A Strange Marriage
TN liis. book, ‘ ‘Scalpel, Sword, and Stretcher,” Colonel Robert J. Blaekham, M.D., tells a good story of the mad Doan Swift, the groat satirist, who ended his tragic eafcqr in ,tho deanery of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. • Dean Swift took shelter from a thunder-storm under a tree in St Stephen’s Green, in Dublin, and there he found a young' couple in great distress. They wore on their way to bo married in a neighboring church, find the latest hour when weddings could bo celebrated was at haiid, and there was ho prospect of reaching the church in time, owing to the storm, which showed no signs of abatement. The poor prospective bride was in tears, but as they happened .to be. Protestants the Dean came tp the rescue. He read the marriage service over tliopi, and tearing the fly-leaf ( from, his Prayer Book, cave 'them their., mar; riage lines in "the following yorsc:— Under a tree iij stormy.,weather,. I, married this man. and woman together;' , ... . Let none but He Wlui rules the thunder, n . ... . . . Part this man and woman asunder.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17607, 24 October 1931, Page 13
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183A Strange Marriage Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17607, 24 October 1931, Page 13
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