WINTON THE WASTER.

NZ Truth, Issue 130, 14 December 1907, Page 6

WINTON THE WASTER.

A Dirty Dpg of a Deserter. v The conduct of some people is often such as to suggest a note of interrogation as tp the whyness thereof. | A variable nature maybe set down as -the primary cause, but • such ,a changeable disppsition is apt to lead to, discomfort and . inconvenience, to isay the least of it. When a man splices his bit of- muslin and suddenly discovers' that he made a horrible bloomer; that he didn't know what he calls his, own mind, it's a bit awkward for .the drapery. •■ A onetime inyercargill farmer named George Wanton has managed to p,artialiy wreck one. girl's life by marrying her and then leaving her; The matter was investigated at Christchurch divorce sittings, when Mrs Emily Jane Wanton sought a" decree nisi f rom the swine of a ■• ' hiisb and. It was shown that, there were no bright ! jj ml ''cheering 'features about the marliiage'; waster Wihton spent most jof his spare ' time pursuing ■ beauty's smile, and after he had culled his flojwer, the ardent lover gave place to j the brutal husband. Ma's Wanton, Who is a bright, winsome, fine-looking girl, told .the Court that alter a month or so of .married life her blackguard of a husband was guilty of shameful cruelty to ;her ; he assaulted 'and made a punching ball of her whehPVei' his vile , temper (of which she had'been previously unaware) asserted, itself. Inconsequence of ■Tliis OUTRAGEOUS TREAT- • '-, ,■;.; . MENT .-.-.' v thc woman was obliged to leave the house and live with her mother. They had . been ' only six mo <\ t-hs mai ried then. Proceedings wove commenced for maintenance,, and 10s a week was oidomi. The coot paid Ihsi: f«u- a •■tiis r &r\d 'then lie wrote a.sk:ii£; for a meeting. This happened,; and it proved to be one. of reconciliation. There were the usual professions ' of reform and all, that sort of familiar [flummery. The once-again happy couple were to».livc together, again, and the lady agreed to, have the Court order cancelled at Wanton's earnest solicitation. The hypocrisy *of the infernal brute ! He said he was going to Mandeville for a week's holiday, and then they, would re-unite. And that was the last she . saw of him ; nor did she receive any letters. The scoundrel *just disappeared from out of her life, and now remains out. Inquiries elicited the fact that he .had taken passage to ' Hlngland, where there are any amount of women waiting to be taken down by curs who desire temporary wives. The injured missus gave the southern police two phoios of rascal Winton when he failed to materialise, but the search was unavailing. Barrister Vincent appeared for the petitioner, who was granted a decree nisi , to be made absolute m three months. • .