The Telegram. — 1899-03-21 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

SHE CHANGED HER MIND.  AND THE LINER LEFT WITHOUT THE BRIDE.  A singular incident marked the departure from Boutuampton on Saturday afternoon of the Douala Currie Liner Lunrejan Cantle. In the spacial train from Wausrloo a charming young lady travelled with her parents. She had booked her pansage to South Africa, whither she was proceeding to fulfil her engagement to marry the object of her matrimonial acceptance. Poaching Southanip. ton the lay and her friends went to the saloon and luncheo, then arranged her cabin, and all appeared to be progressing happily as a wedding day, when. 10 ! the lady changed her mind. With awful suddenness nbe determined to turn back and not sail to marry tbe gentleman waiting with the ring on Africa's sunny shore. W ba•ever the cause, the bride declared she was not going to sail to marry him, for the maidenly and all-sufficient reason that she would not because, of coarse, she wouldn't. Vainly did the fond parents endeavour to dispel the clouds of dreadful misery which hal gathered On the pretty face, but the bride was obdurate. She walked ashore with tearful dignity, and Subbed her little heart sure in the baggage warehouse. Southampton loAced on with myropathetx woe, and many were the willing helpers who would have wiped the sad tears away.  The i parents entreated her n vain. In this they sought the ssustance of genial Capt. Bay at Ids cabin &or. Now the duties of the captain of a modern liner are many-sided aed multifarious. He has to be on occasion all things to all Wien, hat seldom, perhaps, has such a request been pri.ffe.red as that made to Captain Hay by she unhappy parents. It was that he would use his influence with the erring daughter to sail and marry the gentleman. Sympathetically She commander listened to their tale of woe, and promised that if the bride would only change her mind again he would extend to her his fatherly protection, and at the other end give her away on behalf of the parents at the wedding. Then, his face radiant with good nature and human kinilne.s, the gallant captain walked ashore to essay the novel interview, accompanied by the now much relieved parents. A glance revealed the awful crisis which was passing in the maiden's bosom, and with much trepidation the trio drew near. But the bride resisted even the captain's genial pleasantries, and after much fruitless and combined effort he retired vanquished, b.aten, on his own confession, as he had never been before by all the forces of Nature. The Dan vegan Castle sailed away in the twilight, and the evening trite took back to London a melancholy party, while baggage packed with the pretty things will be all for the fond lover to receive when be meets the mood ship at Capetown.  A verdict of 'Wilful murder " wag returned by a Crmoner's jury at C,‘rdiff on Friday against Charles John Caveill, labourer, aged 27, who la &lived to have cut hie a ife's throat in,' subtle'handy thrown the body into toe river Ely.  . _ _ _ - During the coone of sin inquest on Friday at Whiteehanel, on the body of a pour woman who 4 bad fallen down a flight of steps of a hota,e in , .0 Poftv.l 4ti ir res. otsk-ed th,eS a, :e....* t1......1 between 14 and 20 homeless Women slept on the steps and in the pas,agte of the house in questmn.  ,•• Y4-s+4,-..! ';4',14Z5T'42.1(.., , , 4 6 4„t, a .1^ .71-1 a