A STRANGE, TRUE STORY

The Langworthy Marriage.

CHAPTER IX,

A BRIEF HONEYMOON".

After the ceremony in the Avenue Rubens, Mr and Mrs Langworthy went to Ei'ussels, from which next day (January 11) he went to London and sho to Paris. The next day he wrote her the following letter : — " United University Club, " Pall Mall East, .S.W., "12th January, ISB3.

" My dearest wife, " I got your dear letter to-day. I (tad not write yesterday, as I was too late for the post office after seeing Graignon, or whatever her name is. Sho won't come, and would not do if she would.

" She does not look respectable. I will see about the other ono this afternoon. " In awful haste, " Ever your loving Bear. "P.S. --1 cannot possibly come before the middle of the week.

" I have paid Redfern by this post." The letter to Redfern was as follows :— " Please send tho things Mrs Lanprworthy ordered to the Hotel Choiseul, Rue St. Honor©. 1 enclose a cheque—£B 14s 4d, francs 218. I have dealt with you at Cowes some years ago. I own the Meteor. —I am yours truly, E. M. Langworthv." Sho rejoined him in London the next day. Everything was got ready for the journey to South America. Edith Long, a school girl, joined her sister at Mr Langworthy's request, and a cousin of hia, a young man of twenty-live, joined the party. Her brother Herbert came to see her in Paris, and took a violent dislike to Mr Langworthy. He had heard the story of bis first marriage, and he made no secret of his distrust. Mil dred was his favourite sister, and he begged Edith never to leave her lest anything should befall her. Her mother also was suspicious and resent ful. She did not like the secret marriage, and she also made Edith promise she would never leave Mrs Langworthy abroad. Those forebodings were resented by the lady most concerned, who was infatuated with her husband. He seemed equally engrossed with the charms of his wife—so much so, indeed, as to be quite oblivious of the pro prieties. At the Hotel Braganza, at Lisbon, he used to go about the corridors bawling, " Millie ! Millie ! Where's Millie ?" This led to a scone one day. A sedate and dig nified English lady having sent tho page boy forthe " Times," the company, which included Lord Mayo, Lady Ashtown, and others, was intensely amused by. hearing the youngster exclaim that the "Times" was engaged, for " Miliio's husband had got it." CHAPTER X. ME-'IUSTO-lIELES OX THE YACHT. It was at Lisbon where- they pmdo their first call, and there they remained four or five weeks. At Lisbon Mr Langworthy had introduced her as his wife to Lady Ashtown and her brother-in-law, Colonel Gascoigne. At Santa Cruz, Lord Francis Cecil dined on board their yacht. At Per nambuco, Mrs Langworthy was introduced as his wife to several visitors. It was during the stay at Portugal, at the end of February, that Mrs Langworthy first knew beyond doubt that she was likely to become a mother. Whon he first, heard of it, he remained a couple of hours without speak ing, biting his nails the while. At last, starting up, he exclaimed, ' 4Wo'll put the little beast out to nurse." Mr Lang worthy's cousin, who was on board the yacht, and to whose exploits as a cat tor turer at Lisbon wo have already alluded, exerted himself to breed quarrels between the husband and wife. Mrs Langworthy resented his malicious insinuations against her husband, and ho repaid her for tnis by exerting all bis influence to prejudice the husband against the wife. Mr Langworthy, a man of weak and inconstant character, was fau-ly proof against his cousin's insinua tions when his wife was by his side. Bui when she was ill and confined to her cabin, the cousin had everything his own way. Mi Laagworthy's alarm at tho prospect of the arrival of a child, which would render il difficult for him to conceal his clandestine marriage, had bom partially allayed by the reflection that it might not liyo. and that if it did it could b( "■put out." But his fears, once raised, were novcr permanently allayed, In the presence of hi 3 wife, to whom he really seemed passionately attached, hit misgivings molted. But when ill-healtl compelled hor to absent herself from' hi; side, the cousin gained complete ascondancj over him. "Your mother," he would say "will disinherit you if she hears of it. Yoi will be ruined by this caprice of yours.' Tho fear of his mother haunted Mr Lang worthy, and tho thought of losing he: money drove him almost crazy. Accord ing to the statements made on oath by Mrs Langworthy and her sister, everything was done that a malignant ingenuity coulci devise in the way of alternate starving anc feeding on unwholesome food to produce violent sickness and extreme exhaustion. It was a terrible time. On one occasion he kept her without food for twenty-sever hours, and then gave her Liebig's extracf in Angostura bitters. Once the maid he had provided for her said contemptuously, " I don't know what you're mado of, Madame. That would have settled the business in any three other women." At the time when she was confined to hei cabin, half unconscious with morphia, which he administered to her, dosed with h_erciiry, aiid crying from hunger,, her piaid produced a cup of tea from a water jug, and some biscuits from her pockets, saying, "There. I shall soon be a devil if I stay here rriiich longer." This, how ever, was in. the.last stages of the voyage. At Bahia, the Consul took charge of her for three days, and in that short time, she Eicked up amazingly. This attention Mr angworthy resented. He had refused his wifo eau-de-cologne, with which she. had booled her fevered face.. She wasted it, he said. The. Consul gave her. some, and.was dubbed "a meddling old fool" for his pains. •It was not, however, until the yapht called at St. Catherina' that his conduct lost all trace of humanity,. Mrs I.angworthy con sulted the English Consul's wifo concerning her health, When Mr. Langworthy heard of it, bo exclaimed, " Good God, you've ruined mo! You ..hall never go ashoro again." He was as good as his word. After this timo he -rented her brutally—so brutally, indeed, that it is difficult to account on any othor hypothesis than that of a desire to rid himself of an incumb rance by driving hor insane, if not of. actually ending hor life. It was on April 86 that lie quarrolied with her at St. Catho-, rina. The-crisis camo a few days later. CHAPTER XL X MIDNIGHT SCENE OX BOAI.I. THE METEOR It w^* a_f. of the first days in May that, Mrs Lang woof-iky —weak, fevered, maddened with the brutality with which she was treated determined to have an explanation and understand what it all meant. It.was a, dark, wet night; tho. Meteor was plough ing is., way through the waves, the rain was falling heavily. Ail. was silent on board. Everyone, save the men; on watch, had turned., iii, whon she left her cabin and slippy' Hifv n to the saloon where her hus band ~. fV;.;jiiing on.th^ sp/a. His, wjfej. || *Ny- .... n ly his side and timidly woke

