The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-06
BRIDES THOUGHTS.
What FILLED Their Maids When They Wer
Being Married.

What FILLED Their Maids When They Were
Being Married
For instance, what were you all
thinking of when you were being mar
ried?"
Every one laughed and said IN q
breath, ''Why, of being married, Of
course
Nonsense, That idea was Ia your
mind, no doubt bat it was the under
current OF thought You were thinl,-
ing really of something e. :. Confess,
now"
well" said one of the listeners,
thoughtfully, perhaps tn is true.
Now that l stop to coRsidcr it l was
thinking of something else. You see.
was married at home and in the even
ing. just as the minister commenced
the service a lamp shade on small
table near me cracked / turned in
voluntary to my sister, who was stand
ing near me, and was about TO whisper
her to turn the lamp down, when it
suddenly occurred TO me that | was the
cynoSure of all eyes-that it was really
my own wedding. OF course l re-
Trained from speech, but it was with
difficulty that | refrainei from laugh
ter at the blunder / came 50 49, l-al1-
ing"
well, remember distinctly what /
was thinking about" said the intellec-
tual woman on the sofa Il had a new
pair of eye-g glasses on and the spring
hurt my nose. was wishing the min
lister would hurry up so could so up
stairs and change them"
And |" put in the third, was con-
graduating myself all through the GER
emony on my wonderful composure
knew that he was frightened to death,
and was thinking what larks it would
be to tease him about it all the rest of
his life, when suddenly, as / held out
my hand for the ring, 1 happened to
glance at it and found that it was
trembling like q leaf That sight
phased' me SO that all else is blank,
save my one desire To hide my hands
! had mad impulse 10 conceal them in
the folds of my veil, but / don't think
did At least, no one ever told me so.
/ myself would hate to take my oath
that did not"
1T was sermon of Sam Small's that
was diverting my mind at my we'd
ding" said the woman in the corner.
81 don't know that anything could have
been more incongruous at such time
than one of Sam Smalls sermons, but
had heard him preach month or so be-
fore, and just as | was coming down
stairs something, l shall never know
what, put me in mind of one of his gro
tesque illustrations. He compared the
gospel to a springboard. just where
he found the resemblance | can't re-
member That was what troubled me
then. | couldn't remember, and was
trying to figure it out all through the
service. / nearly missed one of the re-
sponses, | was so intent upon the idea"
Everybody accounted for" said the
newspaper woman, save myself, who
am not married, and Mrs. Blank
What Were you thinking of, Mrs B?''
The little woman blushed furiously,
hesitated, and finally said: IF you
promise never to tell I'll tell you You
see l was married in the days when
in the confusion and hurlyburly of
dressing my hustle got lost and couldn't
be found. 1t was growing late, and
what was to be done? No one knew /
could not wear my dress without il, for
it looked dreadfully.
Finally one of my bridesmaids, a
girl of expedients, grabbed up hand
full of bath-towels, tied a ribbon around
them, and fastened that around my
waist. | didn't think very much about
it until was standing at the altar, and
then the horrible thought flashed
across me, what ii should lose some
of those Manchester bath-towels, best
quality. in the aisle?
II nearly tainted away, and ! assure
you every step of that solemn process
sion down from the altar was solemn
indeed to me. | 'processed very
gingerly. Please don't tell, though, for
people will tease me. IN. Y. Recorder.