Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-05-23
A B0IsTEROUs HONEYMOON
The Foolish Bridegroom.
A story In One Chapter.

The following little Incident was related to
us the other day by gentleman who stated
hat he was personally cagnizant OF tile facts:
Some weeks since, q sturdy yoang f1ri!ies
| from the neighbofhood of H., sto.e a fair
damsel by ladder, not of ropes, but of
| pine, from the.domiciic Of her loving but rc:
cnsant paren's, and started for the State
capital to be united in the bonds CT holy
wedlock. The twain were accompanied by
a sympatllising sister, who wore upon her
immaculate bosom the sere and yellow
leaf" of forty autumns, but whose intense
prudery had compelled her to shun the par
entail roof and take up her abode as a domestic
in an adjacent village. Tie sturdy agtiGold
and his dulcinea were duly married, aid Witlt
their sisterly attendant repaired to a certain
hotel to pass the night. The people at tho
hostelry where this happy bridal party
stopped. wondered at the singular manner in
which they conducted themselves. The hus-
band would take his newly made sister-in
law into a retreating corner of the sitting
room, and with more than histrionfc edfnest-
ness OF gestieulation argue with her for Sew
eral minutes successfully. Upon this the au-
tumnal maiden would cxcitedly remonstratc,
and using certain pedal movement, vulgar
ly Yclept ''putting the foot down." exelailit
with all the emphasis 0i purtubated hero-
inc, - shall.' Then the husband would take
his blushing bride into another corner, bit
no sooner had they ''met and kissed than
the haIcyon moments would be interrupted
by the interps sition OF tile excited maiden oil
forty autumns; 94i5ihtsis-R sss w Hofs
About 10 o'clock the people of the hotel
began to understand what was the real Issue
in tlie case. III ere was "rumpus'' IN the
bridal chamber. FEMININE shrieks and mas.
culine oaths interningling without number,
startled the hotel people, and they MI rushed
to the apartment in which lay tile cpithal-
Imiam. 9a1 fA a3iE1s}2 tssi fssetl es3}
The maiden of forty autumns was pressing
learward against the door witllal the force
OF a battering ram, and the bridegroom, now
EN- dishabitle, was preventing her entrance
with all his might. y1at3 IA oHea a..uVib
3 Occasionally she would so far effect an en-
trance as TO witness the burly form of her
brother i'll law in his gentleman Greek Slave
apparel. a7i hia A
/ ltaprears the maiden of forty autumns was
determined to occupy the same bed as the
new-narrfed pair, and that her sister favored
the arrangement, and that her lord and mas
ter had acqulesced in it before the Wedding
took place, though now Indignantly repudia-
ting the contract.
wont you leave, now, Mollic?. says the
bridegroom, soto voce. -,
NO. says the irate sister in law, aTll be
darned If I.Will."
Don't come down peg" echoed the an
gel in the bridal chamber. Wy
ssHold mp now, Jennie.' said the bewilder-
ed young rustic to his amiahle spouse s'for
Gods sake. don't go kicking up in this way.
now DON'T
'.Pll kick up as much as want to- ths
darling acridly replied. t.3'l i'"o5'"
"Well.'' shouted the now despairing and
desperate man, putting on his wedding rai-
ment and boldly advancing into the crowd.
'.jest you two critters put OH your whole gar
nients, make bee line for hcme and bring
back here the old man and woman. your old
aunts and their nieces and ri be danlIedif
don't marry the whole caboodle Of 'en and
we'll sleep together :. .'a.4 .-8' ~
1t is ne edless to say that the whole difficult
y was settled soon after, and the autumnal
,irgih was content to retire to separate
.oonl, whereinato dream dreams of conjugaE
ellcity: a4i !@aa attaaa eAaaael
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