Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-01
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| There are mapy sppiicatiol ls for marriage Ii
censcs ss the ofics of Mr.. l. freeman Rasia,
c!etk OF tbs Court of Comm,n Pleas, from d "
to d'y, and no doubt if the true c!cuusar css
| OF some Of the applications could be got at by
euterprislng newspaper repot,rs they would
furrlsh very i!tercstiug Stories With just tinge
OF real romance about them. The business cf
issuing marriage Ecoases is SO matter of fsct
! sud brief. however, that these circumstances
| rarely ever ooue tu5. but 10 case which tran
splrcu Mooday THESE elements of romstcs we're
TO- HRatlng. The psis ,ns who applied fox this
particular c,Dso We're q tail, sir aud dark
CON peXoned mau aId young womsu, piuu
| snG good l00kluy, who seemed somewhat *.
cited and f1rrlcd. Tho slim MIN maiotain, d
most pertec! nonchalanos and sang froid air,
out there was sn appearance of earnestness
about his maoner which Tas not to bo mi,tak.
eD. The clerk issued the license at the mans
dc stiou. AID the lstter, hsVirg paid the
r quEite fec, took the yJuGg WOman's a,m
in straightforward, defute way, aud led ber
out to hack in waiting. IL ,oks straight
eoough.' remarked tho clerk, as tho oou Ole
LETT; but if | am not mistaken there's some.
thing Ct Tho bottom of it," Aud So there was,
and it was tbis: A few hours previous to the
slim mans appearatc, 10 the clerks offios be
approached hhckmau ststdIoS beside his
team on Central avauue aud abruptly said. II
@sBs wife; can you tell me where | c,u get
oa@? II was no more than natural that the
hickman should step back paos and regard
bis loterlocutor with Q surprised and startled
look, which was not without the mild iotimn.
ton that the sum man was crank bat the
Calm eGes OF the slim man met bis look oom.
posediy Gnd their owner waited cooly for an
answer. The customary cheek of tho .hr
seemed to hsTu deserted tho hack driver, and
HSe 2, l5,cc}SeIenty e stsnmercd. The brown orbs Ct
and the HI ckmau at length said, II don't kooH;
but il you will ilmp in iii try and lad you
one, and it may be that his fret impulse was
to drlVa to the poilco station and give his les-
tioner over 10 the police ss pvrson
slightly "od," but he remembered having
read somewhere or Other of a Southern
planter who had oume to Baltimore with
the same Intentions of marrying tho first
woman Eho wou have him, as this slim
MIN had avowed, aud he drove to Eastcrn
avenue. 10 this beautiful thoroughtare the
iehu stopped and aligh,ing upeaed the door of
tie hack and invited the slim man ous The
latter descended With the same calmly iudiffer.
ent msnler and the hickman directed him to
a cyrtain saloon, where a number of young
women were gathered. This sight did not
frlghsen the quiet slim mau and going up TO
the bey} he surveyed them with q critical eyo,
finally his eyo rested for some leDg' upon the
plump, fair WouIau heretofore mentioned, and
DO placed bis right baud upon bsr Well round
cd shoulder and said, abruptly. "Do you want
husband?" Throughout this pantomime the
bovy of females had watched the tall, slim man
with the usual curiosity of women. and when
his actions eliminated 10 this question. they
all soresm.d With laughter. The upshot of
it was tbet this exhibition fell far shurt of
sbsshlrg the tall, sllm man, and he explain
ed to the fair lady tha. ha was 10 earnest
and wanted wife, aud she hurricdy pack
ed up her wardrobe and said, "AIl right;
I'm in for it," Aud they went to the Com
mon Peas Court and secured the lic,use 10
the manner heretofore described. and thence
pastor Of g.. Matthews Lutherau Church, to
be married. Aud here this Bit of romance
might have ended IS other romsrc.s have
ended, aod the ctupls might have gone on their
Way RI ,iciog had it not been for one Iit,!o
pieoo OF female vanity of which the fsir womar,
not the slim mao, had unfortunately been
guilty; aud this was wha: it vas: All women
above 25 or 80 ynars are still l6 1t was not
difersnt 10 the E,stero avsrus lsd3's ossc, aod
when the csDss was made out by the oblgug
clerk she mad her age put down l6 MIR. Maier
i1uped at the co1c!uslon that this WAS run
away match, nnd decided to have nothing to do
With it, and refused 10 marry the couple. They
did what other persons 10 similar circu Z s aucss
sOuid have dou,; that ia, .hSy wen. back TO
the Common Pleas Curt and had the lG
charged to 49, bat they never raturoed to Mr..
Maler, WAC saYs he ~oo's marry them if lh, y
d., butt is safe to assume that by this time they
| have tourd s1me ope who has Joined them 10
the chaios OF wedlock -Balti,more Gazette.
Go TO MCBURNEYs aud buy yourself some
| of thuss 6ae Aitx.ndrla made BRooMs.