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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 36, 5 September 1891, Page 341

In a Fix.—There was <}uite a scene in a police couit one day. A young blacksmith, who had been anested for breach of promise, agreed, if released, to retuin next day and marry the girl. He came back, and the ceremony was about to be performed when a second sweetheart put in an appearance and declared that the groom had been engaged to her for a year and that she was going to have him. A war of words then followed between the two women, ami the judge, finding they could come to no agreement, and were likely to engage in a hair-pulling match, told the young man to decide quickly which he would take. He thought it over for a few minutes and then turning to his sweetheart No. 2, said, * I think I will marry you.’ *lf you do,’ said Lina * I want £3OO. Give me that and you can take her.* The poor fellow was again in a fix. He had not the money and could not give the bond. But his fiimcn quickly settled the matter by agreeing to pay the girl £l4O. She mortgaged her house and lot for that amount to her attorney, who then went security for the paymentof the £l4O, and all thereupon left the court room apparently wellsatisfied.