St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-21
Thursday's I{Ound.


Thursday morning, Mrs. Grundy had
Marie bring up mild cocktail, which
she took before breakfast, meeting Mr..
Grundy's intimatiOn that she was gal
looping to drunkard'S grave, with the
assertion that she never could get
through the days programme without
some stimulant. Nor was the cocktail
the only stimulant she INDUCED in. A
liberal allowance of champagne cup
was found necessary to keep her up to
the end of the trying ordeal. The grief
she experienced on finding that there
was to be another rainy wedding day
was considerable tax on her strength.
She told Mr.. Grundy, with whom she
was on no very amiable terms, that
goodness knows the outlook of matri-
mony is dismal enough when the sun
Shines" and was well-nigh inconsolable
when the wedding hour drew near and
it was still pouring.
As she stood in the rear of the church
a moment or two waiting for Mrs. Nor
ton to Join her, she took the oppOr-
tunity to ask DR.. McLaren if he had
ever noticed how an old girl with for
lorn hopes always walks up the aisle at
wedding-her eyes kind of half closed,
trying to think how she would feel if
the usher were she and she were the
victim of the longed-fOr sacrifice.
When Walter Driscoll took her to a
seat and woman in the end of it re-
fused to bulge, but insisted ON Mrs.
Grundy crOwding by her, she was al
most mad enough to go home. She
said in audible tones to Miss Newport,
who was just ahead, that she considered
the SeliShneSS of some people
positively unchristian, and she was in
clined to rebel against the form of
the marriage service when the first
square look she got at the brides dress
had to be cut short with prayer. But
she said afterward, as luck would have
it. with her head slightly bowed, she
obtained a splendid view of Mrs. Fred
DriscOll's gown and caught a glimpse
of most exquisite gOid-cOlOred plush
opera wrap, trimmed with Persian
lambs wool, and it was too tantaliZing
to think she couldn't see who the
Wearer was.
1t seemed to her, she said. that it is
time the word ''obey" was left out of
the marriage service, though Alice
Dean pronounced it as if she honestly
liked the idea. 1T was very pretty, as
the bridal train was retiring. to see Mr..
jackson look down at his wife, as if he
was not quite certain, but he had
dreamed the ceremony, and she was not
really there-his own property"
The bridesmaids, in short, white
gowns. looked very sweet and girliSh,
Mrs. Grundy thought, though she had a
notion that a better effect would be pro-
duced if the bridal party moved more rap
idly when retiring from the church. She
said, too that she did not approve of the
air of levity the usherS wore ill-eOn-
cealed. Instead of having their minds
fixed apprehensively on the solemn
state of matrimony, DR.. McLaren act
ually smiled naturally at girl coming
down the aisle, and Harry JohnsOn's
thoughts were all conferred obviously on
/ the perfect curl of Percy Parker's mus
| tache.
After she saw the last of the bride,
| Mrs. Grundy looked about her to dis
cover who were at the church, and,
bowling to the left and to the right of
her, she recognized Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
DriScoll. Jr., Mrs. Seixas, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. D. Dean, Mr.. and Mrs. Ii.
NicOlS, Mr.. and Mrs. DriscOll, Miss
Edith Drisccll, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
B. DriscOll, Mrs. w. B. Dean,
Miss Dean, Master Sydney and
Miss Helen Dean, Mrs William
Dean. Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Gribben
and son, Mrs. John Nicols. Mr.. ana
Mrs. PilkingtOn. Miss 5. Nicols, Mr..