Without further ado, please allow me to present the gem* entitled 'A Terrible Wedding Night', which appeared in the Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser in 1883.
My sincere apologies for the second paragraph of the article - I realise I chose one that is particularly difficult to read (damn you blackened page!), but hey, it's worth it for the joy of reading about the [Spoiler Alert] death of the mad werewolf husband. The effort makes it more satisfying... trust me!
UPDATE: Apparently the satisfaction is actually greatly lessened by the fact that no-one other than me can read the final paragraph. As it turns out, I'm just some kind of awesome super-powered ninja. Due to popular demand, I have transcribed the dodgy black bits. They are as follows:
They proceeded from the nuptial chamber. The door
was burst open, and a horrible spectacle presented
itself. On the floor lay the young bride in a pool of
blood. She still breathed, but her body was torn
and bitten just as if she had been seized by a tiger.
In a corner of the room was the bridegroom, covered
with blood, and foaming at the mouth, scratching,
biting, and tearing away at the wall and furniture.
With a sudden bound he sprang like a tiger upon the
invaders of his lair, and he would have made one or
more victims had not a brother of the dying bride
sent a bullet crashing through the madman's brain.
And, finally, our celebrity guest for the day - Miss Vera Deakin, bridesmaid at the wedding of Ivy Deakin (dated somewhere between 1865 and 1930 - specific, right!) is living in the second Deakin family photo album, part of the Papers of Alfred Deakin at the National Library, and can be viewed in all her pre-alteration glory at http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms1540-19-614-s50
I managed to read it!
ReplyDeleteI knew someone would enjoy the challenge! I shoulda known it'd be you, Davey!
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