DID THE PHOTO LIE ?

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11126, 27 July 1907, Page 1 (Supplement)

DID THE PHOTO LIE ?

WOULD-BE BRIDEGROOM DISILLUSIONED. | On the arrival m New York of the Hamburg- American liner Pretoria, a distressing scene was witnessed by many of the passengers. A young German, named Philip Felder, boarded the vessel with a bouquet m his button-hole, and smiled expectantly, says the Daily Telegraph. 'Is Fraulein —here?" he asked, mentioning the lady's name, and producing her photograph. There was such a person on board, but she failed to correspond m appearance with the handsome young woman represented by the portrait. "Lead me to her," said Mr Felder, and the young man was wafted by a snip's officer to the second cabin, where a remarkably plain young woman, sat looking inquiringly at every man who entered. When Mr Felder approached her, she blushed, and half rose, with a look of recognition. She had corresponded with him, and had exchanged photos through a matrimonial agency. Philip said, "Is this Fraulien ?" "Yes, was the reply. "And are you Philip?" The young woman made a move as if to fall into his arms, but Philip's gaze suddenly became cold and steely. He drew the photograph from his coat pocket, and looked at it closely. Then he regarded the girl with an earnest scrutiny. "There must be some mistake," he said, m disappointed tones; "you are not up to the specifications, or the photograph deceives." With tears m her eyes, the young woman assured him that she was the girl he had promised to marry. "Where are my letters?" he asked. She replied that they were m her. baggage, and she would produce them as soon as she got ashore.

"Oh ! Philip," she sobbed, "how can you be so cruel." "It's all off," said Philip, with cold deliberation, and, disentagling himself from the embrace, he added, "I have been imposed upon. You are not the girl. No wedding bells for me." And he rushed off tne ship and ashore, leaving the bride that' was to be waiting on the vessel. She will probably go back to Trieste.