The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-30
A Kansas Episode.

Mr.. Thomas Hancock, coming back
from his eastern tour to his Kansas
home, at Grape Creek, was pleased. to
find a large crowd of his old friends and
neighbors awaiting him at the station.
As the train pulled up, the village band
burst into (" the wedding march," and
did it serious damages The base.drum-
mer thumped it badly fer a half. min
ute, and tossed it to the sax-horn, who
blew it perpendicularly into the air,
whence, on its return, 1t was caught by
the trombone, which, after rolling it
over and over in a ough-and-tumble
| fight, threw. it straight at the head of
the man with the French. horn, who
twisted its wretched neck and sent it
"bum," "bum,n against the hide
beater, who originally started it This
was solace and 8 delight to the; soul
of Mr.. Hancock, and his face beamed
with q smile as warm and genial as the
October sun. As he reached the plat
form of the car three cheers were given
for I" Hancock and lady, "whereat Han
cock looked queer, especially when
they crowded on: him, shaking hands
and asking "Where is sheP" "Why
don't you bring her soutP" " Amt
ashamed of her, are youP" He blushed
and began protesting, when suddenly q
beautiful woman seized his arm and
clung with her pretty gloved hand Sc
sweetly to him that he would have been
in paradise il there hadn't been SO many
looking on. Darling" she whispered,
" thought I had lost you," and Han.
cock, utterly nonplused, almost wished
she had. the meantime the crowd
began looking .queers and stopped
cheering and guffawed q little, all oi
which made it very embarrassing fol
MIR. Thomas Hancock. ~ -;. 80
He was too gallant a man to express
his growing dislike of the, situation
In fact it is hardly truthful to say he
did dislike it. At the same time he con
fessed to himself that he always had {
prejudice, in case he should be married
in favor of being at least party to it
and Of being invited to the wedding
Both of these preliminaries being want
doubted the right of the pretty woman
to cling to his arm, as she,was doing
The situation was greatly complicated
at this moment by another gentlemnI
who rushed excitedly up, tore away the
lady, and asked what she meant. by
such conduct-only fifteen minutes
after she was married, too: She looked
up, gave a little scream, and clung tc
the newcomer as tightly as she hao
clung to Mr.. Hancock. The latter
smiled, the crowd roared and cheered
the two gentlemen shook hands, and
the train went on with MIR. Richard
Hardin and his wife. And then Mr.
Hancock, after duly testifying at the
nearest beer-hall to the gratitude he
felt for the esteem of his fellow-citizens
demanded an explanation. After Sc
we're and patient examination he dis
covered that the reporter of the loca
paper had mixed those babies up"
He had announced the rumors of Mr.
Hancock's marriage during his eastern
tour, and being a popular man of Grape
Creek, his .neighbors had turned out tc
welcome him and his bride. Mr.
Richard Hardin, just married, was
about taking the train, and had left his
new wife in order to look after the bag
gage. In the natural confusion of so i'm.
portant an event, the bride had mistaken
Mr.. Hancock for her spouse. ThereasoE
of all of which was explained in the
next issue of the Grape Vine Telegraph
in the following words: "The mistake
which led the telegraph into announc.
4 ing Mr.. Hancock's marriage arose al
together out Of the remarkable likeness
between him and Mr.. Hardin-a re.
semblance that does not stop at mere
outward appearances alone, but de.
velops with wonderful accuracy in theil
genial natures. chicago Times.