Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-08
A s.sPIRIT" BRIDE.
The Legal serenade In Italian
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The legal gentlemen who make Black
stone row their habitation are q whole
souled, senial and traternal SET Asa
body they rejoice In the triumphs and
sympathiEe with the sutferings OF their
brethren. Consequently, when u Was
announced In regular form in the morn
ing press that one Of their number hal
contracted q tender relation with = Steu-
benyille belle, they determined 10 do the
honors, three times three. tie de
MED the soft impeachment u
denied in q various language, NJ
that when his friends compared notes
they had their choice Of several versions.
But the paper had said he Was married
and A papers invariably speak the truth,
he must be married. So the acknowl-
elvment took place. A meeting OF law
yers and Justices Was held and q sere-
made Was unanimously decided TO
be the proper thing. by
a fortunate circumstance an organ
recital, now % popular, Was sell cJed'
Prof.. Eddy had left the city, but n sub
s,itute VA found and he contracted 10
PLAY for two hours on = portable organ
IN front Oi inc aiicech pohoefes e"'NN'
This organist was from sunny
Italy and with him q contract
Was q contract and he observed
Il rellgiously. He ground away at that
organ INCREASINGLY, while fifty lawyers
gathered 10 hear the thanks. The hot
sun poured down upon him and the
Precipitation shot from every pore. but
Tor dear life he ground away Al % cents
an hour. lie grew hot and weary, but
an unperyious son Of Ham was hlred 10
hold an umbrella over HIM, while n
other made frequent trips to- nelghbor-
ing saloon, bearing each time an amber
schooner. A court clerk Joined the
throng and sang q solo, In Italian, anu
the Third warl school sent about seven
hundred children 10 the scene.
The alleged Benedict appeared and at
tsupted 10 reason with him, but with
out success, Tor his English was not sui
~iciently copious ; carry Oh a converse
ton that did not relate To money. The
law yer held the curving arm while ne
expostulated, but the moment he re-
leased il TO gesticnlate, the crank IT.
yolyed and the agony Was renewed.
This Vas kept up until every locker
ON Was panlyLed with laughter aud the
two hours had expired. But in the
meantime the alleged benedict had
folded his doors and crept out the back
way. But il Was the talk Of the street
during the rest of the day, and will be
for time TO come
hut was the lawyer marrledP lie
ssys not, but why did the marriage no.
tice appear-a regular paid notice? lie
has been besiegcd 10y reporters lnnumer-
able, and his only reply is; There
will he a breach Of promise case and
plenty OF newspaper matters hereafter,
Wait until them" And where is the spirit
bride2 The lawyers say an irate iather'
armed with a pick handle and accompa'
MED by a blighted daughter, were look
ing for the legal Don Juan, and dire
would have been the tragedy had he
been discovered. Then, about d o'clock
last evening came lady number :
to interview our legal friend,
She charged him with having said he had
''~squeenrd" her aud when he, in penl-
tence, confessed, she vowed to get even.
The shorten q long story, this gentle
man has q weakness for drawing the
long bow" has gotten him into this
scrape and perhaps the end IN not vet.