Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-18
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g.. A.. tat gentleman sel kaoan O. tL.s
dsFotsss " lhe tan. H. laet BE- is aons
less than @alls Jaseah Harkr, Of tAs
Brighton beAea H4cs-coerse.
Recently ore ~ AZ. burkes most IN
tiscate irields deteraslDod 10 launeh upon
The sea " iualllal4ay. he bonored the
Ju1ss sith s request u sct - has hest
u.sal. wh IA joseph immediately PROMISED
5o.to. The ceremony came on at church
ga tae Hu sita much estx The manly
loru ol Af. Burke added much t. the ef-
f-s. ali every thlng passed on ss har-
m9Llcasiy as ghe most fastidlous oould de-
sire.
At the conclusion u the ceremony the
.roou shipped pleghoric pookesbook 70
his aide, saying
PAY The minister. joe"
The judge gazed al the Russian leather
receptacle of wealth. 1t Was new and
elegant, aud cpoa the flap was stamped IN
golden letters.
An Offering II love"
With his most oourtly bow the best man
handed the clegyman the pocketbook,
shook hands aud reJoined the bridal party.
He noticed al the subsequent festivities
that the groom was looking at IA anx-
iouslv every few minutes, but thought
nothing Of il al the time
"he's nervous, poor fellow" he
soliloquized. Funny a fellow can't get
married without getting nervous"
Shortly before the time for the couple %
depart the new husband approached him
and whispered.
"Did you fix that;'
"Ahi yes, did the job very nicely. The
minister was delighted"
"How much did you give him-you
were Mt miserly, old boy, ehs" and the
groom tried hard 70 smile.
Certainly not" l gave him all you
gave me. l don't know how much il was.
What's the matter!"
-him-allS" gasped the
groom. who had turned as white as his
shir. front
"Of course did. You don't suppose |
took half for myself, do your"
"NO, not that; but do YOU know bow
much was in that pocketbooky OF course
you don't. Well, there was just S4S0 in
there and it was TO pay the expenses of the
bridal tour. What will dor What can |
do? The pocketbook was a present from
my wife, tOOs"
"Well, Pm sorry, old man, but you amt
broke. are your"
Ppm broke for cash. Here 10 Is eleven
O'Clock at night and haven't got enough
I -.
/ We've got 10 catch the twelve O'Clock train,
/ too"
/ "Never mind the coachman, III pay him.
/ Have you got your ticketsY"
The groom had his tickets, but he re-
minded the philosophical and generous
/ Judge that he didn't care 10 start on "A
/ journey wirlout money. He reminded him
! that a check would be valueless away from
home and among strangers, and tore his
hair and walled generally.
"Well, my boy, the only thing you can
( do is TO put up at a hotel tonight and let
me cash a check for you tomorrow and
bring you the money"
And so i: was that the first day of the
/ honeymoon was spent in Jersey City, the
bride being informed that that was the
proper caper just now, and that a trip to
Hohoken made it distinctively 1.-The thing. +"
As soon as the genial Judge appeared
with the Doodle, however, it was remarked
that the new husband had a wild desire 10
get out of the place and never felt easy
until the train had crossed the meadows.
Hereafter Judge Burke will have alb
solutely nothing 10 do with matrimonial
stakes, and IT is dangerous TO broach the
subject in his presence.