Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-10-15


III begin. o. play. aud the stufilng mash.
- Itself Ia paste. Igivr INV sialwart arm
to forty stranded danes and damscls-
no. not all at Oncc--one after another.
and they go at all sorts ~ gaits By the
time | have escorted my SHARE ~ the
witnesses, I coulI keep step with any
animal In menageTie. There ara tall
ones who stalk Ike the stately deer
only II l. not the deer who dos the stalk.
ing: hut never mind. there are short
ones, who chat aniably up nj me. trying
tO appear unconscious ~ the gaping
crowd. and the.e trot like little foxes.
then there are soinc unaccusiOmcl. half
ledgcd one. who are frightened. and get
over the ground like a pair Of diyiders.
hut ann up with them. neck and neck.
~ to speak. as turn them inso their
placcs and stroll unconccrne,ily hack for
another victim in my natural manly
gait. And now they are all shown up
and very comfortably gaudy gathering
they are-with fans waving pnd jewel.
scintillating How am getting alongi'
"Not atall at present"
"Iiut how was ~
"Grandlyi We had Just arrived at the
interesting part. was standing on tap.
to-. ankle and all. 10 scc the bride come
in"
IIc no,ldei. "I,emain in that position.
II you pleas" hc s4il. The organisi
u playing and leaving on at his pleasure.
AMI any ingredient ~ thr stufling would.
AZ this moment of excitement. h. willing
to stand upon the forehead ~ it, faint.
INK ncighbor 10 st bcti.r view
Presently We arc summoned to the yesti.
bulc The bride ha, arrived Mis Wal
drun has eight bridesmaids In green.
and a special lyour substituted Ia pink.
who walks In b,sidc her They all have
bouquet. a. large a. hay stacks. and ar-
positively silent with fright Now
wraps on Hero wc go! 'DOo' doc
dy-door That u thc wedding march a.
performed urun the orean, u must 80
fhrough that once. AMI then the doors
arc thrown hack. Al the people in ih'
church turn wrong sidc bcforc. and
those M the sides sway forward. living
an appearance of the sails falling Ia.
We leave four pcws between each
two of a.. and six between the lat
pair ~ bridesmaids and thc bride
and sls,ial No one CONES after the
bride. which j. fortunate. "a lsr dfc-. b.
no les than a mile long b.hind. W
r,ach the chancrl steps. the eight maid.
in blue slidc ieforc "a eight youths iu
black The bride and her special ar
next thc rail. a. Icr rehearsal Mil
and Young Waldron are there ready o.
receive them 'Wurrrrr that Is the
service"
"Dont h. fippani. said the audience.
rpro,ingly.
II give you my wor,l that was all that
I heard u IT, Tho organ CONTINUES to
play softly. the bride gives her hay
stack g. the special. anil 'wurr.r on h
g,es There j. some juggling With the
nng. AMI the brides brother in.law
nearly dies II stage fright a. be give
bcr away. Now they knecl. Well done
| see the lenediciion. Up againl Good
The organ roan its loudcst. and tn
bride faces about without turning her
train under side up. which Is the mater
stroke - the performance. and sails
down the aisle. Miller and all. while the
crowd simply grinds itself to little bits
and gocs away pieccmeal
II think YOU are very frivolous, she
commented. laughing.
And think that you are very un.
grateful Have not amused you and
fought your blues with might and mainY
"Ycs, certainly; but" --
"Do not distress yourself over my Fri.
yolity. IL was a frivolous wedding No
single pcrson there was awed OF even
ssrious-not one. The bride was obliged
- count the pews and he careful that
h-f train did not turn over. A. for the
crowd. they could hear nothing. and de-
voted themselves Ia trying to sec. that
they might not have come entirely In
vain We had two rehearsals, and ! do
Assur, YOU that the service Is the very
least part II the whole
IL should not wish any one 90 say that
Of my wedding" she confessed. scri-
ously.
"Nor |, he assented. speaking as seri.
ously. but with daring hight in his eyes
Il shall try 10 have very different kind
N you approve"
Five minutes later the grating " car.
mage wheels on the gravel drive AZ the
other side of the house made itself heard.
.uccceded by hasty footsteps, which fol
lowed the sound of calling voice.
Papa. papa" cried the voice, come
herc Come here A. quick a. YOU can
Papa. this IL Mr. Brooks, and he has
asked me 20 marry him, and he liked
me. and won't say that be Is sorry. Tell
him youI opinion Of such conduct"
There was an instant Of silence. A
stern. steady gaze on the part of the older
man: n firm front and az steady gaze
on that of the younger Then this ter.
rible father. this tyrant with the violent
temper. turned quietly toward his child
and took her hand In his.
"Tell the what YOU think Of the ~
quest. little daughter" he aid. bending
over her. "and will tell Mr. Brooks
what ! think % the other"
"You behaved magnihcently, she |
aid to her accepted suitor. III YOU had |
SEEMED biz afraid. | should have been
provoked with myself Tor caring for YOU.
You see. I have never had a man friend
who was not In terror II papa showed
his face. Just because papa i splendid
and silent. they fairly seem 30 grOyel b.
fore him. 81 when foand that you did |
not quake at the monstrOus idea YOU had
formed u him. was tempted To- see II
you could H. made To quake. IL was a
test, bui Vas on your side all the time.
hoping that you would win"
"a kind Of fairy tale ending" he said.
laughing. III the young man guesses
the riddle. be marrie- the princes; II
not. OF with his headi'
"with the difference that this young
man would have married the princess In
the end whether he had guessed the
riddle or not. Still. like the fairy tale
ending. Let US hope for that by all
means DO you know what II isl And
they all lived happily ever after"
The next morning, as the young man
In the fairy tale was dying on the wings
OF steam hack to real life. he sat with a
small note book before him, in which he
had entered two words u an original
compositiOn--only two words, but of
such dazzling brilliancy as 20 b. quite
incapacitating for further mental effort.
Tn. xsor,ls xssar.. ssIlr..nka--II IIoUard -