The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24
- oEMEWEEKLY MINER, BUTTE MONTANA, DECEMBER a. 1884.
marrying under Difacu,t,..

marrying under Difficulties
It'll It. happened in Bntts.no
was ~ Or who the parties w war .nattel
rsds w De quiet affair w;tnaIe l
frianS " ostentation, on@v two y. :. pa
rann0s being invited. Al uIt nre'
hs, = had been nerfac ne az
s"n vea neat quiet little waIS;eoo u
fsm, ptaous breakfast aud . ton.eg:.
icy; st" uays to San Francisco' T rbal VI q
sster who was to unite tho IN ne min
on hand PARTICULARLY charged to he
messenas ~ nine O'clock sharp, but the
morning. nao tailed to add Sin the
donht E,. and the good man. No
he;n", .nlnklng that no reasonably
evan would pull himself out of haG
dsu, W 90 married alto him-tha
n"ssd OF morning, of course. snre
fhe! tne evening was meant anT o.
.ue Guy clock tOlled that honr as
wss enjoying bis usual morninn, no. no
Iere was q pickle, The comnan1 TO- haS
HeseMD1ed. As the hour strncf 40 ~
lookea from the window for ~
eAPected dominic. He was not tn he
seen. Minutes seemed hours. Tho
siooln became nervous, the bride.
eject alternately blushed and naiaS
line which waits for no maR. mr.
ven wedding, sped on. Tan
O'Clock was rung from the conrt ho,'aa
osme. The company became imo
patient though too polite tn show -
Inc groom looked as thonoh ha
hs1 1'eo 70 swear. The bride, who
aetleated to her room, was
threatened with. Mysteries. It was a
pam case where something must be
zone and done quickly. The fowls
ana the oysters and the biscuits were
overdone and spelling. The train.
IKE time. waited for no a and
would soon leave the depot. No
messenger was at hand. Pater FAM
sse was Frustrated with q bad cold
ana couldn't leave his room. The
groom's best man had y sprained
ankle and walked with ereat
dlHicalty: The groom was pre-
Paring to 60 in search of the
tardy parson, but he had al
ready been forestalled. Good Mrs
e., q near nelghbor, and an invited
guest, had taken in the situation |
some time before, and was then speed- |
ing on her way to the parsons resi. |
dence. She didn't know lust where
ne lived, but inquiry led her to the
door OF what she supposed to be the
She knocked. A man
dressed In working clothes came to
the door. Without noticing his ap- !
parel, and out of breath, the good
woman broke out:
:'They are waiting. for you at MI.
Waiting for me? What for? ?"
"Why, to do that splicing you
know. Come right away. They
IRE getting awful impatient" replied I
The good soul, and turning
the door she hurried back
% carry the glad tjdings to
e%xpectant company that the
: parsOn was coming" This news
out them all in good humor again.
The gr0om-elect looked as pleasant
" q May morning. The bride.elect
Tried her tears and blushed and
oaled as before. The door bell rang.
With eager haste it was opened. A
nan, loaded down with a saw and a
an augur and a jackplane
in.
"Does MI. Blank live here?n in
luired the man in somewhat en-
,arrassed tones.
Eyes sir" ans vered that gentle
nan from the sofa upon which he
vas reclining. "What can l do for
|
"I've come down 60 do that spill
ing you want to be done. Please
how me the pieces"
"Splicing, pieces. What do you
Who are you sir2"
my name i"s(the name of the
minister sought for I am a carpen-
er. A few minutes ago that lady
to Mrs. C-.came to my
louse and told me you wanted me to
some splicing right away.
brought a few tools along to do the :
ob. Show me the peices," answered !
be man. =
During this explanation poor Mrs.
!. was ready to sink to the floor with :
notification. That the wedding !.
.ould not be longer delayed she had :
half q mi Ia hasten along
be tardy domino, and what had she
one? Brought a carpenter loaded
own with the tools of his trade to
splice" the waiting couple. AS the
ldicrOusnese of the situation flashed
cross the minds of the company 1t '
roke out in q rOar of laughter An d
kplanation followed and the {
mazed and amused carpenter p
,rned bomeward. In the mean t.
me poor Mrs. c., who imagined she b
ad committed an objectionable sin, I
the room In confusion and rush 4
~ into the dining room, the only s
room in the house, to r.
ide her shame, she made a misstep Il
i'd landed, nearly her full length T
oon the table. Picking herself "
out from among the broken d
mashed BRIDES cake, over- q
lrned oysters, and dripping with Il
,ur different kinds of preserves and u
With tarts, jelly cake etc.
~ broke out of the back door, q
mass of sweets and stopped
Dt till her own roof covered bel ,
,nnetless head. But the wedding ~
off that forenoon and although r.
'e kind-hearted Mrs. G. could not "
|, prevailed upon to lie present she
a one of the first to send an OLD -
zoe after tie now happy young =,
'uple. a
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The First Baptist Church Of Butte. o