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t On fa@t SaRday sEsnipE ths Assisaa
church in Sc. PapI street., fret dissriss
was kilsd 20 ovsSa0wisg with eoIoFet
felix's, whe had eoag gatsd there 70 wiz.
meas . marriage aareanOuy, whsah has
been announced pssgl loasiys IN aue tfma
sha bridal party arrived in = carriage
and tbs bride. dressed np il white mas.
lin and white ssIin slippers, sprang oai
unon khe payonank ana walked np shs
aisle. leaning upon she aFm Oe 81 elaaE.
| Iy eoiored sagsmman.n The bridegroom,
| ID bfoadelgsk, white kid gDogea, and pat
ens leasher boots, stepped up 70 the Il
tar With Taahsz ecnfsssd ipok, ssem-
| ing, a. be glanced uvsT she egowds ~ u
be was fearful Of seeing psrsons pressni
| whom be did NOS wish invited % tha
ceremony. AZ last sals old black pAssos
adissted has spesaAclaa NTH ths aiF 0s
an axseui onsr, and than lOoksd 81 aee
that the couple and those Ia waiting
we're properly arranged, end eQsasnana-
id. Tias sxhgEasi0 0S On a 1ek na
naarfrueny was Ezaaansss and was lis
tened 10 with marksd steeuaien By all
except the bFideggoon. who sssasd
somewhat nsrTousiy Inclined, and look
I'd a. il be wished the affair was over.
AT last thB old black patTiaEeA eoAa-
menesd the ceremony Of aaiting thems
and, as matter Of FORM. nothing slsa,
said in 3 clear voics which could be dis
tinetIys hsara al over the buiiding-
50 And if d&x Is ANY aiggegs what objaeE
60 shis marriage, Let daan SPEAK out
now, or forever moor hold dere peace, !"
There was q moment Of breathlsss ~
lenae, the bride turned half round bold
", while the bridsgvooIn switeksd shs
muscles OF bis Enea Heggeusly u ana leokS
ed toward the cagpet Of the ehancea- ----
The naxt moment che still then orderly
eongyegaaion wms In sommosion. a
noise @aa unaas nsax the door. Sons
sxslama&isns aS anger, IN woEnsn's
voice, we're plainly diSeeynahls above
the bus or che folks IN church and then
fairly swsesibg alsng the aisie, with 9
b@by IN bar srEnss cams liksly negro
wouaan, fAarly fsaming eger with excite
mene. Reaching tha railing og tha ohsn-
eel, aad holding her baby high up in
her arrns. she exclaimed, in Q voice that
frightened ths wouid-bs bride almoss
into mysteries, and eaRsea1 the bride"
gxoom'a kuees 50 quake ~ object 10
dis ere marriage, Mister Preacher dat
AZ man am my husbun sfore God !"--
The whole eolorsd congregation, the
majority of whom we're women, here
rose to their feet, snd the bridegroom
seeing that q storm wac brewing, made
bold stroke TO save himself. sfWhar's
do puff wharps de puff ?'' be exeiaim-
ed, fearing to look At the woman and
turning around sppealingiy TO the ex"
cited audience. ...s .ss--
The woman held mp 3 small bundles
which osciIlated #omewhss at The soPs
In her excited handling Of it, aud the
crowd we're satisfied. The bird egroom
dared net look back, bat hs jadged from
the eountenances Of the congregation
what the woman vas doing, and seeing
that The game was ap ia that quarter,
grabbed hold Of his bride and half bora
her down the aisle towards the door
The babel that followed cannot be de-
seribed, and some of she excited old wo"
men worked themselves into such 8 fren-
Ey that they caught up their '0ld mems
stcks and pureust the fonpLa Z 70 The HaS-
Fiage door With evil intent. fortunate
~ for the bridal parsys the Jehu OF the
vehicle into which they sprRng, lashsd
his horses and dashed away jusg in time
| 20 save their bacon. After getting ciey-
erIy ont of danger, council Of war WA
| held in the carriage, end the occupants
deciding thas they had been much ag'
! grievod, concluded that they wauia III
another preacher mp t9wn, who, VIC
learned, tied the knot and gent thsz
forth rejoicing. - ... .....
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