Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-11-04
4 Wedding Night Shirt.

a Wedding Night Shirt.
1t wasn't hardly the fair thing that the
boys did to Joe Thomson the night he
was married, but the temptation was ir.
resistible. They could not have helped it
to save their lives. I'll tell you how it
was.
Joe was about the most fancy dressed
buck in town-over-nice and particular
Il perfect Miss Nancy in manners,-al.
ways putting on airs, and more dainty
: aud modest than girl. Well, when his
wedding day came he was dressed, trunk
empty. and bis pants, especially, fitted
him as candle-moulds, and his legs can.
dies run in,n them. Tight was no name
for them. Their sci. WAS i,l,meas..,5 and
h. WAS broader ;hanVi half i ,l..zen pea
c,cks.
Aren't they-nicc, boys2" he askedtof
the two bcys who were to be groomsmen,
and see that he threw himself away after
the most approved manner.
Stunning !"s Gorgeous = replied Tom
Bennett. : Never saw anything equal to
them. Bnt.% say, Joe, aren't they the
least hit too tight? It strikes me thai,
you viii h,ressome difficulty in bending,
won't you 7"
P,h.x, ~; ,hcy are as easy as an
Old glDv.. See!
III prove i,y. nhsstes. H. bent down 81
as TO t"nel,- his patent feathers, when.
crack. crack followed like twin reports
OF Il. reyelvcr. 49, f-
'-Tinindcr!s exclaimed Joe as he put
his hand behind and found rent in The
cashmere from stern to stern. a'rhun.
der, the paats hsve burst and what shall
l do |"
II should rather think they had" ans.
wsred Tom getting prrple in the face, as
Ire erfdea@nred-to control his laughter ;
"but thete is no time, to get another pair.
|. only wants half anvhoar to the stand
ing up tin,e,r and we have got q mile tn
go-catrisge waiting. too"
"What shalt ! do, oh what shall do?''
81 tell you. what, if mine would fit you,
you shalts have them Aahd welcome, hut
they are about a mile too big; they would
set like shirt on bean pole. Fsee nj
way but to have them mend.d."
: Who cen ! get to do it, Tom 2" 80
"Weil am something of |. tailor. and
can fix them SO they won't show. Hold
on = Minute, and I'll get y needle and
thread"
Can you9 May heaven bless you!,
"Off with your. coat" commanded
Tom, as he CAME back.
"No@ lay yourself over on the bed
and I'll fix you in short order"
Tho command was obeyed; thcspants
mended; the coat tails carefully pinned
over, so as to conceal the " distress for
rent" ana all went merry as the marriage
bell, until joe followed the bride to the
nuptial couch. .
There was only dim light in the
room, but it en,bled Jos, al h, glanced
bl.htalIy aroanI T., see tn, sweetest face
in the world, the rosy checks and bright
lips;. the lovely and loving blue eyes.
and the, golden curls just .peeping from
out snowy sheets, and he sextinguishcd
it altogether and -hastened to disrobc him.
self OF came coat, vest. fancy hectic
and cellar, boots and socks in a hurry.
but somehow the pants stuck. The more
he tried the more they wouldn't come,
and he tngged vainly for half IN hour.
Thnnlcr!'' muttered Joe.
"What's the matter dear 2" came in
the sotiest accents fron the bed where
somebody was wondering if he was ever
coming; and forgetting his accnstomned
ba>hfulncss, he biurted ont:
Mil, lha: cursed Tom Bennett has
se~cd my pm'S. drawers. shirt and under
shirt all togchcr!'
Il; is tno bad! Wait moment my
dear"
a little stockingless foot peeped out
first, then ruffled night dress, the lamp
was lighted, a pair Of scissors found, Joe
released, and although he deuies>it, Tom
Bennett saea-s thu, his wedding sllirrt,wa:
of ths,sh.,racs.a poSsibiesextent, reasoning
q postefio1.t