him with the question, " Ed>yard, tejlme why have you so-banged?" __c started. His wife flung her arms round his neck. " Oh, Ediyard," she sobbed. He seized her wrists and wrenched himself free, and. flun^ her away. " You've ruined 'me !"' he cried.

His wife, in a frenzy, rushed up the stairs out, of the saloon upon the deck. It was eleven o'clock, the rain was falling in torrents, but she did not heed. it. Her brain was on fire, her heart was as cold as death. "If I could but die," she moaned. She was thinly clad in a low-necked black net evening dress. The rain soaked her through and through, but she sat in silent agony hour after hour, while the low stars, faintly visible through the clouds, crawled across the pitiless sky and at last faded out of sight in the dawning day. During that sickening vigil in the dark ness and the pouring rain, she saw only ono thing clearly. She must see her husband again and learn her fate. Next morning she upbraided him with his conduct. " You do not know how to treat a wife," she said bitterly. " Wife !" said he, contemptuously. " You know the position you hold." A cold chill of terror passed over her, but she suppressed it by a strong effort of will. " Yes, I am your wifo," she said firmly. He laughed as he replied : '' Did you believe in that marriage ? It was only an empty form. I would have gone through no other with you." " But the certificate." " Not worth tho paper it was written on. The clergyman .was all a sham." The chill of terror had been succeeded by the flush of passion. Without thinking for a moment what she was about, she snatched off her wedding ring and the guard . and flung them at the man who stood gloating over her digmay " If I am not your wife," she cried, " I have no right to these !" and sho flung them at her betrayer in a frenzy, and then swooned away.

When she came to her senses, Mr Lang worthy had gone. Her sister Edith had met him hurriedly leaving her room. The maid and the doctor were summoned, and at last she recovered sufficiently to take some food. Her sister then discovered that her rings were gone, and was naturally vory angry. Mr Langworthy, however, oddly enough, restored them without demur. He had taken pains to remove all the evidence of the marriage before the final scene. He had taken tne other rings that he had given her, the visiting cards, her letters, and her jewels—everything, in short, that could prove the marriage which he had determined to disavow. He had even taken away the purse of his wife's sister, le_- she should frank any of her letters home. Edith he decided to send home alone. Mrs Langworthy he proposed to place in lodg ings in Buenos Ayres, where tho doctor told her frankly she wa. sure to die.

