Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-06-09

BILE, and l grew hot oil over. II the
old man, her father,a queer oldc0dger.
had taken il into his head that Bassy
was too good for me-and, Indeed, /
don't deny she was--I was done for.
But then that couldn't be. The min
lister be turned red, and, the! people
who had come to see were Id Q state
OF restlessnees, you may be sure.
For what reason do you forbid the
banns? p asked he of the white gown.
All of this passed much quicker than
1 can write it. 9
"sBecause she Is already my icifer
sSays !, sThat's lie = and her father
repeated it with IN amendment which
was not exactly appropriate to the
place-and In moment there was Q
pretty how dye do. I had made my
way to the back of the church, and II
had laid hands ON that fellow he'd
never seen the outside of his skin
again. I'd have torn him in pieces.
But there was crowd some pointed
out one and some another; and one
man grAvely told me the villain had
gone home to get the proofs. Then
Bessy, frightened out Of her wits on
missing me, screamed and tainted
away, and OF course the minister
couldn't have gone on anyhow. Bes-
sy's mother began scolding me, and
Bessy's father ripped round there all
but swearing in the very face of the
parson, till / surely thought the last
day had come, and we had all gone
crazy together. So we had to 70 back,
everybody mad, Bessy in Mysteries,
and the old folks storming at her, ct
me and each other. Upon my word,
Tom, you'd have pitied me or any
other man, for what was to do2 A
slur had been cast upon Bessy, poor,
innocent child, and even ], who had
been her lover less than six months,
didn't know what to think of the state-
ment SO boldly made before al Israel
aWei,, Of course IL got Into the pa
pers, and all manner OF comments
were mGde, which nearly drove NE
distracted. What to do we didn't
know. Bessy's aunt, regular old
Tabby, declared it was the worst Of
bad luck, to have q marriage put on,
and abused me like pfckpocket. Tho
wedding breakfast stayed for two days
untasted, while Bessy's father and my
self went tearing round the city to
find the man who hsd set oil this
trouble going; it was like hunting for
q needle In a heystack.
meantime poor little Bessy was
sick with low, nervous fever. I went
there every day to inquire about her
and musc upon the uncertainty of mum
dane affairs generally, when one morn
ing the door was opened before / had
reached tho top step, and q big red
hand pulled me inside, and the whole
household began an Indian dance, in
Guiding everything but scalps and the
war-whoop.
",Bulger, my glorious fellow, we're
all rightv shouted the old gentleman,
giving mo such slap between the
shoulders that lost my breath.
Ny dear boy, our sorrows are at
an end sniffled the almost mother-in-
law.
- hope it won't be put OF again,
for then we should have Q funeral,
remarked the TAbby aunt, looking at
me from under her spectacles with her
usual severity Of expression.
"Whati you havn't found, cried
1, utterly unable to finish from sheer
bewildermsnt. us
".Yes, we've found him. said tho
paternal. ~
".The poor, miserable wretch 7 ejacu-
lated the maternal.
atOught to be roasted alivsv NUT
tered TAbby, glaring at me.
$40, cried 8 weak voice at the head
of the stairs, come up hero.'
"You may guess how those stairs
disappeared from under my feet. Poor
Bessy. pale little thing, fell into my
arsn6 without any iuss, and cried
and cried--ands cried. Then, after al
this oommotion Was overland It
didn't kill me-my beamiDg father In.
law that should have bean q that time,
handed me . paper with The brief re-
mark. Read And this h what l
read: s
ga lunatic from g., in the county
of NJ, shas been at large for Z
month, but was laat night tracked to
his hiding place In this city, and taken
back to the asylum. 1t seams, from
tho accounts We can gather, that he
has been leading an eventful life since
his escape, having personated. success
fully, . member Of Congress. the Gov
ernor Of . State, and bank president
He 10 evidently . geniue, and 10 highly
delighted with his tour. One exploit
of which he boasts-for singularly
enough, he remembers his pranks-
was that Of spelling wedding. The
circumstance will be remembered, and
we are most happy to make matterI
smooth again for our esteemed fellow
citizens, j. B. and G. II, also
the charming bride, whose maidez
meditstions were SO ruthlsssly and
painfully broken In upon. We con
graduate them o. heartily % II thu
wedding were consummAted, and wher
| It is. may we be there to see.'
swell, you'd better believe It wasn'
long before that wedding came oil, bn
we didn't risk IL In q church again
And we might have admitted the tn
| ditional five hundred friends for VI
had become celebrities; but Bess,
wanted q quiet wedding, Averring .
q reason that among Ave hundred peo
| pie there must Of necessity - one o
more lunatics. liss spicer Vas gra
cious, and stood up with " aeai1, bs
John Charles had taken his dDpaxtur
to realms unknOwn, 30 NJ had % pu
| up with an ordinary man. The wed
| ding came or this time without an Il
terruption; and don't fall TO- look !
upon Nh Tom, and wiah ne JOY"
/ A Minnesota editor announces th'
the agricultural depsrtment ofhis pa
4 per will be conducted BY superant
ated Granger from lows, whose III
has been spent trying TO graft d
manglo wurtzsl on the burr OAK. I'll