The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-02-03
A Disappointed Bridegroom.

ried, went to the thriving city of Spring
field, Ohio, on their bridal tour. They
arrived at the Lagonda House, In that
place, about 8 o'clock in the evening"
The bride waited in the ladies' reception
room while her liege lord went to the Of
flee to register his name and for the
first time to write with it "and wife,"
The polite clerk was notified of the fact
that he was fresh and newly.married
man, and the bridal chamber was ac-
cordlngly assigned them. The groom re-
tired from the Office accompanied by
servant, and with his bonnie bride retir-
ed to the bridal roe.sl. In about half an
hour the agreeable clerk of the 'Logonda'
was surprised to see the groom walking
into the office and still more surprised to
see that he deliberately walked to an
easy chair In dark corner, with dis
appointed but a determined sort of an
air. The clerk waited for some minutes,
all the time wondering if there could so
soon have been family row. He
watched the young husband closely en-
deavoring to discover by his actions the
cause of him SO soon and suddenly retir-
ing from the chamber which contained
his fair young BRIDE But his watching
was In vain. There sat the groom in
the shadow of pillar, quiet and calm.
Finally the clerks curiosity became so
great that he determined to interview
the young man about the matter APP
preaching in a respectful manner he
said :
My friend, pardon me, but 1 don't
understand why you have so soon left
the bridal chamber. Has anything seri-
Gus happened 7"
'!Oh, no." said the young fellow
Jennie is an awful modest girl, and
she said she couldn t retire as long as /
was in the room. [ told her that she
would have to get used to It sooner or
later, and that she might as well COM
mence the first night. But she said
no. and pleaded SO hard and with
such love looks that l couldn't re-
fuse her, and at her own request left the
IOULu anu CdI1e uOWn mere. -
"Well what are you going to do ?'
said the curious clerk. "You don't pro-
pose to sit here all night, do you 2"
" 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 l heard
1t was to go to my room. 1 will sit
here, and if you will please tell me when
the bell to my room rings will be much
obliged, and will go up"
"All right" said the amused clerk
"when your bell rings will tell YOU"
Time rolled on and an hour passed.
The young fellow anxiously came to the
desk and inquired over and over again
" if his bell hadn't rung," and when
the answer came, /" No strip he looked
troubled and anxious. Finally he set
tied himself in an easy chair, and soon
the clerk heard his sonorous snores.-
The night passed and daylight came but
the bell of the bridal chamber had not
SO much as tinkled once all night. At
8 o'clock the daylight clerk came on
duty, and the groom who had been
sleeping soundly was awakened. He
rubbed his eyes yawned and stretched
himself and in a confused manner, ex-
claimed:
" Where am 2"
Then recollecting the condition of af-
fairs he angrily said:
Look here, Mr.. Clerk, why in the
devil didn't you waken me up when
that 'ar bell rang y''
Well sir, it didn't ring"
Didn't ring %
No. sir.''
Not once 90
No sir, not once"
"What? not once during the whole
night 7"
"No.n
"Well, that is darn strange. By
gosh, don't understand this business.
I'll go to the room and see Jennie, and
find out what in the devil she meant by
keeping me down here all night" and
off he started.
At12 o'clock he entered the dining
room with the 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 hap
py husband repaired to the office to
explain things to the clerk"
Look here" he said, in confiden-
tial tone, ''don't say anything about this