The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-06-15


occurred a few weeks subsequent TO
Carries adventure with the panther.
A young lady residing about two
miles from the house Of Mr.. La Vergne
and his nearest neighbor at that, was
to be married to a young backwOods-
man by the name of Joseph West. In
yitations were given out more than two
weeks previous. and Of course the La
Vcrcne family and Raymond Belmont
were among the favored ones.
Printing offices were not easily ac-
cessible, hence no fancifu!ly decorated
printed invitations were issued, but
they were written upon scraps of fools
can paper ard enclosed in yellow envel-
ones, and read something as follows:
yourself and family are invited to at
tend a wedding at the house of Moses Hay
nor on "Wednesday evening the third inst.
c,.,,. JOSEPH WEST
o'5hc"' MARY HAYNOR."
These little missives created consider
able excitement among their recipients
particularly Carrie La Vergne and Ray
mond Belmont who, in addition to the
general invitation, were also invited to
"stand up" with the happy couple.
This important event rendered it
necessary for Raymond to make a hur-
ried trip to Detroit to prepare himself
for it, Carrie commissioned him to
make some little purchases for herself,
and the expCctant bride and groom like
wise requested him to bring certain
articles for them which could not be
purchased at the store at which they
usually did their shopping.
RAYMOND agreed to attend to these
matters, and when he returned, the
satisfied smiles with which all viewed
the articles he had purchased for them,
were exceedingly complimentary to his
good taste and Judgment; but he did
not inform them that in making the Sc
lections. he had called into requisition
the assistance of recently married
lady of excellent taste in matters Of
dress and ornament, and in failing to
confess this, he was perhaps cenSurable;
but like many other people of excellent
qualities, he possessed vein of selfish
ness in his composition, and unblush-
ingly appropriated all the praise to him
self which was in part due to others.
But perhaps this appropriation upon
his part was pardonable, as no one else
was injured by it.
At length the long looked-for day ar
rived. The sun passed the meridian
and began to near the western horizon,
and doubtless his course was closely
watched from the log house Of Mr..
IIaynor, by the expectant bride who
looked forward with no little tremu-
lousness to the event which might re-
suit happily or disastrously upon her
future life.
Mr. La Vergne decided that it was
time to start. The large wagon was
driven to the door, the whole family in
Guiding Raymond, with Pat for driver,
all decked out in holiday attire, started.
Jolting over protruding roots, lodging
the low-hanging branches that threat
ened to snatch off and toss far away
their hats and bonnets, and engaging
in little, sharp, and decisive conflicts
with the myriads of mosquitoes and
wood flies that bounced upon them ra-
venouSly thirsting for their life-blood,
| they arrived in due time, and found
themselves among the earliest of the
guests, only a few having reached there
before them.
A few more soon arrived, and then it
began to grow dark In the western
forests twilight is of exceedingly brief
duration. Darkness follows closely the
retreating sun. AS soon as it became
dark, several of the young men were
despatched into the woods in different
directions with lanterns, to guide those
who were belated. Soon lights might
have been seen flashing here and there
among the trees, some approaching and
some receding, some leading in wagons
and some searching for others.
Shouts and halloos could be heard
from the young men bearing lanterns,
succeeded by answering shouts from
parties who were coming. About nine
o'clock in the evening, the last expected
party had arrived. The teams. most of
which were oxen, were unhitChed from
the wagons and secured by the draw
chains to the trunks of neighboring
| trees.
After all the guests had congregated
in the one large room of the house, the
bride and bridegroom with their attend.
| ants who had remained in another room
until the proper moment should arrive
were notified that all things We're ready
and clothed in their wedding habili
ments they now marched out and took
the place assigned them.
The society editor of some city paper.
had such a parsonage been present.
would have described the bride as an
angel incanate. and the bridegroom
as an Apollo, and in part he would have
been right, and in part wrong. The
bride was indeed beautiful. In fact,
MANY young man present wished him
self in place of the happy groom. Her
form and features were plump and eX-
quiSitely rounded by good health, al
though tonight the roses in her checks
were shade paler, and her form slight
" tremblcd with little nervous excite
ment as she walked across the room,