Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-13


 SENT HIM spRAWIING TO THE FLOOR where the drapery hid him from the crowd, but let him look his fill at her. That was her only consolation. If they tried to mako her bodily over to Mir T3asco. he was close at hand, and Miss Lucy and Marse Bert looking in at the window, ready to give him countenance for her protection.
 At last the march began. Two bg two, 2 nan and woman, they came into tho small clear space before her and moved around singing;
 My Eord called Sister Marthy.
 Sister marthy would not answer
 Sister Marthg into de gyarden.
 Talhin erbout my Lord.
 Five nj utes of slow, heavy stamp ing; then eamo wild whifl to
 Bar war bans O. music,
 Dar war bans O music
 Bar war ban's O music
 2embHa fro dc sIy.
 Then the words died away to a wild grooming shriek. with a tempest of foot falls under it. Tho marehers formed a wheel with the women in the center and whirled at top speed in front of and mp to the poor distracted queen. Tha pastor came, too, with an oily smile, and put his buggy whip in her hand, 1 saying: Now, Miss Permeely, bit your king and lannle set him down up yere side you Hit is not good fer e8aaa fer be eHloHe de Scripture says, l New, sAat your eyes an hit de nex' who- er passes With that he seemed to release the whip yet adroitly flung the lash around Paseo's neck. Instantly there went up 8 great laughing shout, and by tba time Nicely had drawn one sohblng breath ahe teacher was beside her, holding her hand. The preacher had drawn 8 book and q folded paper from his pocket and was beginning to read that tha document authorized him toaolemHize matrimony betwixt Caesar Augustus fasoo and Pamela Mills
 Out from the wonder stricken crowd e3ne sIrill cry: "O-o-ol you yilyunl hain { dead yatl'
 The next minute a small and vicious looking Daughter Of Will Arise streamed up to th8 throne, elutched the royal bridegroom and shaking him Gill his teeth ehattered cried cut: T mar ried dis yere slab sided, low down, no count tfiflin fly up de creek two years ergo, up to Nashville m took in wash in ter snete i'm 50 he might go ter school oil git book sense enough ter be CT preacher. An dis is Whut l gifts fer t. Fine am yefe tFyin ter marry CT gal at don 'ant unl an does ant some body else been lSnoyin ever senee he runnod away he was mean as gar broth thiolzened wid tadpoles, but I never did thought he'd come quite ter seoh CT pass as dis :"
 Mr- Barker put on his most judicial aspect. Easoo's countonanee betrayed his guilt. Nevertheless the minister asked:
 'is this woman your wife, Brother Pasco?'
 "l married her once, but was minor then, and propose to get me divorce next spring--as soon, in fact, as school is cut, AIr Pasoo said, calling all his grammar to his aid.
 Den you better wait till you git it fore you try ter marry agin, Pete Meaeham said catching his rival round the waist and sending him sprawling 0a the aoar Then he gathered the sob ping Nicely in his arms and turned to face the preacher, saying: Mir. Pas chure, my boss is got license for me ter marry dis eanle little gal. Git um from him, please, an tio do knot right yere. l WIS gTine steal her as Ngo went home, but l don's u7arter tallo 10 mo- risks CT losin e.
 Then 2 wonderful thing happened. The party outside came il and stood ill half circle back of Pete and Nicely, until they were made one, when Q grave gentleman, whom nobody quite knew, stepped il front of Ber5 Winner and Lucy Lee, aaa in less time than it takes to N4ita it they had likewise en- tered the koly estato of marimony, Pete and his boss 1t seemed, had plan ned doahle runaway. Tho happenings of tno evening only preoipisated the crisis
 Aunt Charlotte and Mrs Lee in time became reeeneiled to their sons n-1aw, but the church meeting has never yet ventuIed upon another queen of Christ mas.
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