The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-12-24
A WEDDING NIGHT.

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upon the battlefield. and who has
courage to carry him through the
must desperate undertaking and most
dreadful peril. will shrink and culver
at the bid glance Of . womans eye.
like an aspen breathed upon BY the
wiad. II is. perhaps. not - much .
sense Of his own unworthiness. as the
exalted estimate he has If women.
Modesty. indeed. has always been
considered = popularity Of noble
natures. and diffidence 4 character
istic Of tender hearted people. The
modest man may frequently overcome
his scrupIes. but the difiident man
never will. There is very observable
distinction in the terms. The sensi-
tive shrinking apparent in 80 many
natures, which is often called modesty,
Is. really. bashfulness-a diffidence
which M efF;rt of the mind can sub
due. 4 noticeable example of thi.
popularity is related TO have occurred
at wedding in this state not great
while since. The bride was a pretty,
petite brunette. with great laughing
black ewes and cheeks like roses. The
groom was a nice young fellow. and.
BY the way. very sensible person in
all but his extreme difiidence, and re-
markable bashfulness in female
society. How he ever courted girl
with the snap and jolIity Of his bride.
is q mystery. But he did court her.
and what is more. he won her love.
Perhaps he had moved himself To the
task BY a long course Of preparation,
or perhaps it came naturally. There
is really no very great difficulty in
courting a pretty girl. If one only
makes up his mind to do it. Be that
y. it may. the wedding day came. and
with it host of smiling guests. The
union Of the young pepPle was. in all
respects. q suitable match, aud friends
and relatives were happy in the
thought that their young lives would
exemplifv the happy unity IF the
ivy and the oak. His sturdy strength
and her loving grace would blend into
1.-TWO souls with but single thought,
two hearts that beat as one" 81
there was merry making and congrat-
ulatiOns. But As the evening waxed
apace. the bridegroom. who should
have been the merriest os that happy
throng. began To show evident signs
IF disorder. He would start suddenly
and flush Violently il any one. bv
chance, approached and showed, in
many respects, the unn,istakable
symptoms of u mind distraught
These become more Noticeable rs the
hour for retiring drew near; and
when his best man came To him after
awhile. and tapping him on the
shoulder. in a business sort Of wav.
said, "Come. Charley. old fellow. Ill
show YOU to your rocm-your bride
is tucked away as snug a. bug in a
rug one would haye thought he was
stricken with violent attack Of the
ague. His teeth chartered. and his
knees knocked together in uncon,rol!-
able terror. why. whats the
matter. old MANI" inquired his SYM
pathetic friend. You haven't got
the shakes, have your"
"Well. not exactly the shakes. Jim
I-but-I'm not sleepy bit. always
set up very late at home. and Charley
looked up at his stalwart friend ap
pealingly. his lips quivering and his
face the color Of whey. IS s-shaw !!
Jim. it amt time to 60 to bed yet"
"Old man." said his monitor. "this
sort of thing won't do. Your brides
in bed, AMI you must 60 and keep her
company"
Jim, isis she undressed ?"
"Why, confound you, how do you
suppose l know. I'm not her maid |;
but suppose she l.. | never heard
Of a young lady sleeping with her
clothes OH. Come along and find out
for yourself. can't wait here pal.
avering with yen all night"
"Never mind me Jim. Won just go
along Iii take a turn or two before
retiring. These beautiful autumn
nights are really So soft and halmy that
really l think I'll enjoy the moon
light.
See here, Charley" and Jin,'s
nervous hands took firm hold on the
collar # his friends coat. Il believe
in my soul you are the biggest calf !
ever heard Of IN my life. Here you
are married to one 9th pretiiest girls
in the country-a perfect angel in
fact and no doubt waiting for you as
impatiently as l am to get y-u there |:
and you all the while like confounded
BOBBY are making all sorts Of excuses
tn keep away from her. Upon nv
soul I've the biggest notion in the
world to pick you up. body and
breeches. and pitch you out Of the
door"
but you see. Jim, I never va.
married before in my life"
"What has that to d. with it,"
swell. you see. a man sorter gets
use to it after awhile. Jim, what
must I do :"
."What must you do!" and Jim
looked at him as IL he thought his
friend had been suddenly bereft Of his
sensea.
"You see. Jim. l feel very curious. /"
81 should think 90"
"Charlev. this thing has gone on
long enough. I'm going to pot you
in that room. You can then do what
YOU please" and with that he gave his
friend forward move which propelled
him up the stairs three steps at q
jump. Reaching the DIOR, he lifted
the latch and with another propulsion.
sent him sprawling into the middle of
the Aoor. Rising quickly. Charley
howed hastily and profoundly to q
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