St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-11-15

SAW him perfectly plainly. Oh. how a.
he find us? What shall we dof"
Ted grew very red and then vsrl
white.
ESTABLISH" said Van Bibber, jump
ing up and reaching for his hat pa,
this chap for those things. will you. AMI
I'll get rid Of your brother"
Van Bibbcr came down tho steps
lighted . cigar, IS the elder Standisl
came up them ON the jump
'Hello! Standishv' shouted the New
Yorker; "What . coincidence! Why
I've just seen your brother, and nov
here you are. What's up"
"You've seen himv' cried tho BOsto,
man. eagerly; Eyes. and where is he
Was she with him? Are they married
Am in time?"
Van Bibbcr answered these difYercn
questions to the effect that he had seel
young Standish and Mrs. Standish no
q half-an-hour before. and that they
were just then taking cab for jersey
City, whence they were to depart TO
Chicago
1.-THE driver who brought them her,
and who told me where they were. sait
they could not have left this place BY
the time l wonld reach it." said tn,
elder brother, douhtfully.
"Yes, but they have" said Van Bib
Der; however. II you get over to Jersey
City in time for the two-thirty. you car
reach Chicago almost rs soon as they
do. They are going to tho Palmer
House. they said"
'Thank you, old fellow" shouted
Standish, jumping back into his han
som; Its terrible business Pair oil
young fools. Nobody objected tn the
marriagc-Only too young, you know.
Ever SO much obliged"
Don't mention it." said Van BibbcI
politely.
''Nox, then" said that young man.
as he approached the frightened couple
on tho terrace, 1--WE sent your brother
of to Chicago. l do not know why
selected Chicago as place where ono
would go ON honeymoon. But I'm no,
very good at it Now, il you will in.
troduce mo I'll see what can be done
toward getting you two babes out of the
woods"
Standish said: Miss Cambridge, this
Is Mr.. Cortlandt Van Bibber, OF whom
you have heard my brother speak" and
Miss Cambridge said she was very glad
to meet Mr.. Van Bibbcr even under
such peculiarly trying circumstances.
snow. what you two want to do. !"
said Van Bibber, addressing them as
though they were just about fifteen
years old and he was at least forty, lis
to give this thing all the publicity you
can"
"What?' chorusod the two runaways
in violent protest
Certainly" said Van Bibbcr: '.yOu
were about to make fatal mistake.
You were about to 60 to some unknown
clergyman, Of an unknown parish. who
would have married you in hack room
without = certificate or q witness. just
like any clipping farmers daughter and
. lightning rod agent Now, it's diff
fercnt with you two. Why you were
not married respectfully in church. 1
don't know; but kind Providence has
sent me to see that there is no talk or
which is such bad form, and
which would have got your names in
all the society papers. am going to
arrange this wedding properly, and you
will kindly remain hero until I send q
for you. Now. just rely on mo
and eat your luncheon calmly. Allow
me to recommend the salad, which is
good"
Van Bibber first drove madly to tho
Little Church Around the Corner.
where he told tho kind old rector all
about it. and arranged to have the
church open end the assistant organist
In her place. and q district messenger
boy to blow the bellows. at three
o'clock. Now" he said. II must get
some names. 1t doesn't matter much
they happen to know the high
parties or not. but they
must be names that everybody knows.
Whoever is In town will be lunching at
and the men will be at tho
stub" So he just went to the big res
where. Is good luck would
have it. he found Mrs "Rogy" Van
Amt and Mrs Jack Parrish and the
Misses Brooklino, who wero Just Oh tho
vacht Minerva, Of tho Boston Yacht
Club. and he sworc them to secrecy and
told them about It
At tho club he pressed four men into
'ervice who knew everybody and whom
everybody knew. and when they pro-
'estcd that they had not been properly
invited and that they knew only tho
bride and groom by sight, he told them
hat made no difference, as it was their
names only he wanted. Then he sent
IA get the biggest suite
Il rooms on tho Fall River boat and
mother ono for flowers, and then he put
Mrs. Regy Van Arnt into cab and sent
Ter after tho bride, and, rs best man, he
,ot into another cab and carried OF tho
room.
81 have acted ~ hest man or usher
orty-two times now" said Van Bibber.
$ they drove to the church, land this
; the FIRST time ever appeared in
ither capacity in Russia-leather shoes
nd blue-sergo yachting suit But
hen." he added. contentedly, 'rm
othin9 TO the other fellows Ono Of
hem is in st-iped-dannel suit"
Mrs ''RcRy" and Miss Cambridge
'ept great deal on the way uptown.
ut the bride was all smiles and bushes
'hen she walked up the aisle to meet
or prospective husband. They all
hook hands. after it was over. and tho
played the wedding
larch," and one of the club-mcn i'm
istcd In pulling cheerful and jerky
cal on the church bell in the absence
{ the janitor, and then Van Bibbcr
urled an old shoe and handful OF rice
which he had. thOu2htfully collected