St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-24

man with her skirts. 1t was she who
replied 10 tile minister.
We want to get married.
The pious man recalled the time IN
college when he vas driven 70 the Ut
terance Of an unbOly phrase, and he
found himself wishing for tia; day
10 return. Upon looking. however.
iEto the tender blue eyes OF the girl
before him nc sOftened bit. She was
decidedly pretty, and looked as sin
cere and enthusiastic IS possible. Ihen
he realized that she must indeed be
sincere and enthusiastic 10 intrude on
him at that time. and he smiled at her
and she smiled back.
We'll, we'll" he said. what ever
impelled YOU 20 come here at this hour
20 get married.
.'Ob. Billy and didn't decide till An
hour ago" she said. We've been en-
gagged for year, you know. and we've
been waiting for Billy to strike 1t rich,
but he doesn't do II, 50 We made I'D our
minds we wouldn't wait another min
ute We knew this was rectory. ana
we've got our license. and there isn't a
soul in the world cares whether we are
married or not. 80 we ran III here. and
now on can say the words over US.
The girl was determined. III vain did
the minister suggest that she wait till
the following day. The young man
came round from behind the girl and
said he could not wait, and that's all
there was TO Il, and il this minister
would not marry them they would chase
over the city until one was found who
would. SO there was nothing for the
minister 20 do but make them man and
wife. After the ceremony the groom
pushed his wife up 70 the minister, anu
the young woman hung her mead ana
stammered out the explanation that just
at that moment they only had - be-
tween them, but ii the minister would
take security they would redeem 1t with
a handsome fee within few days.
''Securtyn exclaimed the rector.
What sort of security"
The girl turned her back to the mill
Ister and bent down When she rose
she held in her hand two strips Of blue
silk in circular form, each clasped by
silver buckle.
II sing at the Casino" said she
blushing, land there have been lots OF
young fellows gone on NE. They give
me presents. yuu know, and one worse
than the rest gave me these carriers. l
guess they're worth $40 or so. Keep
lem till Billy sends you the fee"
The minister burst out laughing and
handed the young woman her garters,
saying that no security was necessary.
In relating the anecdOte he does not eX-
PLAIN whether he awaited himself of the
traditional privilege OF kissing the
bride.
In ihe Restaurants
Are good studies in realism. On the day
this week when the temperature was 100
deg. in the shade, very red-faced, slim
legged and bOred-lOoking specimen en-
tered DelmOnico5 at O'Clock IN the
evening, and took a seat at table over
against one Ofsthe windows. After gaZ-
ing into vacancy for fifteen minutes. ho
suddenly aroused himself and began TO
mildly swear at the waiter for not ask
ing him to order something. the waiter
smiled goOd-naturedly, and bent OBJ
sequiOusly over the young mans shout
der while he ordered half dozen dishes.
only one Of which he would be able to
eat. After the dinner arrived the
young man gave all his attention to
the waiter. watching him open
bottle OF Johannisberger and then
keeping an eye on him as he fitted
about, bringing him whatever incidental
Compartments that are necessary at
well-served table Finally he got down
to a consideration Of his repast, and,
after tasting all the dishes, settled on
the bordelaiSe sauce that enyeloped a
fiet Of beef and ate ii, growing at the
waiter afterWard for not bringing more
Of it. After a while he reached the de-
termination to try his wine. The first
sip interested him so much that he sat
pensiyely, after taking IL, for about five
minutes, smacking his lips gently, and
looking at the label on the wine bottle.
Then he started up suddenly and drank
four glasses of the wine without stop
ping, after which he coughed for spell
and sank back in his chair rather dis
gusted with life in general.
A few minutes later he called for a
French comic paper, and upon obtain
ing 1t he began TO smile at the cartoon
on the first page. He regar ded the
cartoon for fully ten minutes, smiling
continuously, and occasionally breaking
into an asthmatic chuckle. After APP
parently exhausting the cartoon he
sprahg suddenly to his feet and
called aloud for his check, glar-
ing about az though he believed
there was a conspiracy III the establish
ment to keep his check away from him.
The waiter fastened forward and
handed the young man his account. IL
was for little over So, The youth
looked at it, observed that 50 cents was
too much for asparagus, and signed the
slip with his name in pencil. Then he
broke for the cashiers desk.
Il want five cents to rids up town
with, " no SAID to the cashier. The five
cents was forthcoming, and, clutching
it in his hand, the red-visaged young
man made for the door and disap-
peared.