The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-04-05
An UnceremOnious Wedding.


zone thing am determined upon"
remarked Mrs. Sue Hathaway, deci-
sively. You, Fan, shall have a de-
Gently ceremonious wedding. When
think Of the harum-scarum way in which
Charley and were thrown at one an
other, the wonder is not that we haven't
qusrreled since. but that we we're ever
really married at ALL"
s'Tell me all about it, Sue dear"
coaxed Mrs. Hathaway's youngest and
pet sister, as she folded and replaced
in their boxes the dainty articles which
she WAS preparing for her own trous-
seau. " Yen have always spoken of
your wedding day as the most un-
happy day of your life; but l cannot
conceive how that can be, when you
and Charlie love one another so dearly"
"Andif We had notpved each other
beyond all possibility OF quarreling, we
would certainly have broken our en-
gagement On hour before the ceremony
was really performed. sincerely trust,
dear Fan, that your married life may be
as happy as mine has proved, and thai
heaven may defend You from wedding
day as chaotic as mine."
"My remembrance of the affair il
that it was perfect success. You are
such manager, Sue, you are always in
request for tableaux and private theak-
ricals. never knew an occasion which
you were not equal to, from a charity
bazaar TO the state dinner the ladies gave
the foreign deputation. was only
eight years old when you were married; I;
but remember that / was your bride
maid, and that I wore q pufFed null,
with pink kid gloves. They were the
first kid gloves / ever had, and was as
proud as peacock of them. wouldn't
carry bouquet for fear of soiling and
hiding them, but marched in, arm in
arm with Isabels oldest boy, with my
hands displayed as conspicuously as
possible"
sand do you happen to remember
what scamp that boy was? He was
the cause OF more than half my tribu-
lation. He was regular little Ishmael
-sh his hand against every man, and
every mans hand against him. And
when think what Bohemian Isabel
has been all her life, and of the wildly
preposterous way in which she was mar
ried, don't wonder. She was study
ing abroad when she met her hus-
band. They had both gone to Europe
for number of years, and they con-
cluded TO be married at the Ameri-
can consuls, and continue their foreign
residence, instead of coming home for
the ceremony. They were married in
the evening and took steamer imme
diately after for some Mediterranean
port. Isabel's trunks had been sent
on board during the afternoon, but
when they drove down to the wharf at
night they found that the ship had
moved from its anchorage, and they
were obliged to hire waterman to row
them out. The water was very rough,
and in a sudden lurch Of the little
boat Isabel was thrown overheard. She
was promptly rescued by her husband
and got safely on board, but in a com
pletely drenched condition. Now comes
the ridiculous part 1t was a cargo
steamer which only carried limited
number of passengers, and it so hap
pened that there were no other ladies
on board. Isabels trunks were buried
in the hold where it was impossible to
get at them, and the valise which had
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TO the bottom, and Isabel retired to
her stateroom to improvise a toilet out
Of some flannel underclothing of the
captains and two Marseilles bed
spreads"
"How very dreadfull" exclaimed
Fan, choking with laughter.
"She succeeded, too; she basted up
wrapper of the bedspreads with a
Vatican plait in the back, trimming
the front with Turkish towel torn in
strips, and breakiasted next NOR ing
in that costume. Her husband told me
he never saw her dressed so becom-
ingly."
II always thought Isabel was go
. MUS" Fan remarked, admiringly.
"Yes, but what very singular pro
ceedingl Isabel is Ave years Older
than am, and look up to her for Ger.
tain qualities. But she has no idea Of
ceremony or etiquette, and she utterly
abhors convention. Now j say thai
ting married At All Is a concession &