A SILLY OLD MAN.

NZ Truth, Issue 571, 27 May 1916, Page 5

A SILLY OLD MAN.

No Divorce on the Evidence. . A. queer story was told when William Mossop, an old chap of 70, skipped ,up m Support of liis application for divorce from his Louisa Sarah, on the ground of desertion. With the assistance of Lawyer Brookfleld, old Bill said ho was '7l years of age when he married Louisa m 1910, and he had only been a widower twelve months or. thereabouts. Louisa Sarah was a sweet young- thing of 55, and when they were married she was running: a boardlnghou.se m Ponsonby, and a week after the ceremony she came to live with her new "hubby" m PaniGll, bringing her "dortor" und two boarders with her. It was not long before thoy had "tilYs." ami nasty remarks would bo made to him m front of the boarders. Next the old girl said she would go away, and demanded ; either one of his four houses or GOO LOVKLY "QUJDLKTS" CASH. Old Bill wasn't having any and left the house for a couple of days, and, on returning, found that Sarah had "smoked." She was again under her previous name, and once she- offered to take him m as a boarder, but ho refused the offer. His' Honor said it was a cuse of a silly old man marrying a woman of mature yearn, and \u ; had parted from her after a few months because she wanted to keep board <*£». It seemed that Bill had loft me house before Louisa, and she liad refused to go back when she offered. to take him m. On the evidence, his Honor would not grant a deoroe, and adjourned the- case sine Ole.