Helena weekly herald., 1884-12-04
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.
A Divinity in the Affairs OF NAN
That HeWs His Ends Rough.

On Friday last a loving swain anu plush-
ing bride presented themselves before
Judge L. n. Smith and requested to be
made one flesh, according to the statutes
made and provided for tying true lovers
knots.
It was a knotty question for the Judge
70 settle. seeing that the would be bride
was only sixteen and not accompanied by
either of her parents. However, when
asked if she knew the solemn obligations
she was about to assume, and whether she
had fully made up her mind to take this
man at her side as her lawful husband,
and answering emphatically, yes stree, the
judge had no other scruples and proceeded
to tie them fast as man and wife. After
the ceremony was concluded and a ten
dollar gold piece accepted as the marriage
fee and another dollar deposited to record
| the license, the Judge made the following
register:
MARRIED.
| BREWSTER-MILLER.- Helena, Novem-
| Der 28th, 1884, by Judge L. n. Smith, Charles
| Francis Brewster, of Uldia and Miss Elizabeth
| Miller, of Helena.
There's many slip 'twixt the cup and
the lip"
Scarce had the echo of the marriage kiss
died away in the sacred hall of justice, be-
fore another judge appeared upon the
scene and claimed that the marriage was
illegal because the girl was under age and
that she had married without the consent
of her parents. This brought the young
Benedict all up standing who declared
that he had the girls consent and her love
and that was all he wanted, but
he had forgotten one thing, he wanted
the marriage certificate, and turning to
the considerate judge it was cheerfully
made out and handed to the bride. At
this point the other judge from the west
side, seeing that he was about to lose his
house girl, began a little taffy work on
the groom by asking him as a great ac-
commodation if he would only let his wife
come to his house and finish her work for
day or two he could then come and take
her away with him nOlenS UOlens This
was the unkindest cut of all" He is oft
the wisest man who is not wise at all"
And Just here in the goodness of his heart
the trembling groom yielded to his first
defeat after his first victory. The blush
ing bride of an hour was carried to the
Hesperian groves under Mount Helena and
there in her former place resumed her
duties as kitchen divinity, the groom
excaiming: There is divinity in the
affairs of men that shapes our ends, rough
hew them as we will" The brides in
dignation was only covered by her bushes
! as she turned to leave her too timid and
yielding husband saying, "Self-love, my
! liege, is not so vile a sin as self neglecting,"
and walked away, probably forever, from
her husbands sight However, in the
afternoon, aroused by that passion which
is strong as death, the irate husband, re-
fiecting upon the injustice of the separa-
tion of man and wife, and goading
himself to madness to think that
by soft insinuations he had been
persuaded to relinquish the hold
he had of his bride according to the
majesty of the law, he marches boldly to
the west side t. the door where his bride
was domiciled, determined to run away
with his wife. Here he was foiled, for the
bars and locks would not yield to his
gentle "rapping, rapping" at the door
Turning away in despair he exclaimed,
Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my
soul, but do love thee, and when l love
thee not, chaos is come again
But his determination was made then
and there to demand his wife by the powers
of hell or heaven. Accordingly, he sum-
moned his wife and her mother and the
other Judge, who all appeared at Judge
Smiths the other night for a hearing. By
the mother saying the bride was under her
care, under age and under her bans, she
was decided to be illegally married. Here
the groom broke down, and "the big tears
coarsed one another down his innocent
nose in plteous chase.
Some longing looks were cast behind as
the reluctant bride was led away, saying:
1T is cruel of cruelties; thus bad begins
and worse remains behind" Here was left
the husband of day to mourn his blush
ing bride all run away-or rather hurried
from his Ebosom as he was about to Iatify
the solemn benediction of the twain made
one made twain.
Deputy Clerk of the First judicial