The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-02
HAD 70 GIVE BONDS.
4 Delaware Marriage Fprmality Tina
Struck Terror to One Bride-~uonl.

Struck Terror to One bridegroom.
To get married seems an easy thing
to the young man whose fancy Iightl,
tu4ns so thoughts Of lave, but when j,
comes to the actual ceremony there are
q thousand and one terrors which eur.
round and threaten to overcome him
Marriage in solne states is easy. L
others il liz difficult as obtaining q di
yorce.
a well known Philadelphian WA
about to be married to a beautiful
young woman who lived IN the state OF
Delaware. He had no idea that the mar
rage laws of that state were of an 40
palling nature. He had secured his Ii
eense and thought that was all that was
ascessary.
''Have you fled vcur bond yet?" said
some one to him the day before the wed
ding.
"What?" gasped he.
"Your bond, " repeated the question
er. "You know every man who is mar.
Eied in this state has to file bond f@
the protection of the state.
The bridegroom was rather dubious,
but was finally persuaded that this was
q fact.
'Tll see lawyer about it in CHI
morning." said he. So he went To &
friend who was legal light, and said
''See here. They tell me 1 have te
give bond to the state when I gel
married.
Certainly. Haven't you done sof''
In a surprised way.
''No; I never heard of such a thing
before What kind of bond is it?''
''Oh, any real estate will do"
"But 1 haven't any real estate"
The lawyer looked at him ,uomeRt
Then he solemnly said;
Haven't you any friends whu c-vr
property"
'fNone that 1 care to ask Is bind IL
np that way. / can't ask my brides
relatives. you know"
His friend looked at him pityingly.
''You can't postpone the wedding Gas
Youf'
WHAT" fairly shrieked the unfo,
tunate.
"Of course, Of course not, !" said the
legal light soothingly. But the pooa
bridegroom looked stricken
''I'll tell you what I'll do, old man
Tsl tend to the matter for you. Dom.
give yourself any more concern about
Il"
The young man about to be married
grasped his hand. He could not speak
for moment, and then he poured forth
his thanks. He picked up his hat in
relieved sort Of way aud walked to the
daoE> Then be turned
Jacks Royal Spree.
-'Kipling ought to study Jack, 5" said
a naval officer. "Jack's the most pic.
turesque man on land or sea, and no.
body has written about him as he is.
eff could do it as we'll as Kipiins,
there is one story know of which is as
good as the 'Reincarnation of Krishna
Mulvaney.
"When I was assistant engineer on
the San Francisco, there was a coal
passer named Tom Delargy under me-
He had been saving up his money for 8
long time to cut big splurge when he
was discharged. think he had about
5000 coming to him.
Jack is royal 'spender, and his
shipmates all told him that he needn't
go farther than the Bowery to have the
most gorgeous spree.
"But Delargy wasn't going to be SO
commonplace. He took time to think it
ali out, and whenever he got hold of an
American newspaper he studied it. The
way the railroad magnates enjoyed life
struck his fancy.
$50 when his time was up. and Pay |
turned over Dslargy's 5000 to him, he
went and chartered private car and
rode around the country till his money
was gone. Then be came back and ia
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