Next day there was another scene. <: Ed ward," said the forlorn nnd desperate woman, " will you swear that marriage was not legal?" '"Why do you ask"." "Be cause," she faltered, bursting mto an agony of tears, " you know I would die before I would have an illegitimate child." He left her, and gave orders thab sho must leave the yacht. CHAPTER XII. I'LUNG.OFF. Mr Langworthy was drinking heavily. His cousin had gained completeoscendancy over him, but it needed the alcohol to keep him up to the prescribed course of ruthless brutality. When ho told his wife to leave the yacht, she asked him to get hor some baby clothes, " You will want none," he replied. But when the doctor said it was necessary for them to be ready, and that in any case the voyage would bo . _ry danger ous, he said lie would get some. On the morning of her departure, the 7th May, she tried once more to change his resolution. He was as hard as flint. Ho said, " You leave this day. If you tell anyone about me you shall starve ! If you tell any one, I will blacken your character and leave you to starve."

He left her room and called Edith to the saloon. Hih face was white and his hands trembled, as he faced thcindignant girl and began to repeat the well-rehearsed lie : — " I think it is right to tell you that Milly is not my wife. I simply let her have my name as a matter of form. The letter you have seen from me calling her my wifo had no meaning ;it was only a tenu. 1 never went tlirough a form of marriage with her."

She tried to leave tho room. Ho held i the door. He continued : " Don't repeat i anything I have s_id to poor dear Milly, who is too ill to beftr any agitation. If you i will say nothing, I will always be good to you for her sake. If you will say nothing I will sny nothing, and no one will know ! anything about the matter." What Edith said is not recorded. But whatever it was, it made his ears tingle and his lips blanch. But though he writhed beneath the hot words of his victim's sister, he did not relent. At 11, they were placed on board the gig and rowed five miles to the tender, for they had arrived at Buenos Ayres. Although sho was never suffered to land, Mrs Langworthy had nothing on but a tropical dress, and she was deadly sick and fain t. Mr Laugworthy met her at the tender. He gave her tickets made out in a false name, a sum of LSO, a box of baby clothes, and a letter. He then went ashore, leaving the sisters to wait five hours on board the tender. In the evening they were taken eleven miles down the river to the ship that was to take them to Europe. Here another surprise awaited theuj. Instead of the Royal Mail steamer tq Southampton, it wus a dirty, miserable Ercnch ship, which had lost, its deckhouse in the last voyage, and was still undergoing 'repairs. There was no doctor or. stewardess op board. The agent of the chip declared what if he had known that Mr Langworthy wanted tickets for ladies, he would not have let him have berths. Hq declared, that. _4rs Langworthy was too ill to go home in that ship, and urged her to go back to the yacht; and next day she could be taken on board a better ship of the same company's fleet. Mrs Langworthy, who had fainted on being taken on board, dared not return. She wrote a letter, however,'at the agent's suggestion, imploring,him to tako her pack, as. the voyage, in her then state of, health, would probably prove fatal. To that letter no answer was returned, and the ship sidled, bringing the deserted wife, back, to Europe. It was a gqunlid dogholo of a cabin where they found themselves, but they were far better off than on board Mr Langworthy's floating palace. For the captain was a humanoman, Ho, nursed Mrs Langworthy iwrth the tenderness.o£ a.woman, and on the sixth day she had recovered sufficiently to leave her berth. She crept to her box, I where, Mr Langworthy had told her she would find the baby clothes for her child— apd;h}B, She, opened it. All that was in side was ten yards of coarse white, calico and six yards of red flannel. When she saw that, for the first time her love for, her husband wavered and fled. As she simply says, "Then I hated. Mr Lang wortljy. ' " (To be Cqntinne4_TQ;^i.Qrro\v.).

