Wichita eagle., 1889-09-19
CONSULTING THE PARSON.
Young Lovers Write to Tell All About the
Affair and Ask Advice.


Wedding rehearsals are very good things
in their way; very much Ike practicing a
sea voyage on a sculIing machine. The SICK
ness will come anyhow. You cannot pre-
vent it. No one knows about it except by
personal experience, and they can't tell.
There are, however rehearsals and rehear-
sails The groom ordinarily has one OF his
own, when he gets on the blush and smile 70
arrange it, with che minister. The latter
can guess his errand on the instant. A young
mans eyes don't ft hir3, and his mouth feels
as if there were too little oxygen in the air
when he stands in the parsons study. A
man who is off on second matrimonial ex-
curson enters the reverend presence with an
indescrbable business air. 1t bespeaks IA
miliarity. 1t is full of sort Of ''quick-sales-
small-profit" spirit. He understands the
whole thing, and it is practical, sir, prac-
teal"
The following is rehearsal via correspond
ence which a city Clergyman had recently
with heart pierced youth. lois genuine
and represents not only the odd ways in
WHICH love bubbles over, but especially the
recent doings of young folks in this free land
and the good clergymeD may do them. One
morning the mail brought this:
Rev. -:
DEAR SIR-You may be surprised to receive a
letter from entire stranger to you. | should
like the following lines to remain very secret to
every one.
l wish to consult You about having the marriage
ceremony said over a lady and myself thought
it best to let you know the particulars of the
l wish to unite myself to her, Of, in other words
TO get married; but the reason is this, she loves
me- love her very much We should not do IL
suddenly, only for this reason her sister wants
her to love another young man, and this she viii
not do, as she loves me, and never can another,
she says.
am not very well of at present, SO if you viii
kindly do this favor for US and keep it a secret,
Cor WEI shall have Kind thought for you as long
as we live If you will please tell me the charges
for the service l mentioned, l VIII call on you
Wednesday eve, or the week after, all according
to your prices Please tear this up Resply
yours
The margins Of this touching note were as
full OF Confidential" and Strictly confden-
tial" as an Indians head Of feathers. The
parson answered it soberly, asking him to
run in and talk it over Then came this
second note:
DEAR SER-Yours Of today received, and can
not call Just now. There is nothing to prevent 3s
II to tell it to every one, but we wish it to
be a secret for some tiIne-two years guess
Are you the man that married Miss - - and
Mr.. q forget his name) Miss - lived ut 1874
West - street II You are not have been all a
mistake. viii let you know who l am and how
knew you. / am with & -, and this spring /
called at your house to see the clock in your par
lor. to see what allied it. The lady who had me go
, and see it was think, your moeher-in-law. You
and your wife were away somewhere; but never
fixed it. The lady wish to be my wife is Miss -
-. She has mother and her father is sixty
some, and has married a girl p years Of age, and
she made it so hot for the children they all moved
away. She is an orphan almost My age is TWEEN
ty and nine and half months, and she is twenty
and six and a quarter months. Please let me
know if you married Miss Evans or not, and to
what church you are the parson for. L shall be
happy to put that French clock in order for you
towards your charges. Please answer soon. Re
sptly yours ---.
After this tender bit Of confidence and fam
lily history ''the parson" advised him to wait
a while and dream on it, to which the reply
came that ended the rehearsal:
DEAR SIR-You are laboring under great and
serious mistake. did not say could not support
her. l can, and nicely, too, if wish. l am sorry
l troubled you much this question, for which
| beg thousand pardons. We have come to the
conclusion different from the first ourselves and
shall wait and see what turns up. Do not trouble
yourself further or waste any more time on my
foolish thoughts but forget that such thing
happened and you viii have forever a sincere
friend Respt'iy yours,
For all of which there was no fee.-New
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