St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-01

salutation, and l replied, NO, he isn't
in the city, Jimmy! Now we are
in a fiXr cried the stranger. turning to
his companion with such look of gen
uine diSmay that couldn't keep from
smiling a little. DO you want to get
married.? | asked, and the young fell
low, blushing furi0uSly, replied, 'Yes'm;
how did YOU know? oh, | said, Il
haven't lived in a parsonage so long for
nothing just at that moment our near
est neighbOr, Mrs. Afford, who, with
her husband, had been sitting i'll
the porch of their residence, listening
to the conversation, came forward and
said: If you want 10 find preacher,
there's church festival going on down
the street & few blocks, and wherever
there's ice cream and cake there's pretty
sure 10 be preacher My little boy
offered to 90 with the prospective groom
and help him find the church festival
and the preacher, and away they went.
"Col and Mrs. Afford came over as
interested and delighted as though this
had been an affair of their own, and we
took the bride into the house and made
her feel at home. The search for
preacher was successful, and lie came
back with them and married the pair
with so brief a ceremony that they kept
standing there after he had finished,
and looking at one another in funny,
doubtful way as though they didn't
half believe they were married yet. We
ali congratulated them, though, and
they went away at last quite merrlly.
Did you ever see anything happen
at wedding that you would have re-
garded as ominOuS if you had been one
of the parties? Now. let me tell you
that / am not bit SuperstitlOuS, but
very uncomfortable thing happened at
one of these parsonage weddings.
About sunset, one evening, party on
horseback rode up in a violent hurry,
dismounted and wanted the preacher at
young men. The preacher was
out in town, but it was
only short distance, and we sent for
him. 1t was evidently runaway party.
but as the girl was at least ~ years old
there was no reason for refusing to
marry them. She was an exceedingly
handsome girl, but with a hard reckless
ness of look and manner which. L was
sure, did not reach back of this step she
was taking. But while the pair stood
there, taking upon themselves the
solemn VOWS. which they seemed to
feel SO little, suddenly, without even
growl, our little dog left his
station Oh the other side of that room
and flew at that girl with all the fury of
a tiger. lie was little black-and-tan
terrier, the triendlieSt little dog you
ever saw, and had never made the
slightest attempt to bite anybody, and
there he was, sprnging into the air in
his efforts to reach her face. | had to
run and pull him away by main force
and lock him up in my room. One
would like to know, Just for curiosity,
what he saw about that girl that made
him decide to tear her to pieces right
there, without giving her chance to 90
farther.
Zone day a young farmer, fine-look-
ing young fellow, too. in spite OF his
rough clothes, came StrOlling up with
an Oxwhip in his hand and presented
himself in our parlOr shortly afterwards,
where he thoughtfully laid the OXwhip
on the mantelpiece before he began
talking. Say. parsOn,' he began, with
some natural embarrassment, If |
was to fgger aroun' today till l
got things fixed TO my notion
a girl an git married% Certainly
said my husband, cordially, adding with
a smile: What seems to be the
trouble?' WALL replied the stalwart
farmer, 'Pve got my llcense-that'S all
ready, got it MORN week ago. AM
now Eve got place to git married at.
That's two things. But l amt said
nothin' to the girl yet. She's in town
today, though, an 1 seen her III a store
a-buyin' some things, an Pm a gOin'
right down am ask her."
And he took down his whip and
flinging it over his shoulder went
swinging out at the gate and down the
street. Of course, we both laughed I'M !
til we cried. but | was so anxious about
my little rustic romance that l kept
peeping through the blinds in very
absurd fashion for the next hour. l had
quite given them out when they came
at last. and l assure you the
girl was a perfect little. beauty,
and as neat as a pin. Il had
lots 0''uouble a-fiindin' her, was the
young farmers only explanation, and
they stood up and were married, while
the little bride seemed undecided
whether to laugh or cry. But when 1t
was over, and i said something tn her
about it being so sudden, she answered,
with tears trimming her eyes. 'But you
see, ma'am, loved jim ever since L
can remember; and he was just too
stupid to find it out
But as Jim tucked her hand under \
his arm he answered concisely: They
amt 10 man livin' that can find out
anything about woman when she
don't want him to find it out And
cutie agree with him, am sure"