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Railway Time Tabic _______ I^"EW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TIME TABLE. —On and after APRIL 1, 1887. AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA LINE. AUCKLAND """ . - _ To" Week Dats. Sats only. Sundays. Onehunga. , t ' . a. in. a.-i.ia.m. a.in.!no'np.m.|p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Auckland., dep. 7.15 .. 8.1010.1012 0 2.0 4.15 5.20 6.20 .. 10.0 1.10 11.40 9.0 2.30 Newmarket June 7.25 8.61 10.5011i.10 2.10 1.25 5.30 C.30 .. 10.10 1.20 U.oO RlO 2.40 Ramuera.. .. 7.30 .. 8.5010.5512.15 2.1514.30 5.35 6.35 .. 10.15 1.20 11.00 9.10 i.fc> Elier-lie ane " 738 " 9.6 1X.5 1?"._6 2.25| 4..0 i 5.45 6.45 7. 1025 £85 12.5 9.22 2.52 Penrose Junction 7.45 8.5G 9.11 ll.lojl_S.sJo 2.30 "1.45 5.50"6.52 7.3010.30 1.40 12.10 9.20 2.57 Onohungaa. am 7.55 9.5 9.2011.2012.40 2.40 4.65 6.0 7.0 7.40 10.40 1.50 12.20 9.35 3.7 j " : T. Sats ~ Onega to Auckl'd. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. O-ebunga ..dep. 7.5 8.20 9.30 10.0 12,18 1.0 4.25 5.10 6.30 7.15 IQ.OQ 2.0 10.0 5.3 C Penros^runc. 7. 7.15 {8.30 9.10 10.10 J12.20 lVlfl 111436 §5.80 5 0.45 ||7*.30 111' 0 g'.io 10.10 5.40 Ellerslie" !! 7.20 8.35 9.15 10.15 12.25 Llo 440 5.25 .. 7.3511. 5 2.15 10.15 6.40 -Smuera 116 '.'. 7.30 8-4. -55 10.21 12.35 £"25 'M S.'So 7, 7.4511.15 2.25 10.21 6.53 Newmarket Jun 7.35 8.49; 10.1 a10.30 12.40 1.3!) 5. 4 5.|0 .. 7.50 11.20 2.31 10.26 5.58 Auckland, arr. I 7.45 aSSI 10.10 10.391 12.5p| 1.40 5.13 5.00 .. 1 8.0 11.3QJ 2.40 10.3a 6.7 "Change for Onehunga. § Chang* for Otahuhn. j,.-..' j. { Change for Waikato Stations. a Change for Kaipara Branch Stations . Chance for Mercer, and In'^ormediate Stations k Change for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. MAIN LINK. AUCKLAND-MERCER-TE AWAMUTU-OTOROHANGA. South—Week Dats. I j j' I A I I l'-M." A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 6.20 AUCKLAND .. .. dep. 6.0 6.20 7.15 8.0 11.40 4.15 4.55 5.20 6.30 Newmarket Junction .. 6.10 6.35 7.25 8.10 11.55 4.25 5.7 5.30 6.30 Remuera.. .. :. .. 6.15 6.10 7.30 8.15 b 4.30 5.12 5.30 *_ 'Green Lane * * •• B * -I, .... _._5 Ellerslie . 622 6.48 7.38 8.23 B 4.40 5.25 5.45 7.00 Penrose Junction .. .. 6-28 7.0 §_.U 831 12.25 t4.19 5.50 -. , , f arr. 6.10 .. 8.10 .. .. -- 6.0 Otahuhu .. .. | dep .. 7ilo .. 8.11 12.40 4.59 Papatoitoi .. ...... * - •• 12.55 5.8 Manurewa * •• •• J-lO 5.22 Papakura 8.0 .. .. 130 5.37 *Hunua * •• •- * *„ Drury .. .. 8.15 .. 9.25 1.17 5,06 'Runciman * •••••' •• * * .. •• *Paerata . Pukekohe 8.57 .. 9.52 2.19 6.28 *Buckland .. .. .. .. * •• •-• *„ *„ Tuakau 9.21 .. .. 2.43 6.43 .. *_Vharigarata * •• •• * „„ _"-kcno' .. _. _. .. .. • 9.46 .. .. 8.3 7.0 *._,-,_- / arr. .. 