The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-23
INDIGESTION.
A Marriage in War Time.


remember, says correspondent OF
the Louisville Courier-Jouynal, a very
amusing marriage ceremony which l
once performed was busy trying to
make up some bread for my mess-I
was then 'high private in the rear
rank OF the old Thirteenth Virginia
Regiment when bright young fellow
OF the Maryland line" hailed me with:
81 say, mister, are you preacher?"
Not surprised at the doubt implied in
the question, for neither my dress nor
my occupation was clerical, l replied;
Eyes, claim TO be-"
"Are you authorized to marry people
in this State?"
81 ann
"Well, you are the very man have
btsip hunting for for five days"
81 am glad you have found me at
last. What can do for you?"
Il want you to marry me, SIR"
"Whenpn
Right away, sir; just as soon as we
can get there"
"Whereg'
"About two miles down the road"
Accordingly, | got permission from
my colonel CA. p. Hills), satisfied my
self that the license was all right, and
started. AS we were going along, the
little fellow pulled out his license and
said;
Look here, Parson, suppose any
thing should happen so we could not
get married to-day, she could not mar
ny any one else as long as hold these
Shaking his license) against her, could
she?n
When | explained that the license
was Of no binding force until the cere-
mony was performed, he started off on
half run, eXclaiming:
well, come on, Parson; we must
make haste"
Beginning to suspect that there was
something wrong, stopped and said
TO him:
II must have an explanation of this,
sir; do not mean to do anything con-
trary to law or right. Did you not tell
me that you had the full consent of the
young lady's parents, and that there
was no obstacle in the way of your
marriage?"
yes, it's all right, Parson; come on,
and I'll explain it all to your satisfac-
ton. The whole truth is that I've been
sick down at the housc--or, rather,
have been pretending to be sick-for
several weeks, and there has been
il lie girl down there that has been so
md to me that | want TO marry her
fur it. Now, my colonel has found
out that am we'll, and am afraid he
will send guard after me and put me
in the guard house; that before | get
out the brigade will move away, and
SO | may not get chance to get mar
ried at all, and she may then 60 and
marry some other fellow. Come on,
Parson! Please let us make haster'
followed him as rapidly as could,
and on reaching the place | ascertain
ed that the guard had actually come
for him before he came after me, but
had agreed TO wait for him if he could
procure preacher and hurry up the
marriage.
performed the ceremony, he sa-
luted his bride in approved, old-fash-
lOneu style, anu Inc Suaru Immediately
marched him off to the guard-house. =
He called on me several days afterward,
however, and said:
"Parson, have been very happy
man since saw you. took your adj
vice and made a clean breast of it to
the colonel, and he released me from
the guard. house and gave me forty
eight hours leave of absence"
Some time afterward | was at Louisa
Court House on iurlough, and, being
at the depot when the cars came up,
whom should | see but my young
Maryland soldier, who jumped off the
train and rushed TO me, exciaiming:
"Parson, I'm the happiest man in the
Southern Confederacy. have vb-
tanned discharge from the army. l
have work in Richmond at which can
make plenty of money, have rented
a nice little house there, and furnished
it very comfortably, and now am 90.
ing up after my wife,
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