The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-09
MARRIED BUT NOT MATED.



\ by the Onicisting Cicrgymen.
You see. I've been among the poor
all my lie says an English clergyman
In the London Tit-Bits. Ny services
In the church include cul';lcy for fif-
teen years In the East end OF London
and an incumbency for twenty-five
years at u small church in the most
densely populated part OF one Of our
large towns. AS you wilt readily sup.
pose, my forty years. services have not
been without some strange experiences
! remember one morning at about 8
O'clock the clerk came to my lodgings
and informed me that a couple wished
70 be married at once. Can they not
wait until the proper timep" l asked.
They are most unreasonable You
ought not to have brought their mes
sage. You know we don't marry till
1880" Well, sir " urged the clerk.
1t was the lady who sent me and /
thoughtit was most important case"
'Oh. see said /. She made 1t
worth your while to come" Yes. sir
and II its not being too bold think
she'll mako it worth yours to CO." In
no pleasant frame OF mind l rose
from my breakfast and accompan-
led the clerk. nor did / let
slip the opportunity OF lecturing him
on the desirability OF enforcing the
time-honored regulations OF our
church. When had duly invested
myself in my robes entered the com.
munion-rail. and beheld. with no
small surprise. man in corduroy
trousers and duck" jacket while
by his side stood well-dressed lady.
felt called upon to expostulate with
the man for not being attired in a
manner more becoming the solemn
occasion. He made no attempt to de-
fend himself except by saying he had
not had time to change However.
the lady seemed satisfied. and as there
was no valid obiection-for they were
prepared with special license-I
married them. After the ceremony,
the man signed his name with cross
while the lady wrote bold aristo-
cratic hand. When leaving the church.
saw the lady bid her husband good
by and drive off In a carriage. while
he went IN different direction. APP
parently to his work. The handso me
fee with which the lady rewarded me
did not prevent my specializing. as /
turned my steps homeward. OF the
circumstances that led to this extra
ordinary union. Why should lady
only 25 years OF age and with no small
share OF good looks link herself to an
ignorant and uncultivated workman
almost twice her agep have never
found any satisfactory solution to the
problem. and hand it over to the in
genuity of any novelist in want of "a
plot.
Part OF my duty at that time con-
sisted in receiving the names OF those
who wished to have their banns called
In church. One day an awkward
looking man. with hair almost ficrcely
red, called on me and asked how much IL
would cost to have his banns cried. :"
Two shillings." / replied. ..All
right" said he laying down the
money. Your namep" | asked, get
ting out the book. John Dawkins. I"
Married before7" mo, SIR" What
is the lady's name" l repeated.
well didn't think OF that he an
swered; '.but let's see there's Bessy and
Sally and Widow Magee. See, sir. If
you don't mind waiting I'll go and
ask one of them and come back in an
hourP" He went but never returned.
Evidently neither Bessie nor Sally nor
Widow Magec was 'willin'."
Many OF the candidates for matrimo-
ny have little or no previous knowled ge
of the words OF the service. ITO have
and to hold frequently becomes Ito
have on the whole" and It'll death
us do part" is given till death has to
part" There is, however on record
a story-for the truth of which / can
not vouch-to the effect that young
man about to be married learned, as
he thought the responses by rote
Unfortunately he had studied the or
der for baptism. and when confronted
with the question wilt thou have
this woman to be thy welded wifeP"
etc. boldly replied: Il renounce