The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-11-15
QUEER WEDDING RING.
An Humble Couple Married By tho
Key of Church.
A Rural Dean Who Carried Out the Church
Of England Ritual Under Difficulties
The Departure of Bride and
Groom and the Parsons Fec.


of our provincial ceremonies -
My grandfather was rural dean near
Petit Zodiac, or as they called it in the
vcrnacular, petticoat-and- jacket, writes
Mrs. NJ. l.. Rayne, in the Detroit .9rec
Press. and it would be hard to imae.ne
4 simpler life, or one more ralnote feous
the fashion which passeth away. Tht
little stone church was Old aad pix, ur-
esque, and the people who w3r 3h;3e
there were as quaint and oeigt5al a. i.
they had stepped out of another century.
When reached the church the we'd
ding party had already arrived. lteon-
listed of the party themst Ives, as much
alone as were Adam and l,ya Ell their
bridal in Eden. They hl! .rriycd on
horseback, and the unhitrt"i aaia.l
each saddled over a flowing white
sheet, which made them ipok like
equine ghost3 in the tMili nj were
browsing about among the E.1yo stones.
disturbing nothing but the lcIg tangled
grass and the swcetbriar roses that grow
wild there. | hurried past them into
the vestry, where the dean was strug-
Cling into his white gown.
"You can ba my crrota IN thia oac,
sion,' he said, az peepnd in at the
door. "You will be needed for Wit
ness and bridesmaid, to assist With the
ring"
[ walked uo the aisls OF til, little
chanel and sat down +, o1h OF ,aa hlgh
backed pews and triedto sec y ID, man
ner OF folk they weFs who had sac
queer bridal customs.
Not younr. And both were Nara ar
the humblest rustic tyne. The wognan
brown asa Gypsy. w,ra a lowered r,ti.;
lin drcss that was c,i.5s anl Badle
made. A string of beat, asa i Wilt
cotton vuil wer, her ...nis Boz
wore white cotton ,.l,y II. and rs lhvi
hands we're immense the eject was al
most protesoue. Their faces EXPRESSED
bashfulness and n cartaln rndo disdain
of what other neoplc1li,rl,t think. Tbey
;.lutched hands "a IL they were dotor
mined that no poH.r ON earth sh mia
separate them at This cs!iis.
After thev had bccn n,Htruclnd v,hpras
to stand. thcv tool, tbair ,).ees. lies
brido cr.nr mo viil, 4nioc ai4l.os
a possible intruder
"NVho giveth this; woman 20 be mar
ried to this man1'
AT this moment / slepped forward to
make that part of the ceremony com
plete.
II don't know She" said the bride.
edpinp away. but the dean paid no at
tention to her and repeated the sacred
formula for them to follow with him.
~ win now take the rino." said NV
grandfather in n low voice.
..pocnro. echoed lhc Groom ~ know
nobbut n reeno HAST any like reeng
Matbildop,
The rafters rung with his s.Whoa!
Dobbin," tone.
II never tbocht o. the like, Happen
wen ne'cr mind sech a leetle thing a.
that. said the bride. with look of
genuine terror in her eyes, as il she
might lose her gallant at the very
altar.
Take off your ring. Mvra, we can use
that for the ceremony" said the dean.
who carried ont the Church of ENGLAND
ritual to the letter.
Alas Iba,d NJ, NV olovaless hands as
dast;tnte Of rinrs as those of the bride
herself
What was to be ,lone2 The dean would
NOT have cone;1ared those rood neonle
nronerlv married IL tbo ceremonv of the
ring wcro omitted lie Glanced down
NJ his own white hands boldinc the
s.orad ,onl, ,bnn ba h,r,al hurriedlv
to mo.
ca ora hr;no ma ,ho bow Of the
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