TWENTY WEDS EIGHTY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11805, 14 December 1912, Page 3

TWENTY WEDS EIGHTY.

WIDOWER ELOPES WITH MOTHER-. ■ .IN-LAW. That love not only laughs at locksmiths, but spans the gulf of yeaxs, and makes a. mockery of the moss-grown mother-in-law jokes, has been, proven once more. Joseph' Troiana ran away from Norwalk, Conn., with his mother-ia-law, Mrs Colombia di Murro, married her at Fort Lee/N.J., and'the couple have returned from their honeymoon, and. are as happy aa the proverbial clam at high water. Joseph is in the neighbourhood of twenty years, tall, athletic, and goodloking, rich, and possessing a charming personality, which has endeared him to many friends of both sexes. The bride is bordering, it is said, upon the eightyyear mark, and is short and stout. The first Mrs Troiana, daughter of the present bride, was the victim of an accident which resulted, in her death December 15, 1910. With her husband she was leaving a New York opera house_ when she was struck by a taxi cab. Mrs Troiana died in the hospital. The married life of Mr and Mrs Troiana had been singularly happy. Mrs Troiana was a beautiful young woman and possessed of mental attractions which vied with her physical charms. Mrs di Murro lived with the couple in their Norwalk home, and' the mother-in-law bugaboo found no resting place there. After the death of heT daughter Mrs di Murro continued to live in the home of her son-in-law. The radiance of the wife's presence was keenly missed by mother and' husband, but Mrs di Murro, despite her advanced yeaTs, was active in the management of household affairs, and took all the responsibility of the servants and other economical matters off the shoulders of the sorrowing husband. Mr Troiana was still considered most eligible by managing mammas. Bright eyes, independent of mammas, were cast in his direction, and it is said he might have had his pick among the beauties of Norwalk. But the wealthy young shoe manufacturer had eyes for none of the belles and beauties of the town. Apparently he gave no thought to the marriage state. Then came the elopement, and Nor.walk gasped;