, 1886-06-30

was told, in preference TO anything gayer
with here and there n bright colored rib
bon, while in her luxuriant black hair
and in the breast OF her dress were
punches Of freshly-plucked orange bios
SONS, that many a belle OF proud Mayfair
might have envied. The bridegroom, in
spotless white shirt, with handkerchief Of
crimson silk confined loosely around his
neck by n massive gold ring, riding trous-
ers of Bedford cord, kept up by n broad
belt, worked in woods of many colors by
his bride, and s~hining-top boots and spurs.
looked the very beat ideal of a dashing
stockman, as he bore himself ela;e and
proudly, without n trace OF the bucolic
sheepishness so oftel witnessed in the
principal party to similar contracts.
The old parson, with the perspiration
induced by recent gastronomic efforts
rolling in beads from his bald head and
dropping from the tip OF his nose on to the
church service In his hand, had taken off
his long coat of threadbare, rusty black,
and stood confessed in shirt Of hue almost
akin to that of the long leggings that
reached above his knees. II was meltingly
hot, and the thermometer-had there been
such an article-would nave registered ITO
or lis degrees in the shade Mt least. But
1t was all over ut last. Solemnly "old
Ben" had kissed the darkly flushing bride,
and told her to be n good girl to jim
solemnly the old man had disposed OF
another parting cup and then, while
the w%omenkind filed his saddlebags with
cake, chicken and ham, together with the
generous half OF n square face"-or large,
havaraoo IA I've anora-
ino TO-, ono - ,he tnnar rooms nrodnced
niece 81 wei" worn hinisb tinted naner
tno,vn and an,rec,ateJ In tbose regions
as a ahlusv y a. sight Of which the p~arson's
evs g,istonad Tor seIdom was n that he
h,d ,ha for,na 10 co,,o ac-ass s1cb 4
liberal doncorr ae n G, note M a.. old
Dvvver said. ayve DOM often have n iob
Iike this ono for Won Ron old man We're
nro,tg vii In a., nou, on, mean Won
shan remo,nhorIt An, loot here Jerrv,s
oo,tinn nro,,v noon no,, ON, Lnov nv
self he,s no cbtrSen an you'd host ,eaye
hin on tho grass ,r,,h no for tho reet n,
his davs an7 IN ,iva Won no game bit Of
horse iesh no evcr slammed. oniet. too. and
n yood nacer sac, tba hovs ia n saddlin,
linn nm nov
nh niJ nreocber,s M. yas hard for tbe
most nort barren and Ii,tla moi, ~
:.nn a,,ars ill., ,ho nrossn,. and bis grim
and wrintieJ faca nuckered nm md
Yorlad cnrinns1v no be aro,efuIIv accented
,ha' an fnr Torry,s soka bjs constant com
nanfon throngh tveIva lone vcars ~ travel
naassan, ,hrourh 10 ,ni5as, ,arta Of
nsss~aIs.I. 49,. iii -am -
S.an 90 49, " pans n'
ra " DoSs oo .ea, 49,
" ns' at"." - . go 80.
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M. n - IN ...a
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N|-e "PPe"'s' ".
X eHe uas' on i'"'s' seese, u
W., s'oni"s pig nsn, 81, VIZ ~"
cie"reu anu rcnnoNeu' coupic Vi cohcer.i
mas STRUCK up, anu hl'een or twehuy
ooupies wele soon uan.nhs ~ien "iiSh' ~
nam oh II plne pouiueu noor; olu iie
"nu Souns' ~ women ahu ihaiaens, ooys
ahu snH, az e"s az ~ WIN amt'
"hrnng, s'aniPlnB, ona"ging, anu chan,-
i"s VI nv s"os'an'iui Nv Jus onoon
"s"i", II" is",' "ete a"uioiy ,AP.eS9u
.""o - ""y '"''"e "'"N ''PPi'
oNeri II, u river
~. nlEue' u nis"1' II u year,
sun Nv 49, "'no,sn W III -
nave ~ o"ii. "ioie ionb' icn h"iuiy
.ninh "ouiu ye'uehae "nen l ms. Pun
up n oru snnh'y, IL s,oou lour onain'
sv'u' """S VI '"e oa"A' was 'nousn'
az .nu,, many " sneaAihe, sieasy,
pi"ch ieno" W seen go sup mo 'no
Mn.er WIN rine oule. 'niousn us usiy
y, no On "ini' .norH"
90 lender aud Londer screamed the con.
c~ertinas and faster and faster whirled the
~nonting counles iii NEARLY midnioht
,.hon a.rnnaru ,v,a onnounced Nv tba
sound of "A great bullock hell. and ont into
the calm NIGHT mir trooped the crowd
The toblcs this time had been set ont on
the syyard in front NJ the house iust vim.
ont the lone dark line Of forest which Dor
d.rad tho river tbrnngb tbe tons NJ who's.
giant abelorsr the fuIl moon sbone down
an IN. merry feasters with n subdued
gInrv ,vbiIe in 81 nniet nnuse Won could
hear ,be rnsh of the strong Borwon chr
rent broken every now and aoain nv n
doom sounding anIon y as some fra oment
~ Tho ever-recadirg cI.vev hank IvonId
fau into tho water Fonr or Ave native
benrs disturbeI by the noise. crawled ont
on ths limbs ~ n great cooiobar and with
nnyyinking headv-hIock ewes gozcd on
the scene below. expressing their astonish-
ment every now and again in hoarse mut-
torInrs. now low and almost in~articulate
hen 4tbrum thrumminqs tbroupb The
bush til il rang again. From n neirbbor-
inc swami came the shrill scream of the
curlew while far away i'm the low rnnoes
Of Coovelln could be heard the dismal
howl OF "A solitary ulnEO COO-pp-lnu TO his
mates
Soarco,v h.d III. o,as,s ,,La, ,hoir
outs and commenced amidst iotas ma
i,ughter IN attact fresh and srhstnn.
,Jai rns,l rhon a Trr,ons horrinc from n
nact ~ ahnrt AM dogs annonnced ma
aadvant ~ s,ro,gers md in a minute mora
,hrea hosamen in the uniform of tho
onsepInnd mounfel nolice rode nm to The
TABLES One n sergeant annorenilv, dis
monn,.d anh Win birdie orer his arm
st,oIa for,yari commandirg every one to
leen their seats. for several MT drst sigbt
of rho a. rans" Ind risen and annarentIv