Doing the " Old Married Man."

Otago Witness, Issue 1967, 5 November 1891, Page 45

Doing the " Old Married Man."

" Now, Henry," said the bride, " I want you to understand distinctly that I do not wish to be taken for a bride. lam going to act exactly as if I were an old married woman. So, dearest, do not think me cold and unloving if I treat you very practically when there is anybody by." "I don't believe I can pass for an old married man," paid Henry. "I am so fond of you that I am bound to show it. lam sure to betray myself. i" No, you mustn't. It's easy enough. And I insist that you behave just like all old married men do. Do you hear 1 " ;" Well, darling, I'll try, but I know I shall not succeed." lOn the first evening of their arrival at their hotel the bride retired, and the groom fell in with a whist party, with whom he sat playing cards until 4 o'clock in the morning. His wife spent the weary hours in weeping. At last he turned up, and met his griefstricken bride with the hilarious question, "Well, ain't I doing the old married man like a daisy ? " iShe never referred to the subject again, and everybody in future knew that they had just been married.