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Show "i-:a Toco. : :. . . : ' is no w the onl v Epicopa. i -1:1 tot. Johns. Newfound' -. .i i. , mi hour before the firf : .:.:o r.-.; cf tae prettiest of the St. .;oiia.s ai i'sv-'a3 nrtirned to a woalthj a c .Tionnaiar.aer. Among their "wedding pr-wCnts va a hor.se and grounds : Winch was furniscod throu'nout and all rcadv for the newlv married couple tt. I vaia in and take possession. They had ' decided to go into the country for theii ! honeymoon, and they left on the one i.alwav winch runs out of St. Johns 311st a fow minutes before tne brindlt cow gave that fatal kick to -vlr. Britm.. it the first station where the train stopntd a toleram was handed to tin ma,eo;Tooui. It said simpiv: "Comt tack at once. W our house is burning.' A return train was leaving almost im mediately, and the bride and groon. reached home m time to see the burning of both their parents' homes. Their owi little home and all the bride s trousseau which she had left there, having no use for it m her country outing, had been in ashes for a good half hour. By the firs I relief ship, winch arrived from Halifa three davs later, the bridegroom rc ceived a bundle of old clothes. Aith tne bundle came a note from r.i. old friend, which said: "Dear Will 1 dare sav some of vonr emnlovees 01 some other po'-r befar who has been burned out wul bo able to make use ol these old togs. 1 dare say you 11 be ablt to find some use for them." The bridegroom bride-groom sent this note of thanks to Halifax Hali-fax by the first mail: "Dear Harvey Thanks immensely. I did find some ! poor beggar who was able to make use ! of these old togs of yours. In fact, my dear boy. at the present moment these old togs of vours comprise my wedding trousseau. They re rather a quick fit, oni l m noL overcapnous just at present. pres-ent. I only wish that some other obliging oblig-ing friend would send some equally good 'old togs' to rny poor wife." Montreal Mon-treal Herald. |