, 1879-05-18

4 Young man who had long and dearly loved
beautiful girl on Warren avenue besou:hl Of her
recently to name the happy day. which she did with
such fond, reluctant aulorous delay that It would
hardly have been thought that she had made up her
mind what the :dae was to be mora than two
months before. 30 soon rs she saw that ha really
meant biz.. They accordingly waited upon tho
author OF her being, and. going down On their
knees, acquainted him with the lay Of the land,
and bcsought Of him his blessing. He was 4
practical and economical old man, with mind
fertile OF resource, and when the yonng man had
stam1nered that he loved her dearer than his nfe'
and had salary Of 81, 800, and that he hoped
the old man caught up his trusty Toledo{O.) walk
ing.stick aud, calling his prospective sou-iu law
q u1oon-eyed candidate Tor the Presidency; and
diddle- hinged unvindIcated nonometallIst, drove
him ont OF he house; then selZfng his daughter BY
her tiny shell-lac ear he awayed with her to
the deepest bedroom beneath the attic-Foof, and
locked her in there. What WIS the conaequcncef
That very night the youn: man came with 4 rope
laddez, an ample cloak, and double barre!ed
marriage license, and stole his bride away, anu
they were made one at West Side church. Tho
young wife then said to her husband. ''AfgerEon.
my father behaved towards ybu as mean as all get
out; still he WIS my mothers husband, and va
ought to have some Difference for him, so let rs 20
to him and tell him we are welded, md ask h1a
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comb bag that left on the bureau" " :'tWetl, I'll
20" said the young husband; ''tbut, mind you,
Matilda; IT, he lays hand on me save In the way
OF kindness. I'll Knock HIS two eyes into oae.*
suffered his previous indignit1es because be ,was
the hoary y-headed author OF your being, but now
he is only my bald headed old father-in-1aW. andI
won't stand it, il he is three times as old as I'm.
Accordingly they went home. and when theJ got
there, and were c1citedly feeling for the bel-pul'
the old man opened tho door and said. "'come IN,
come il, ,-how's the blushing bride, eh? Bless Jon'
my children. Now, by the time We have partaken
OF bottle Of champagne which ts in the ace-oo1
the hack will be here to convey you downtown. Of
to any railroad depot you may be pleased to indi.
cate'' They followed the old man into the parlor,
like people in dream. II was afraid once, ha
said cheerfuiiy,* ''when saw Matildn coming down
that ladder that the durn thing would break, -fot
she's full sixteen ounces to the pound, Matilda H..
and drive all MY new Fosebushes and tulps into
the ground. Why On earth didn't you, when you
we're compelled to Zee from my wrath, eope out Of
the front door. like Christiansf / left Aatida1
duugeou-ccu unlocked and left the front door
aas and Iwent to the foot Of the stairs and snoEed
ut the top Of my voice to give you every facil
fty." "Do you mean TO say, venerable and re-
spccsed sir, !" said his new made son-nlaw, Nth1t
Jou have and have had no objections to my paying
my addresses to your dauehter!" ''Never tho
least in the world" replied the old man. beam
ing blandly on them; ''you are. the aon:in-
law T should have picked out OF millions
IL had been permitted to choose. md even bad
not been satisfied OF your worth md sobfiety
could not have found II In my heart 10 refuse to DO
what Matil4a desired: me to do Then. Sir. !"
: exclaimed the young husband. thinking th7t per-
. taps be had married into q family having tha
hereditary taint OF insanity in the blood; then
sir what did you give me- the grand bounce for n
;; such an energetic and inconsistent mannet'"'
.'Because, my dear boy, said the good old mar
II saw that If did yon would instantaneouslL
take out License and elope with The g1rl. and get
married At expense OF So so, borne exelnst1al5
by you, whereas il tho marriage took place in tho
ordinary, course OF events would have been staek
for .trousseau> and dresses, md flowers. and
deeuaer. and presents. and SO On to the extent Of
at least s. 900. You will find 81, 900 In thls pocS
etbook for expenses during your bridal trip; the
remaining ST; 500 nm 'iu, and they are ont tne
legitimate reward OF my ingenuity. You Will
surely not object to paying such price for lont
months more Of welded BLISS than you would hava
otherwise enjoyed, aud for the chance of beginning
your married life In 8 romantic manner" :" The5'
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