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Otago Witness, Issue 2571, 24 June 1903, Page 72

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A man p'avL-l i n^mn hick on <i l>iidal rouplc thf oihir c\cmn?. 'lliey went tn a hot-!, liad stiprx'i. ,vid thon '-'art^rl out for a ni^l't \i<nv of thn rnor They had not gon? far when a man culled to them and said : "H;«vf you j"-t brpu married" "Wo h !ia\c,"' aii'-^rr-ie-.l the giooni. "Uo.ntf to i-tay hen- a day or two?" '•Yc-.." '•Htiyinp; rfgi-to^d at, my hotel, you prob.'blv intend to len.am tlieie?' l--"Yr=. ->r" "Well. T want to s=av a word to you. T don't want pny ducky deary non=or=e around my 1-oui-e. I want no Dop=>y-wop.?y businrcs on tho verandahF. I want mo squeezing hands on tlio ba'oomea, or feeding each othT at the table." The groom let his arm fall from hib bride's

waist in a slow and painful manner, and the etranger continued : "The first time you call her sweety-weety or she calls you darling, out you go !" I "Y-yes, sir." ' "She's no sweeter tham ten thousand other girls, and you are no more of a darling than j I am, and I won't stand love-sick nonsense." I He walked away with that, and people afc the hotel who knew the bridal couple wera amazed to hear them address each other , as Mr and Mrs, and to see what precautions they took to prevent touching hands or betraying any symptoms of love. They pui_in two wretched days, and only when leaving I did they discover that, a base villain had duped them.