, Want to Get Hitched, but Pa Objects. Love's young dream, so far as Nellie Muir, a once de-"muir" little maiden of sweet, unkissed sixteen and Hubert Grigg, a young chap of 24 or 25 yeers, has turned oiit a sour, night-mare, because of various reasons and difficulties which might yet be overcome, providing that pending criminal proceedings do not end dis» astrously for him ; which it is to hoped will not occur. Last Tuesday morning Hubert was charged at the Wellington S.M. 'a Court with her abduction at Denniston on Sept. 11. When the case was called on Chief Detective McGrath said he would have to ask for a remand to Westport, from whence the warrant was issued. Mr Cook, who appeared for the youn<r man, said he would like . bail fixed, and he was sure _ the Chief Detective would he satisfied if the accused was liberated on his own bail. To this course the Chief Detective offered no objection, though an officer, would be one- the wharf to see that he went off. "I understand," continued the 'tec, "that both the girl and the accused want to,- get married but her father will not give his consent." Grigg was released on his own surety of £50 to appear . at Westport on Thursday. It was "German Emperor" 'tee., Cassells who. parted the lovers m Wellington, as the warrant bade him.. Hubert and Nellie came to Wellington from Westport, and; travelled on the boat as Mr and Miss Grey. Hera m Wellington the eloping and LOVING PAIR MATED together as Mr and Mrs Grey, and put up at a local hotel. Everything} was going on swimmingly till the 'tee got on their tracks. Last Friday evening week he located them. "Wera they m," he asked. ; "Yes." The blue-paper m his pocket whispered, "duty must be done." "Where are they?" he next asked. "In bed,"was the reply. Sympathy got tha upner hand oif reason with the officer* and he decided that it would be cruel to raid the little nest that night and reckoned his bird' would be iust as safe and just as unsuspectins: m the morning. And so he was. Cassells nabbed Hubert on Saturday^ morning, and Nellie's tears and tribulations and her wailings and hpr. mournf. 1 ! cries for her lover so cruelly taken from her had not the slightest effect. Nellie was all broke up. But she waited and went back to Westport, m 'the same boat as Hui bert on Tuesday. It is hard to part true lovera I