WHITE'S WICKED WAYS

NZ Truth, Issue 533, 4 September 1915, Page 5

WHITE'S WICKED WAYS

An Ex-"Cop" and His Cissy Rose Lily May White (Mr. Cunningham) sought a divorce from • David James White, an ex-"John Hop" and pubbery keeper, fairly well known South of Christchurch. Rose Lily, not at all unhandsome In her cherry -garnished black velvet bonnet, started off falterlngly, but became moro fluent as she got into her stride. She said she married David m January, 1906, and had presented him with herself m minature the following year. At the time of marriage, Davey was a "John Hop" at Alexandria, but the pair were subsequently shifted to Port Chalmers, at which fast and furious bit of earth, m 1908, the Whites indulged m the luxury of a "maid," Cissy Honeybone, by name. That was the beginning of the end. David was pretty friendly with Cissy during her three years' stay with the Whites, but Rose Lily didn't distrust her hubby and, therefore, sho didn't oppose Cissy coming back to her job after she had left It for a while. On that occasion, however, Rose "SMELT A RAT," and when David was shifted to the West Coast, she insisted that Cissy should stay behind. Soon after they settled on the West Coast, however, David sent for Cissy, and she was In the Dunolly township pretty well all the time the Whites were there. / David insisted that she should be employed In the house again and, when Rose moved an amendment, which was a direct negative, Dave ruled her out of order and Cissy came to stay once more. While on the Coast, .David threw m his shako and tunic and took a pub. at Bannockburn. The little crowd, Including Cissy, entered tho pubbery on | May 13, 1910, and stayed there eighteen months, during which time Rose became full up of Dave and Cissy's behavior, that she cleared oul. . When things appeared to be smoother, she returned and everything wa3 pretty middling until a night m October, 1910, when Rose tucked herself under the blankets at 10 o'clock. Waging, some hours later, she became uneasy at David's absence and, slipping on a few things, she commenced to reconnoitre. The plot thickened when she reached Cissy's boudoir upstairs and found that flighty flapper missing. Further along tho passage, there was a double bedroom, towards ■ which she directed her footsteps. In there she found David and Cissy tucked m nice and cosy. "Hubby" negotiated a flunking movement and beat a dignified retreat. Then there was a big row , which ended In Cl3sy being emptied out. Eventually, the Whites gave up the pub. and enmo to Christchurch, Dave coming Hrst and Rose following. Hut it turned out that Cissy was also In Chrlstchurch. mid she frequently visited the Whites, un David cleared out and took ncarlj nil the furniture to Mile-road, whoro ho set up a fr«*h household, with cissy Rose took ii friond to th<> Mile-road house on,' night, and David ™i>omj oti his lonesome, although Cissy had cycled past th.» house when she saw nn«ii. entering It Kose ami her friend S!S a owed to look through (he place ?nd tlioy noted thai it contained only ono bod. a tloublo one, alongside which was dress-baskets CONTAINING CISSY'S CLOTHING. From that house, Dave and his maid shifted to North Avon-road, where Hose hud seen Cissy doing the housoMr«. Kirk, who visited tho Mile-road I'suibllshnu-nt with Rose, gave corroboratlvi? evidence, and added that when sho lunl taken Dave quietly to ono side !md told him how he should behave, ho replied thai In? had been accused of misconduct with Cissy, and ho reckoned he was justified m having tho gain us well us tho blame. A decree nisi wns granted, with Interim custody to tho petitioner of tho child of tho marriage.