Louisiana capitolian., 1880-02-07


dal chamber was accordingly assigned
them. The groom retireds from the Office'
accompanied by servant, and with his
bonnie bride repaired to khe bridal room
III about q half hour the affable clerk at
the "Lagonda' was surprised to notice
that he walked to an easy chair in
dark corner and seated himself with a
disappointed but deternhned sort OF an
air. The clerk waited fer some minutes,
wondering all the time il there could so
soon have Been family:row. He watch
ed the young husband closely, endeav
oring to discover by his actions the cause
of his so suddenly and 80 soon retiring
from the chamber which contained his
fair young bride. There sat the groom
in the shadow of llllar, quiet and
calm. Finally, the cleEk's curiosity be-
came so great that he determined to in
terview the young man.about the mat
ter. Approaching him: in u respectful
manner, he said:
"My friend, pardon .ne, but l don't
understand why you have so ofien left
the bridal chamber IIls anyth ing seri-
ous happened 7"
80, no." said the young fellow, "Jen-
ME is an awful modest girl, andfshe said
she couldn't retire as long as ! was in
the room. told her che would have to
get used to it sooner OF later, aid might
as well cVnmer the first night. But
she said no, and plead $50 hard, and with
such lovelooks that | couldn't refuse
her, and at her request left the room and
came down here"
"Well, what are yol, goind to do"
said the curious clerk. "You don't pro-
pose to sit here all night, do yon"
"No STREE! You bet don't. Jennie
promised that as soon as she got un-
dressed she would turn the gas low, and
then ring the bell. AS soon as heard
it l was to go up to my rooml l will sit
here, and if you will please ii me when
the bell to my room rings l will be
obliged, and l will 60 up"
"All.right," said the amused clerk; /;
"when your bell rings..rll tell you," and
so saying he left the newlt-made hns-
band. Time rolled OF, and the young
fellow anxiously came back to the desk
and inquired over and over again if
"his bell hadn't rung,'' anti when the
answer came ''No, sirrfhe settled himself
in an easy chair, and sdon tAe clerk heard
his sonorous snores. The night passed
and daylight came, but tho bell of the
bridal chamber had not so much as
tinkled once all night. At six o'clock
the daylight clerk came on duty, and
the groom, who was sleeping soundly,
was awakened. He rubbed his eyes,
yawned and stretched himself, and in Il
confused manner, exclaimed:
"Whcre am Iw
Then recollecting tile condition of af-
fairs, he angrily said:
ELook'ee here, yous Mr.. Clerk, why
in the devil didn't you wake me up when
that'ar bell rangW
"Wcll, sir, it didn't ring"
"Didn't ring"
''No, sir"
"Not once ~
"No, sir; not once.'
"What! not once during the whole
night 7"
"No."
swell, that's darn strange. By gosh,
don't understand this business. I'll
90 to the room and see Jennie, and find
out what the devil she means by keep
ing me down here all night" and off he
started.
About twelve o'clock he entered the
dining room, with bright-eyed Jennie on
his arm, and they sat down to dinner.
After the repast Jennie went to her
room and her handsome and now happy
husband repaired to the Office to explain
things to the clerk:
"Look'e here" he said in a confidcn-
tial tone, "don't say anything about this
to any one, for Jennie feels awful bad
about it; but the truth is, she went to
turn the gas down low and turned it
out. This frightened her so she jumped
into the bed and pulled the cover over
her head, and was afra| b to get up again
to ring the bell; and besides, didn't
know where it was. Said she thought
I'd come every minute, and waited and
waited till she fell asleep. Poor girl,
she nearly cried her eyes ont about it.
] didn't like it at first, but then she felt
so awful sorry and was so sweet and
nice, and l made it all right, you know;
SO didn't blame her ut all. She said
needn't leave the room tonight, and
don't propose to either, you bet"
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