HE TRIED TO GET OUT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4541, 17 May 1889, Page 4

HE TRIED TO GET OUT.

An amusing incident lias just taken place m Cheshire. A young yeoman hail pledged hi-" 'ruth to a charming lady living m the rj.-ijhl.ourhoo'l, ami the two were bj liavc h'.cu united m wedlock, when the young mother was apprised of the ar-rir.'u'-.-mL'nt. Kipostiilations being useless, i\\e letc-rmined to try v practical remedy,] ami when the expectant bridegroom essayed j V, leave 111* bedroom on what should have been liii) wedding morning ho found the door | )oc)-"'l an') the window securely fastened. I M.-iintiine, tlio rustic Juliet proceeded to tho altar, only to discover that Borneo was not there. Love, however, loughs at locksmiths, and next day the imprisoned farmer mada hiß e'fwe ; but the ceremony had of necessity to be postponed for a week owing to tho bumps ami bruises received by'the wretched man m his efforts to escape from his prison. And although not m what may bo described as a condition of actual fitness at the end of that time, still, thanks to the wonderful virtues of the worl j-renowned St. Jacob's oil, he was sufficiently presentable to put a termination to tbe suspense and wretohednes which was eating into tho hearta of both. Another victory for the universal aaint. THE PROBABILITY OF WAB is happily a remote one The reason i» obvious. The Watorbury Watches the world. The Waterbury i« a triumph of peace.