10.0 ._ 10.35 3.15 7.10 Mercer .. .. dep 10i55 3 .J n 'Whangamarino •• ... * * *Wairangi •• •• •• ' *Rangiriri .. *. '.. .. .. .... -. *Ohiuewai •• •• •• — • • - Huntly .. •• 12.10 5.2a Taupiri 12.30 5.10 Ngaruawahia .. .. 12.48 6.10 "Pukele .... * *Teßapa •• • • •„ „,. — „ , \ T .. / arr 1-20 6.15 c I rankton Junction | dep cS 0 ... .. 1.30 d 6 55 "Rukuhia '.. * •• •• * _,* •• .. - Ohttupo 8.35 .. .. 2.0 7.30 'Lake Road » * .. -. , ._'- •• .. ~ Nsaroto .-. ••• ~ .. 8.55 .. ... 2.20 7.50 ~, . •'<' f\ arr. 9.0 .. .. 2.30 7.55 Te Awamutu .. J- dcp ~. .__ ? ;* ,i 0 'TePuhi .' * *Kawa .. ..... .. ... •• .... *KiokiO •• '___ •■ nn " *Otorohanga 1 •• ' r . , ? i " I North—Wkek DATS. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 'Otorohanga dep. .. - .. .. EB.IO *Kiokio .. ~ - - *Kawa •• "TePuhi ; •• •• - •• •• * ~ . / arr. ~ .. .. .. 9.0 _ Te Awamutu .. ._ | dop . _ .. .. .. 0-13 - __ 3 q Ngaroto — *•'"*, " •• •• .. 3.5 *Lakeßoad .. •• •■ •• ■■_{~ ....... * Ohaupo •• 9ja •• ~ 3.25 *Rukuhia .. - .- ••* •• .... .. * .. .. * Frankton Junction .. j dcp ; a ~_ A ]) lo '_ s / - ,1.10 *Teßapa ~ ~ •• •• •• •• * ~ .. * *Puketo •• •• .... .. „ Ngaruawahia - •• - •• •• U-30 .. .. 4.43 Taupiri - •• •• U. 17 .. .. 4.58 IlunUy .. .. _. - •• .. 12.25 .. ..' 5.20 ,-Oljine'wal ~ •• ' •Rangii'm •• •• ... "Wairangi -• .. .. * .. .. * * Whang-mar iho ..... .. *_ .. .. * Mercer .. .. ~ {|g j " C V 2O _{; m $ — " |S Pokeno .. -• - •• 6.31 11.43 2.16 .. .. 7.0 'Whangarata ........... ►. " Tuakau .. .. - .. CSO 12.8 2.42 .. .. * 'Buckland * * * * Pukekohe 7.10 12.31 3.3 .. .. 7.37 "Poerata - •• * .. .. * -Runciman ..— _.. * * * .... * Drury ~ •• •• •• 7.17 1.10 3.37 .. .. 8.10 *Huuua .. .. — •• .... * Papakura 8.1 1.26 3.47 .. .. 8.18 Manurewa .. .. '"•'. .. ~ _ 8.16 1.42 4.2 .. .. * Papatoitoi •• » - S-30 2.0 4.15 , .. * Otahuhu .. 0.50 8.18 8.11 2.10 4.23 6.20 7.15 * Penrose Junotion .. .. .. 117.15 tliS.3o t8.51 12.30 ti.36 t6.30 17.30 9.0 Ellerslie .. 7.20 8.35 8.58 2.35 6.35 7.35 * *Grecn'Lano * ? ■ • * •*'. * Roinuora .. .. 7.30 8.44 9.7 2.45 6.45 7.45 * Newmarket June. 7.35 8.49 9.19 2.55 J5.4 6.51 7.50 9.20 Auckland arr. 7.45 8.53 9.28 3.5 5.13 7.0 S.O 9.30 I Chango for Onehunga. B Chango for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. 1 Change for Kaipara Branch Stations. § Change for Otahuhu. A. Passengers are not booked by this train to Stations between Auckland- Onehunga. n. Only stops to pick uoPasseagors for South of Penrose Junction. " " c. Buns on Mondays, Wednesdays. Fridays, and Saturdays only. D. Runs 011 Mondays and Wednesdays only. E, Runs from Otorohanga on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. Thc9.ls a.m. train from Te Awamutu runs daily. j..' Frankton Junction for Cambridge, Te Aroha and Rotorua Lines. Cambridge—Te Aroha and Rotorua Lines. . South.—Week Days, North.- Week Days. a. si. a. ir. x_ _,_ m p jc Auckland, dep. .. 