"GRUMPY"--AND AFTER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12083, 11 August 1917, Page 6

"GRUMPY"--AND AFTER.

ROGUE'S IXGEXIOUS BrSB. By an ingenious ruse, a newlymarried couple were victimised a dnys ago (says the Argus )in a studio of Melbourne' They heel returned from their honeymoon to take up housekeeping, and on the day of their arrival were rather puzzled a.fc receiving bv post a belated but entirely novel wedding present. This consi.-trd of coupons entitling tne holders to two reserved stalls for the performance of " Grumpy' at the. Theatre Royal that night. The. donor had enclosed no clue as to his or her identity. As 2) to pique the curiosity of the newly-wedded pair, the letter contained an unsigned note in which was written. " Bet you can't- guess who sent these!" Amu'/ed. and half inspecting a lvcax, the recipients took the precaution of telephoning to the box office, to he assured that the. boohing was genuine enough. Willing fro face mild chair that all newly-mad:' brides and bridegrooms haw to undergo, in the knowledge that thejr tormentor would lx> paying for his opportunity, the couple went to the theatre, fully expccriiTg to moor. I lis* anonymous donor cf tfie tickets. In this they were disappointed. Whc.n they returned borne and .swii.eho.cl 011 the elect rk; light they found pinned to the dining-room table a- second note, which proved a, most disconcerting .scene.] f.< thi? ~rst. It. road, " Now yon know who sent those tickets!" A hnsty exaniinat ion confirmed their fe'irs. While 1:1s victims had boon got out of the way by a clever strategy a burglar had made a. dean frweep of the wedding presents.