A BOLTING BRIDE.

NZ Truth, Issue 473, 11 July 1914, Page 3

A BOLTING BRIDE.

Wedding that Wilted. Did Bridegroom's Brother Make Bother ? Maiden Meanders Back to Mam. There are quite a lot of instances on record where one of the contracting parties to the nuptial knot has suddenly developed a bad attack of cold reet just before the crucial moment/ and left the other, along with the attending retinue of bridesmaids and mas and pas-in-law to be, waiting m vain at the altar steps. On these tearful occasions, it 'is best to draw a kindly veil over things. After the wedding presents have been returned and somebody has got a refund on the wedding breakfast that, was destined never to be eaten, the love-lorn loon, or lass, who was left m the lurch lamenting, generally looks on- things philosopnicallj^and comes to think that perhaps it all happened for the best. Extraordinary and unusual, however, were the events m connection with a toney wedding solemnised on Tuesday m that well-known Wellington place of worship dedicated to the gentleman who is reputed to hold tne keys of heaven. In this instance, the sensation was caused by the pretty young bride, who, apparently unable to muster up enough courage to declare the weddin 1 "off," arrived at the above church looking a picture, though without the usual veil and wreath of orange blossoms that the day-lies are so fond of, and was safely hitched to the blushing bridegroom. The knot tied, the groom kissed his little missus at » the altar, and the register signed, the wedding party left by motah tor the Grand Hotel, where wedding cake and foolish water was waiting to be demolished. In the first motah were the Newlyweds. - Next came a wellknown statesman who wears a handle to his name, and his lady and two other ladies. He it was who gave the blushing- bride away. Lastly came the brother of the groom and a pal. It appears that it was this brother who caused all the bother, .which happily, or unhappily, has ended m smoke! Arriving at the hotel, Mrs. Newiywed went to take .her. hat off, and she was such * A DEVIL OF A. TIME DOING IT that hubby started to look for his 60 per cent. Imagine his consternation to find that his wee birdie had flown! She had vamoosed, vanished, and . so also had hubby's loving brother,, and after several of the ladles had fainted and been brought round, the groom, with a dull, sickening pain m his vest, was Informed that his brother had Bent m a message to his wife of ,^an .hour, and that immediately afterwards the missing two had been seen hurtling through the atmosphere m a big, red benzine buggy, heading due north. The movements of the missing two and their motor did not remain long a mystery. A big, red motor car is a conspicuous object, especially when a distracted hubby is making the wires ,hot -with descriptions and bulletins, and waking every police station m the Dominion into feverish activity. A well-known hotelkeeper from the South got on to its tracks first. He came across the lovebirds^ at JohnsonviUe where th^ giddy young "brother had just cashed a cheque for 50/-. He prevailed on girlie to come back post haste, but she resolutely refused to return to the arms of tier hubby. Oh, no! she was done with him for sure. She did return to her mother, though, with whom she at present remains, and "Truth" does not envy any of the parties embroiled m this little. "affair." In rtuth women are "kittle cattle." . ''Truth" is able to give its readers an inkling of the circumstances surrounding this case and what led up to the get-away. The parties concerned belong to two of the "naicest* families m Noo Zecland. The young lady's people adorn the Bluff beloved of Sir Joseph Ward, while . ':. . THE BAMBOOZLED HUBBY and his brlde-boodling brother- belong to a Napier family of the bluest bleed. The wedding was adorned by the presence of some very famous people. "Truth", readers will understand how strenuous the efforts have been to hush the matter up. Still, they can bet their boots that it will be the one and only topio of conversation over the afternoon Ufa-cups of the Upper Suedes for a long, long time. It Isn't every day that auch a spicy little episode comes the way of the scandal- mongers and "tittle-tattlers." It appears that the naughty little puss who Is the causo of these Hues being penned originally returned the glad-eyo cast on her by the younger brother— in fact, so far aa she was concerned he was "It." Beforo Dan Cupid could get the shackles completely fixed, however, a rift In the lute occurred, and birdie gavo her beautiful kid the pass out Being evidently one of those dear little lovydovies who must have Homcono to cuddle, "someone to call her his doodlo-oodle-oo," It wasn't long bofore she had tho kid's big brother on a string. At this time she was staying with auntie, not 100 miles from Seatoun, and auntie had set hro cap on marryand auntie had sot her cap on marrybldke. With this end In viow, auntlo DONNED HER BEST DUDS ono day and took him on a long ta-ta to tho Bluff to make his wicket good with girlie's ma and pa, and to show them what a nico son-in-law they were going to acquire. But girlie was a contrary girlie, as these Hwect young things ofttimes are, and she didn't seom to relish having nor matrimonial adventures mapped out, cut and dried, for her by any .old auntie. So she wired down to tho bosom of her family at tho Bluff telling' them In no gontlo terms that^whatovcr arrangements they might come to between auntie and her charge, Huch arrangements would have nix to do with her. In fact, who hud decided that uho could not marry big brother undor any consideration. If she was forced to marry him, ah© would not Hve with him, anyway. Sho assured her Bluff friend that thla was no "bluff." Auntlo returned post haste to chtdo the cheeky cherub, but found the aoaaldo neat was empty. Tho little dovo had cleared out. However, auntie soon got her hooks Into the fractious maiden, and the upshot of It all wu« that tho united pressure of auntie and others caused the fluttering IKtlo Flossie to acqule«co In being made one with the apple of auntio'a oye. Gucaa auntio would have ohucked a. JU If »he couid have foreseen how her HtUo maddleaome matchmaking experiment was going to pan out. Knitting slippers for the curate will be her wildcat ( di vcxaiwi Ifi* ibAJ&ut* .