The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-05-28
4 RASisEUL MAN.
Ehe Great CONSERVATION He
Raised in n Bridal
Chamber,

The ST. Louis Republican publishes and
vouches tor the following as being true.
Ii may make the married men smile and
be u warning to some OF the single ones
who a.e contemplating matrimony:
Senator Sebastian, OF Arkansas, was
native OF Hickman county, Tennessee. On
one occasion member OF congress was
lamenting his bashtulness and awkward
ness. " Why" said the senator from
Rackensack, you don't know what bash
FIJI ness Is. Let me tell you story, and
when l get through will stand the bob
il you don't agree that you never knew
anything about bashfulness and its baletul
effects. was the most bashtul boy west
of the Alleghanies. | wouldn't look at Il
girl, much less speak to n maiden; but for
all that | fell desperately in love with ii
sweet, beautiful neighbor girl. 1t WAS a
dcsi able match on both sides, and the Old
folks saw the drift and fixed 1t up.
thought | should die just thinking OF it.
was gawky, awkward country lout about
nineteen years old She was an intrlli-
cent, refined and fairly well educated girl
in a country and at time when the girls
| had superior advantages, and were there
| tore superior in culture to the boys
| fixed the day as far as | could have put it
of. | lay awake in II cold Precipitation
| the time drew near, and shivered with "A. =
ony rs | thought of the terrible ordeal.
The dreadful day came. went through
| the programme somehow In a daZed. con-
| fused yhanical way, like an autonIaton
! BOBBY through a supper where | could
| eat nothing, and through such games rs
"'pOSSum Pc "Sister PWbe,n and all
that sort OF thing. The guests one by one
| departed and my hair began TO stand on
end. Beyond the awful curtain OF Isis
| lay the terrible unknown. My blood grew
| cold and boiled by turns. WAS in fever
and then in ague, pale and flushed by
turns felt like fleeing to the woods,
spending the night in the barn, leaving tor
! the west nav.r TO rotuIn. 1 WIS deeply
| devoted 10 Sallie | loved her harder than
a mule can kick; but that dreadful ordeal
= could not, dared not stand il Final
| iy the last guest was gone, the bride re-
| tired. the family gone to bed and was
| left alone-hOrrOr OF horrors, alone with
! the old man. John" said he. you can
take that candle; you will find your room
| just over this. Good night, John. and
may the Lord have mercy on your soul
and with mlschcYouS twinkle in his fine
| grey eve the old man LETT the room
mentally said amen 10 his "heavcn help
! you. and. when heard him close II dis
J1nt door, staggered 10 my feet and seized
! the l@rthnng dip with nervous grasp.
! stood for some minutes contemplating my
| terrible fate, and the inevitibIe and speedy
! doom about to Cverwhclm me | knew
| Tint it could not be avoided. and vet |
hesitated to meet my fate like man. |
| stood so long that three lovc-lettcrs had
! grown on the wick OF the tall0w dip and
Il yNinding-She"t was decorating the side OF
! the hr - canlcStdick
| a happy thought struck me. hastily
! climbed the starr, III rkci the osjtlon OF
! the landing and the door OF the bridal
! chamber ! would have died before |
| would have disrubed in hat holy cham
/ Ter, where awaited me Il trembling and
/ beautiful girl, bushing maiden
/ "clorhed upon With her own beauty and
modesty, and her snowy robe dc mutt
would make the usual preparations. with
/ out, blow out the light, open the door
and friendly night would shield my
/ shrinking muGestv and hashfu ness and
! grateful darkness AZ least mitigate the
! horror OF the situation. 1t was soon done
| Preparations for retiring We're few and
Slmp.e IN their character in Hickman, alto
| g"ther consisting OF disrobing, and owing
| L the scarcity OF cloth in those DAYS man
| was somewhere near the Adamic state
/ When he Wa prepared TO WOO sweet
/ sleep. The dreadful hour had come. was
ready. bew out the light graspcI the
| door-knOb with Il deaIhlv grip and ner.
vouS clutch; one moment and il would be
| over one moment and il wasn't over by
q d-n sight. leIped within, and there
around glowing hickory iie with can.
dies brightly burning on the mantle and
bureau, WIS the b,u-hiuK bride surround
cd by the six lovely bridesmaids.