The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-10 00:00:00

THE TWO COUSINS!

Some time ago two popular London comedians ap-
peared conjointly in a drama in which they wore very
r.agged. woe-begone costumes, and by desire they went
An action was tried at the Guildford assizes, on Friday In in them rags to be photographed. While waiting " be.
last work, hroacht by Miss Fletcher, a g,..verness, against her
late emph..yer, Mr. Krell, to recover damages for wrongful tween the plates" they proposed to call on a certain
dismissal. mutual acquaintance— a stuck-up pompous sort of
The plaintiff hail contracted a marriage which turned person, and popping on their battered hats they made
nit an unhappy one, and she applied to the Divorce for the house, and arrived there one played the
Court, and obtained a divorce. After this she resumed Ilataplan not modestly on the knocker, while the other
her maiden name and her original occupation. In 180 tried a symphony ryittinttoo in the visitors' bell. A
she was engaged by the defendant as governess to the neat but flurried housemaid, followed by a boy '
family of a Spanish gentleman named Ellisendeu, re- in buttons, rushed to the door with great anxiety of
siding at Buenos Ayres. The plaintiff engaged expression. At the sight of the two cadger-looking
herself for three years, and went to Buenos men their first impu'se was to shut the door
Ayres. After about a year had elapsed, the fact in their faces. " Hey ! stop—is Mr. in?"
of the marriage and the divorce came to the "No, he's not; we don't open the door to beggars,"
knowledge of Senor Ellieendem and a violent scene said e maid. " We've no cold meat here." " Git
.-,-. the conseinemy. Being a 'Roman Cethol'e out, de," squeaked out the page from the rear of
s nd, therefore regarding the instisution or mertiage as the msisi-i. in Moline. " I sire mile pardinc " Paid
is saces.nent that •Jannot be broltea, he wee evidently the knook Pr ployer in an ...embed toot, ' you're
se:44W by "cry etrorg f.elinga upon thP subieet, and , tasking a slight mietake, or pretty maid. 'We seant
be orderen the plaintiff to leave hiP 'souse and go 1.0 bit ." gone mastee." .'ll t be mentioned the
Mr Krell, who was then in Buenoe Ayres,. He bald Tawas's llirietisn name and that of his wife.
that 45 the had rlecei'imid them in evei,y respect, he re- ' We have irnporiont business. with him," chimed
, Need to gi-e her any sseiiitance. She remained foi in the visitors bell soloist, ti,, zing his tartets a. twist.
some thee under the charnof the British Consul, and " It's awful important." The girl's face 'woes is
eurentnially returned to this country. dazed aspect, and the small iimount of reflection left
Sir Ce. Honyman, for the defendant, submitted caused her to parley out "You must be making a
that there was no ease to go to the jury. mistake." " Oh, no, we aint," said knocker 7 "but
Baron Martin said he was of opinion that the case I'm sorry William is out (the Christian name of the
had failed, on the ground that there was no evidence gentleman) ; I hav'n't got a card about me (pretending
of dismissal. With regard to the plea, that the plaintiff to fumble among his rags), but when he comes in to
had deceived the defendant by falsely representing dinner, just say his two cousins from the workhouse
that she was a single woman when she hail been called as they were passin' through Londor." The
divorced, he thought it was a bad plea, because, maid ant " buttons " stood aghast, and the two come-
although many persons, and particularly Roman diens turned back to the photographic studio to see
Catholics, might object to haves person in that condi- how the last plate had developed. A curious revolu-
tion as an instructress to their children, the plea ought tion in regard to the lofty character of "master," since
to have alleged that the information was withheld the cousins called, doubtless took place.

wilfully and fraudulently.
Sir G. Honyman said that he did not wish to press
for a nonsuit ; but he was desirous, if the case was
tried, that all the facts should he brought bebre the

jury.
.tfter some further discussion, it was arranged that
the present jury should be diecbarged from giving a
verdict, and that the venue should be changed to Mid-
dlesex, where the trial would take place when the evi-
dence taken under a commission which had been sent
out to Buenos Ayres arrive-1 in this country.