Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-12-29

From the Chicago Post.
now A WEDDING WAS SPOILED.
Scene In Church How q Matrimonial In.
vcstment was Nipped In the Bud.
We were Yesterday informed of nice
little bit Of family history of very in
teresting character, and it is so good of
its kind that it would be improper to
keep it from our readers. 1t is dated
back some little time ago, but age has
not spoiled it.
In a fashionable quarter Of the city
lives certain Mr.. Il, q man of
wealth and position, and Of some prom
inence., Mr.. His " paricnt;' he
has an offspring, in the shape of
daughter, who is, or rather was, a rather
expensive ornament in his household.
She is pretty, however, and he Is rich,
and with all the pride of a fond father
he willingly humored all demands made
upon him by the sweet girl. Nothing
was too good for her; whatever she
wished for was hers--that is, if money
could purchase it. Now this young
lady, like many others, fell in love. In
that she sinned not; but, from the fact
that the object OF her young affection
was much beneath her in ~ worldly
point of view, her father thought that
she snned grievously. He had deter
mined that the man who would become
her husband should have a position in
the world, backed up by plenty ofgrcen-
backs. No poor, poverty stricken wretch
however good or noble he might be,
could ever hope to win her fathers con-
sent. He was willing to please his
daughter in every respect but this, and
so firm was he on this point, that when
appealed to by his daughter, he told
her sternly that sle must forget the
youth whom she professed to love, as it
was utterly impossible that she could
ever marry him. ErssrUsties were in
vain. She could not move him. The
young man, whose crime was poverty,
was ordered from the house, aud on be-
ing seen aroupd there q few days later,
one of the men servants helped him into
the street Mt the request of Mr.. III. The
hint was strong one, and the young
man of poverty took it. lie didn't re-
turn. Miss A.rabella felt sorry for him,
she pitied him, she mourned for him,
and she loved him more deeply than
ever. She was closely watched and
could never get q glimpse of him, yet
her fond heart soon found means of cor
responding with him. Letters passed
between them frequently, and, of course,
. the stern parent knew nothing Of il.
Things went on In this way for sever
al days, during which time Mr.. H
introduced to his daughter young
gentleman from the east named B..
He was wealthy and good-looking, and
Arabelia was at once given to under
stand that If she would please her faith
er, she must receive Mr.. B. favora-
bly,. Being an obedient girl she did so,
sl,ttt
well, she pretended to do SO. Mr. B. y
suit prospered favorably, in his opinion,
and in course of time proposed and was
accepted. The wedding day was decid-
ed upon, and everything went on fa-
vorably. Happy at the prospect of hav-
ing his daughter settled TO his liking,
Mr.. H spared no expense in prepnr-
ing for the great event. Being his only
child, he was determined that she should
have wedding that would not disgrace
princess. Every thing that money
could buy was procured, and millincrs,
dressmakers, jewelers. and confectioners
were busy preparing for the great event
At last the happy day arrived, and
arrayed in costly robes aud sparkling
I with jewels, the bride, accompanied by
her friends, drove To the church. She
/ did not appear happy, and acted like
/ one kept in suspense. The bridegroom
twas joyous and counted himself the
/ happiest man on earth. Alas, how
mistaken he was.
| Arriving ut the church, the party
were about entering, when Il strange
young man stepped forward and hasti-
ly thrusting a package into the hand of
the bridegroom, disappeared rs quickly
as possible. Wondering what such an
unusual occurrence could mean, Mr.. b.
looked at the package and saw written
thereon the words, Open this immedi-
deDrnds upon it," More astonished
than ever he, excused himself for a mo-
meut and opened the package. One
look satisfied him. He found num-
ber OF letters in the hand writing of his
biushing bride and addressed to u per-
son of whom he had never heard. A
glance over one or two Of them showed
that they contained avowals Of love for
the person to whom they were address
ed, couched i'm language of the most pas
sionate kind. After assuring himself
that he was not mistaken, Mr.. b., put
ting on a very indignant air, advanced
to his bride, and handing her one of
the letters asked her if she was the au-
thor Of it, She quietly replied that
she was. And have your feelings un-
uSlEbIt any tildDBG, Ib dshGH, SlIict
YOU wrote that letter? ?' " cannot say,
sir, that they have" she replied, main
tanning her cOmposure most completely
during the singular aud trying scene
That answer was enough for Mr.. B.
Without questioning her farther, he
turned around to Mr.. H., and handing
him the package Of letters he said:
" Mr.. H., allow me to thank you for
your kindness to me. There Is your
daughter; | cannot for a momeGtthink
of depriving you of such treasurc.--
These letters speak for themselves ~
And bidding the astonishcd groupe
"good morning. he left the church. -
Then there WAS q scene. The old gem
tleman went outside the church and
swore--rumor says he did so inside but
we cannot believe it. The bridesmaids
screamed and tainted, the old ladies sat
down and famed Themselves. The
gentlemen ran to the assistance of the
prettiest girls, while the bride, as i'm du-
ty bound, got up a very nice little swoon
and became insensible in the most com
Portable manner possible. The whole
party revived i'm due time, and started
for home. The wedding OF course was
spoiled, and SO was the dinner. The
old gentleman was wild, and raved and
sWore like madman. He would not
see his daughter at first, but artera time
he sent for her, when she at once con-
fessed TO having corresponded with the
man Of poverty, because she loved him,
and would never become the wife of any
one else. In order to smother up the
scandal the old gentleman consented to
an immediate marriage, and the happy
couple were united in private without a
moments delay. They are now away
on their wedding trip.
The best OF the story is that the hand
ing of the letters to Mr.. B. at the church
was trick concocted by Arabella and
the young man of poverty, for the spe-
cial purpose Of producing the result 1t
did. It's a pretty hard matter to get
ahead of a couple like that, and so old
Mr.. II. thinks.
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I'Ir, bet a sheen ~ said old NaraJitb