Show MARRIAGE AFTER DEATH The marriage Is Ii reported of two dead lovers from the Japanese village of A young couple fell In Inlove inlove love iove and sought their parents' parents sanction sanc sanc- sanction tion to their union For some reason this was withheld in the case of ot the girl and the hearted broken-hearted cou couple le resolved to commit shinju rather than be separated The two embarked on a fishing boat and when some distance from the shore bound themselves together with cloth brought with them for the purpose purpose pur pur- pose and threw themselves into the sea The following morning the couple were missed from their homes and the matter was communicated to tu the police pollee Later on the bodies of the young couple were washed ashore and after aCter the official ex examination delivered to the parents On learning of ot the tragedy the mayor mayer of ot th the v village vii vil 11 lage was much affected and calling upon the bereaved parents proposed that the wedding ceremony be performed performed per per- formed over the dead bodies so that the deceased might be tufted milted in the theother theother theother other world The parents agreed and the ceremony was carried out in due form even to the exchange of presents between tho the two families |