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aged eighteen, who bore a striking re-
semblance to her mother. He lost no
time in proposing to her. She accepted,
and this week is set for the wedding
which will make his old-time love his
mother-in-law instead Of his wife.
A Little TOO Soon.
A couple from across the border came
to the city recently says the Bingham
ton IN. J.) Republican, and stopped at
one of the best hotels. The young lady
a handsome brunette. The young man
stepped up to the clerk after having
escorted the lady to the parlor, and
asked where he could find q minister, as
he wanted to get ''spliced." Upon be-
ing informed, the clerk handed him the
pen to register.
II don't want to register now," said
the young man; wait until after we get
married, then L can write it Mr.. and
Mrs.
"That don't make any difference"
said the clerk, las long rs you are going
to get married"
The youthful swain stepped up to the
desk, took the pen, looked it over care
fully, and then at the register. His
face grew red, and he hesitatingly in
scribed Joseph Link" upon one line,
and upon the next, Mrs. Lottie Link, all
of Scranton"
81 wonder what she would say if she
knew it," he SAID in an awe-struck
voice, and then hurried out in search of
a clergyman. The inscription was soon
legulized.
Then She wept. .
A recent Bismarck bride had 'bad
1,,clyt1 an hon uadAipn dow Che had oil
most reached the church when she dis
covered that she had forgotten her
bridal veil. She vent Jack after it. On
the way to the church again she sneezed
three times and split the satin bodice
from belt to shoulder. The carriage
stopped at a millinery store. needle and
thread we're procured and had the rent
repaired. AS she stepped from the car
riage to the church door the lace bodice
of an underskirt caught and the under
skirt at the waist gave way. AS she
walked up the aisle the skirt began to
slip down, but she managed to grab it
through the side of her dress-skirt so
hung on until she was safely married
and back in the carriage. Then she
wept, you bet!
Man and Wife.
A newly elected Justice of the peace,
who had been used to drawing up deeds
and wills and little else, was called up
to marry a couple in haste. Removing
his hat, he remarked: Hats off in the
presence of the court" All being I'M
covered, he proceeded: "Hold up yer
right hand. You, John Maxim, do yer
solemnly swear to the best of yer
knowledge an belief that yer take this
woman to have and to hold for yerself,
yer heirs, ~eXecyrters. administrators
and assigns, for yer yer and thir use
f~orever?"
81 do answered the groom promptly.
"You, Alice Evans, take this year
man for yer husband, ter have and ter
hold forever; an you do solemnly swear
that yer lawfully seized in fee simple
an free from all lncumbrance, an have
good right to sell, bargain an convex to
said grantee, yerself, yer heirs, ad-
ministrators an assignsY"
81 do" said the bride, doubtfully.
A Lunatic Romance.
Judge Lawler listened recently to the
beginning of a case which, for singul-
arity, equals anything that has been re-
vealed by the courts of this city for
many a day, says the San Francisco
Chronicle. The case was that of Julia
G. Cheney against Forest Cheney, and
the prayer of plaintiff was for annul-
ment of marriage. From the testimony
given it appears that the following is
the story of the case:
'"The wife, u young and beautiful
girl, has always had a passion for
music. She could sit for hours listen
ing to the sweet strains of the flute,
violin. and bassoon.' She was roman
tic, and in her picture of the future a
very large share was given to the salts
faction of this craving for music. In
September last. only a few weeks before
her marriage, she met Forest Cheney.
He was much older han herself, and
was by no means her complement in
grace or attractlveness. In fact, he
was short and homely. But he played
the violin, and this to her made
up for all other deficiencies. So, aftera
courtship of two weeks, the romantic
girl and the violinist were married.
She, however, never lived with him, for
on the very day of the ceremony the
groom was taken very i'll and became
SO bad that it was necessary to remove
him to the hospital. There the young
wife spent her honeymoon, tending to
the sick mans wants. During this ILL
ness she discovered the appalling fact
that the man whom she had married
was not a sane man. He was subject to
tne greatest lapSeS Oh memory, ana
would do and say the most ridiculous of
things. He thought himself a veritable
Paganini on the violin. If any one
should criticise his slightest mistake he
would grow furions. He would make
the most %unearthly noises, scrap
ing his bow across the strings
in imitation of Wagnerian music,
and would declare that sweet
voices from the south were whispering
to him. He vowed that he could pro-
duce a half dozen different tones from
the same string, ana each one of these
had its significance to him. To touch
some notes, would set him crazy with
childish delight while the f~aintest sug-
gestion Of others would make him start
like aman with delirium tremens. Some
notes, he said revealed human faces to
him, beautiful and gay, others brought
before him monsters, gorgOns, imps and
devils. When the young girl realized
the character of the man TO whom she
was attached by legal cords she was al
most paralyzed with grief and overcome
with chagrin. She, however, refused
TO live with him, when he became we'll