The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-28
gh aaaiehta Daily eagle Thursday ormo auomst 2s, 1890

one OF TIs oIress, IA TFasoQ pcsnses TOP
matrimcnY were dispensed GA nearly every
day in the year. Bss, than, the marriage
of strsngersa7d those yog consider your
personal property are TIVE very different
things
The triangular quarrel between the
william friends was in the game healthy
state when dag broke as it was on the
evening before. Everybody knows that
the dsaaltest foe of friendship is Infringe
ment upon official or clerical dignity.
Each Of these three eslfees, With al their
philosophy that h:si allowed them to hook
down in good natpce3 contempt upon the
fussy ways Of the weird, were quick 70 re-
sent what they deemed the slightest
usurpation of thelc Hghts It was clear 70
each Of them thai Toaa Fluent and Grace
Dolce must break OF their engagement.
No nlesalliaace Il 1 have anything TO
say about it," muttsrsd the Episcopal
Church, cheering up little as the redec-
ton Of the morning Sun gilded its gptre
and dispersed the shadows that had low
cred upon it since the moonlight and the
two lovers disappeared together on the
night before
'I'l keep my tenor at any cost. !" was the
threw open It's doors TO the early worship
ers and TnOodily listened to their footsteps
il the stone aisle.
TN be blowed il let them take Tom
away from me, - whistled the Court House.
He is a cred8 TO NE, and I viii not see
him throw himself away. Why, what the
deuce' He is retained in three big cases
this very week They are eaough to take
up his attention, without his thinking
about church choir girls. FudgeF'
The Court House looked across TO The
Cathedral but that stately edifce betrayed
no knowledge Of anything save the early
mass then In progress. The Episcopal
Church, nesting among its trees, was
equally SELF concentrated, and was oCcn-
pied apparently IN adjusting its weather
vane to the diverse currents Of wind that
swept from the river below and the mount
aims above, alternately.
Let them keep 10 themselves! It suits
me. BUD I'll have my way about Tom
Fluent, or Tn not Court House, was
the way the big building Oonsoled itsslf
as the janitors pulled up its scores of blinds
and made it ready for the days business
During the next hour or two the Court
House was so busy receiving the clerks
and other officials who came in By the hun
dred and dispersed themselves about the
building that it had no tine TO notice its
ecclesiastical friends across thestreet-
Pretty girls l have, too" 1t muttered
as the typewrfters and stenographers-
fresh colored, dainty, neatly dressed and
altogether delightful IL trooped up the
broad stone steps and made their way TO
their respective offices. '<why couldn't
Tom have chosen one OF them, if-halloal
What's this? Why, hereis Tom walking
with one of my girls. Now, that is sensi-
BILE. guess there Is nothing in that church
choir attachment after all"
Tom and a pretty girl were standing
upon the steps, conversing lightly and en-
Toying the beautiful morning, while the
Court House looked benignantiy down,
when suddenly the ailantuses were brushed
aside from the Episcopal Church. and that
respectable structure bawled across to the
Court House:
There, knew it was your doing. You
have them both on your steps, and they
are both connected with your dry, quarrel
some business. Now, I hope you're salts
fed"
Can believe my windows? Yes, it is
she, the church choir girl, and she is ac-
tually attached TO my Record Register
Office. and I never HCt4ced her before,
Welu we'll that alters things Ha, hal'
The Court House laughed and gave old
CeTbeVUs such q tremendous start that he
yelled @'Orderf'' from mere force of habit,
SIS he arranged the chairs in the empty
court room, following it up with remark
that 'This building is settling, as sure as
Pm a sinner"
You seem TO be in a better humor this
morning, nef9hbor," said the Cathedral.
~What has Lappened9'
Everything has happened as it should.
Here Is Tom Fluents2oing 20 marry one Of
my girls, and do notcare-Where they sing
aftersthis. ! knew he would not do any
thing unworthy of himself or me. And
she Is sweet little thing And he is a
splendid fellow. And give them both my
blessing, !" cried the Court House in ecstacy
The Cathedral was always liberal mind
Sd. and after a mOmentary hesitation,
more 70 maintain it's dignity than because
il did not agree with the Court House,
said;
Provided 7 keep my tenor, I am con
tent"
4 am not" grumbted the Episcopal
Church. 81 want my soprano, But I want
something more. II they are 30 be married
the ceremony must be under my auspices.
so il shall-so it shall" agreed the
Court House heartily. What say you,
CathedrelP''
oh, yes, I am willing"
Down on the steps another conversation
was taking place, Of which two sentences
we're these;
That it Is to be the first week in June,
En-, Grace, dearF'
81 suppose so. Tom. But do not let any
one know yet, Will you7
There wac a pause, and then. es the girl
looked solid stone walls of the Court
House an from them to the spiFe Of the
Episcopal Church and the two Gothic
steepies Of the Cathedral, she murmured:
De you know. Tom, / can almost fancy
7 hear the Court House telling the two
churches our secret. We seem 70 belong 70
them, somehow, do we not'"
What foolish fancy, dear laughed
Tom.
And. Of course, it was a foolish fancy
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