80U 40 Lichfield, dep. .. .. .. ..6125' _ __—____ r . *Putaruru Junction .. .... * ..P.M. p.m. . *Taumangi .... * Frankton Jun., dep 1 30c7 0 Oxford, dcp. .. ' "12 fin Hamilton West „ ..138 710 *Okoroire .. 7. )'\ --.'." "J ™ East.. .. : .. * * . *M{injawhara .. .. " * Iluakura Jun., arr. .;. .. .. .. 152 722 Matamata .. ~ ['. 7. 13) . ■ *Waharoa .. " " " * Cambridge Br.— ! " " * Ruakura Jun., dep 2 0-7 30 *Kiwitahi.. * *Mongaoniii .. .. .. .., ~ * * Moninsville, arr. '.. " "2 35 "Tainaherc * * . ' __..__ *Fencourt .. ~ * * Te Aroha Br.— *Hautapu... .. ..' * * Te Aroha, dep. „ "8 20 Cambridge, arr. 2408 10 *Waihou .. "" " * *" —, __ •__. nVaitoa .. A " " * " Ruakura Jun., dep .. 2 0&7 30 *TatuaoHaua "* " * " "Eureka * * *Muvi-ay'B "- " * *Motumaoho * * Morrinaville, ayr " "95 *■" Morrmsville, arr. 2408 10 1! ______Z_ —-r- —j r— — Morrinsville, dep. 9 10 62 50 Te Aroha Br.- - •Motumaoho •> «o-w Morrmsville, dep. .. .. .. a255 815 *Eureka .. ' " " *. * SToHaua 7. V. 7 7. 7. ? * I^^Jnn.. arr. " 7. 9503 30 "Waitoa _. .. * ♦ Cambridge Br.—. nVaihou .. .. .. .. .. .. * *• Cambridge, dcp. .. [ 9 15d250 Te Aroha, arr. ~ .. 340S 55 *Hautap_.. ... --^j DaiSr —. —• — ;— *Fencou_t .. " » * Mornnsyille, dep „ ..62j50 ... *Tamahore "" "' * * .. .. _ .. .. * .. 'Mongaonui . .[ " * *. ' *W-h_?oa" ii ii - ;; ;; i - R^^aJun,arr. .. ..9 55 330 Matamata '.! .'.'. '.'. .'. 7.3 55 7. Ruakura Jun., dep. .." 10 6c3 40 *Mangawhara 4 .. * .... 'Hamilton East iU *ua,t° "Okoroire.. if - ... ;» .. Hamilton West.. " "1020 355 *Tanmangi" •■ 430 .. Frankton Jun., arr. ..10 25 4 0 s_t^g p-: : ;" :: •;" fl » ;" Auck^ai_. •.. .. 5 i3[?i.. I 1 * Flag -tation. I a Runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only. 6 Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and ? Fridays.only c Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only d Runs on Wed- ' ne^days and Saturdays only. Tho others run daily. ujuoya oniy. a-sunsonv. eu |i A Runs on first Sundays in each month only. ' '- " '- ■■ ! KAIPARA BRANCH.—Auckland—Henderson—Helensville. Auckland to Helensyille.^Week Days. 1 flgLgrsyiixg to Auckland—Week Days, i Au^land dep. *$ Sfi || ] & Helensvllle .. dep.l It IS« * t *&-lan^ " •• * * * * *Paeroa g '7 " » » « " -mS^V ■" ." ■ ! * * "Woodhiil ; "• • • «:■■■*: A^-l f lbert ~ * * *Reweti. * * * 4.5?._L 6 " - 7IW'7W&, 5-20 * *Waimauku .** *" * * * 7. i\d. I I si ffiSR -: : -^H 6-2 v »S- a:: - 8 -_ -^.5 m 5 •• gfl :: 7.35 L » 5..0 :: *fcu uku" - •: 1 •• s&ffi?.:: :: 8.27 <_» 6.10 * , *Wo£_h__ " *' • *' *' " *^ oun>Albert .. ** 'P^roa " " * * * "- *^P rn'n6side.. .. *- *(.i_,TQ Ai ~ •** * Z •■ Kingslaud « * * * Wensf-lle South" * *■ I " Mount'Kd'en". 7. 8.47 2.55 6.21 5.13 -^iga^i 9 ,0,| a 7.301 j as_«*?"B, all a g «r All Timetables issued prior to this date are now cancelled. bUUlons- J. P- MAXWEIJi. «eneral Manager.



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