Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-09
A Singular Scene at a New Orleans
Wedding.

wedding was celebrated in the Fourth
District. The bride was pretty, as all
newly married ladies are, and the groom
was the glass of fashion and the mould
of form. A number of invited guests
lent grace and beauty to the occasion,
and hearty congratulations testified the
good wishes Of many friends for the hap
piness of the newly welded pair But
the hours .waned rapidly, and the time
Cor retiring came at last. The bride was
led by laughing bridesmaids up to her
chamber door. But imagine their sur
prise when it was opened by a lady richly
and elegantly clad in travelling suit
and evidently waiting for an interview.
81 beg pardon, madam but you ap-
pear astonished,"' said the strange lady.
must confess l did not expect to
see any one here" replied the bride.
No madam; / came in very pri-
vately, and wished an interview, subject
to no interruption.
1t did not occur to the bride to in
quire by whom she had been introduced,
or by what means she had gained access
to her apartment.
1t is very strange, ma'am, and l
can't imagine why you wish to speak to
mel
"The reason is simple. The man
you have just married has imposed up
on you. am his wife,
"Oh! impossible-you rave" and
the lady sank into chair almost faint
ing. Of course, the bridesmaids scream
ed. Such succession of shrieks one
has rarely heard. 1t speedily brought
the family to the door with terror strick
en- faces, and with them the bridegroom,
all asking with trembling lips
"What in the world is the matter ?"
"Ohl Edward" cried the bride, " this
person says she's your wife,"
"My Wife !" shouted the astonished
husband "why, she is insane"
The strange lady stood up calm and
unrufied.
{" Is it possible, sir, that having per-
petrated this great wickedness, you will
have the hardihood to deny that | am
your lawfully welded wife?' she asked,
looking the sorely troubled Edward full
in the eye.
"Why, confound you, woman | nev-
er saw you before in my life = exclaim-
ed the astonished man.
The lady regarded him very much as
administer would a person given over to
total depravity.
'Oh! Edward, I'm afraid it's true
and I loved you so p sobbed the young
wife; how could you have treated me
SOP"
"I tell you havn't got any wife but
you: this woman is an imposter."
The strange lady uttered low, mock
ing laugh. The scene was getting inter
ectlHg W llt last uCSiOOs IhO iuoioo
were all crying, and the father of the
bride looking stern and indignant. He
had been for sometime intently regard
ing the strange lady, when suddenly his
eye lighted up, and an amused smile
( played on his lips. He took step for.
ward, and laying his hand on the shoul-
/ der of the stranger, said
/ "Come, John, this is very cleverly
| played, but it's time it was over," and
following the impulse of his arm the
stranger was pushed into the hall.
"John-who-what?" all exclaimed
at once.
1t was the brides younger brother; q
wicked boy, who had played naughty
prank, with the aid of his sisters travel
ing suit and her cast off chignon and
curls.
4 1t is scarcely necessary to remark thai
harmony was very speedily restored
I N. O. Picay,tne.