The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-21

 Inbse, oa wAscA ssoed s ;deeanses of sAersr,I land box of Ahexneshy baseUits. aR@ 7' \ Heavy work et amosning someesmee.s said the vieax. laugAinRly. < when ths font fs aS fal[ d q pool of trout and tho couples are sorting tAemselves in pAire tc he lnsrieh afefwAr& Take care fyou bang on thA, door yoa'N never Ess cut, as t shuts wi'N epap. and SAkes two keys to open. F4acy being shat np with tho spirits of all the efStng friars who dole. therein centuries ago. .@aa Art was glad enough to get back to che vicarage, and telt better after lunch and a big cigar. Sdddenly he beshOusAs him self of his duties.
 Good.bys said the vicar; skeep up heart, and when it's all over, you and l will go e-6shing together up north. It's a theological pastime, you know, from primitive time" Then Lord Art laughed as he got into his cab, and there vas . mischievous twinkle in his eye as he drove of. Probably be was thiHsing 6! the old friars.
 It was Q very quiet wedding indeed. only attended by the |" "near friends of,he parties," as the papers say. The bride arrived at half past ten, with her brides maids, consissing of het sisters and the poetical young lady who had been on the coach, and of whom Harry was, cur,ousiy enough, very fond. She looked properly pale and interesting, as, leaning sn her fathers arm, she swept up the aisle of St. Danstan's, an opeiasion, by the way. which the old lay in the black bonnet and shawl who usheeed them In had pre- vieusly peformed that morning. The gallant admiral looked fierce, $ vas his won't when happy, and glanced about him with sor of" six dor :n all round |" look in his face. The gentleman a, the organ played beautiful soft music an osss.sse slessc.. ssafif nf hia avn com.. position and the Rev Robert awaited the party within the rails. But there ~as gap, a curious hiatus, on the clergy man left. Could 1t be possible ? The admiral fired broadsides of fierce looks about him, the organ pulled out II the stops at once to cover the hitch; bu, there was no doust about 1.-the bride groom was keeping the stage waiting. The little old lady ~ith the black bonnet dived into the vestry like a rabbit, and returned, after an interval, with Lord Arthur Lanton the younger, and with him alone.
 The best man held hurried confer ence with the startled group.
 "l certainly SAW him quarter of an hour ago then left the vestry for mo. ment, to speak about the carriages, and when returned he wasn't there. It's very strange!"
 There was much murmuring and consultation, during which the poc,ical bridesmaid looked at the best man and h.. Sardenia; and whispered to the startled sisters,
 "'rwere better by far
 To have matched our fair cousin with Young
 Lochinyar
 But no bridegroom, "danslipg his bon. net and plume" or his Lincoln X Ben nett, was to be found high or low, the time ~a. ehh,ng fast, and then the ad- mirAl lifted up his voice, and gave alter aEce to strange words not understood of the many, and that ancient m ariner's eye gltttered wickedly. and he roundly swore that his girl should be married. Send out aud SCOUT London Where's the lubber shirkingf String me up at the steeple if she goes back from church I"
 "She shan't go back from church." said the best man quietly and gr 'vely. It was my duty to bring the bridegroom here, and as he's no, here, it's my boun den duty to provide substitute for him. |" You will observe there was touch of the Gilberisn ethics about this self-sac rifcing young man.
 Right, sir, by C Gld but where is the subs,i,ute2 My daughter was to marry Lord Arthur Lsnton, and"
 "And if you will accept him, she shall marry him." said the slave O! duty with loving glance at the bride, to whom he said half dozen words in a whisper. l Spoken like a Bri,on, sir Y almost roared the admiral. "She's yours if she conscnts."
 "As it is your wish, dear father," meekly murmured the bride; and then the vicar had little to say. Had the banns been put upl How could he per form the cerem any thus abruptlyf
 "Here, reverend sir" said the best man, is a special license, directing you to marry Lord Arthur Lanion, of the Re- gency Mansions, to this lady, and tha, is my name and my address ;" and then he produced document bearing red seal, and before the mystic "Ed. Captuar," the Re- Robert Cantiey naturally felt it incumbent upon him (as Incumbent of St- Danstan s.in-the- Lane) to do his duty, and he promptly, and without further protest, married the handsome par be- fore him.
 There was a pleasant iittle breakfast, at which the bride looked bright and the bridegroom brave, and the admiral blended blessings and round dozens in his speech and 1 have heard that they were xll very happy, and that when the bride was dressing to go away, she whis- pesed to the poetical bridesmaid, shall be in no hurry to come home, dear {; I'm quite, quite happy. And rem ember, if anything does happen, know nothing about 1t And nos good-by, dear and, i of cnurxN HI write fo vou evegv xw and