The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24

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would be distracted by people whisper.
ing and giggling during the minister
very prayer, What restraint can there
be in parlors where one has danced the
German . score of times. and where one
expects to dance again in . few mo.
ments? Besides, the house was to be
crammed with company, and was NOR.
ally certain that everything would be in
confusion. Charles family were com.
ing; they are very aristocratic; and was
more afraid of them then than am now,
especially of his sister Adelaide. She is
the most envious and spitefnl creature
in the world, did all she could to spoil
the match, wanted Charlie to marry some
particular friend of hers. Then there
was Aunt Sue Stockstill, for whom was
named. We were all very fond of her,
and our love was tempered with q re-
spectful admiration which amounted al
most to fear.
1.-The entire second floor was given up
to guests, and we were huddled in the
little bedrooms under the Mansard roof
You and I had Bridget's room, and she
slept on pallet in the kitchen. Charlie
had cot in the hall. All of our boys
slept in the stable loft. Father swung
himself up in the hammock on the back
veranda; it was July, but he took hor-
rid cold all the same. Mother had the
trunk-room until Isabel arrived with her
two boys, when it was given up to her,
and mother camped on the lounge in the
back parlor. Now that's only the back
ground to the picture. We had no city
caterers to provide the banquet. Mother
made every cake, and had her hands
quite full enough to provide q handsome
table daily for her guests. I had loads
of beautiful flowers sent me, and Isabel
took the decorating of the parlors off my
hands. That was really great help,
for she has exquisite taste and rare in
ventive genius. She rugged a superb
wedding bell out of an old hoop-skirt,
and turned the old rooms into bowers of
beauty. But had all of the receiving
and entertaining of the guests upon my
hands, and all the little arrangements to
make which are always left to the last
moment. Your dress came, and had to
be altered; I sat up late into the night to
do it. Then you and your tiny grooms-
man had to rehearse your entree and your
young nephew did behave abominally.
He caught your dress out of my hand and
raced with it down stairs into the parlors.
He got himself up at the last moment
like wild Indian, instead of dressing
as he should have done. He left the
water running until it soaked through
thn naIlInoe hnlAvxy. ho tho mt
the balustrade, and made a bonfire in the
wood-house; he sifted quart of salt into
the ice-cream as it was being frozen in
he cellar. There was no end to the pranks
hat thatfellow perpetrated. The wedding
presents were displayed in the library.
They were superb. I had not expected
lnything so beautiful. But Adelaide
whispered about that with the exception
# one dozen spoons, it was all plated
ware, and that half of the porcelain and
was hired for the occasion.
Isabel repeated her remarks to me
ust in time to raise my angry passions.
o white heat, and to send me down
tairs inwardly raging on my wedding
norm. We were to be married at noon |
'recisely, in order to take the three !
o'clock train for the city. I had very
Elaborate and becoming travelling cos
ume, which I had decided to wear, with |
he addition of a real white Spanish lace
nantilla arranged as q veil. Aunt Sue |
net me at breakfast. MY dear child
he said, Il can't bear to think of your
lot being married in white. Nothing
lse is suitable for bride. Wear the
ndia muslin in which you looked so
ovely at your graduation
81 did notdare displease Aunt Sue; but
he muslin was crumpled and yellow; it
7ould look dreadfully by daylight. There
vas still time; and determined to have
hutters closed, curtains drawn, and the
ooms lighted as for evening. Brother
led helped me arrange four dozen wax
andes on brackets among the flowers.
When they were lighted, the rooms made
lie think of Victor Hugo's description of
he marriage of Corinne. It was as bril-
ant and sparkling as fairy-land, and
he tumbled muslin would look very
ell. l ran up stairs to dress. But
rst had your hair to curl and gloves
, fit, and then I must needs wash the
from the face of that boy.
hen Charlie, who was vainly trying to
e his cravat without glass Che had
ressed in the bath-room). came to me
,r assistance, and I saw the minister
rive up to the door before I had begun
~ toilette. was half dressed when
harlie tapped at the door. sSue-Sue
ear! they are having q council of war
own stairs, and they don't like the idea
our being married by artificial light
| the daytime. The majority think it
4 affsctation, and it rather strikes me
, to. Isabel asked me to ask you to let
er take down the candles. She didn't /,
are to speak to you about it herself; she ,
id you had had SO much to fret YOU
Tell her to take them down. re-
led, in a choked voice and then I burst
to tears. 1t was the last straw, and (
harlie and l came nearer to quarreling
en- and there than we ever did in our
yes, hadn't the heart to go on with j
y dressing. but sat and boohooed until
harlie came to the door again to say
at the company was waiting. Then I I
shed into my clothes. I had no time /
comb my hair, but Charlie pinned the Z
&c veil over it rather awkwardly, so
at we deluded ourselves into the idea q
at it did not show, and stood up in l
y creased and second hand gown, with e