The Irish standard., 1895-11-30

turbance, had stepped out and we're as
cending the broad granite steps leading
into the auditorium.
But r1isstep, eccasioned by some en-
tanglemeut Of her neither garments, such
as only women can explain, CT whose Pc
dial extremities the natural functions are
thus not infreuuently and sometimes III
explicably nterfered with she, the bride,
stumbled, and but for the support OF his,
the grooms arm, would have fallen"
But the "bear"ro beast as some
feminine readers of this true story Will
call him, on helping her to stand upright
ly, looked at her rebnkingly and opened
his lips only to say roughly. On, how
awkward. awkward!'' accentuatlng MS
words as if all his previous conceptions
OF her loneliness had now and forever d2s-
appeared She was wounded deeply, not
by the simple, accidental mlsstep tnat
had nearly FRUSTRATED her, but by MS
lancet like expression.
1t was but a short walk from its door,
! way ND through the center aisle to the
chancel Of the church, but the brlde,
moving leis,Irely to it. with her III
| grained escort, was looking far beyond
the chancel and officiating priest ana
| decorated garlands. The TRAM VI
i thought which her betrothed mad occa-
| stoned by his tart rebuke, On, no" avn
| ward, awkward. extended lar INTO the
! future. # he could thus ruthlessly Ia
| inre a t,r,stful woman's feelings in the
noost bIissf,l hour of her life, what would
nrobably be his treatment OF her after
| marriage:
Her mind was made up before she
reached The thancel railing. She stood
there wit hout q trenor. She heafo 1Ae
officiating clergyman ask the bridegroom.
! ssWilt thou have this woman to ne thy
welded wife. to live together after Goa
ordinance, in the holy state OF matElmo-
1 nv etc. She heard him answer III voice
that seemed to her as lacking the tone OF
decision, 81 will
Then came the supreme test OF heT
heroism. The clergyman had scarcely
ended his repetition of the question,
ssyyi]t thou have this man to- be thy wed
| ded h,,sband?' etc, before she answered
distinctly and clearly enough to be heafd
/ by all the. guests occupying the pews
nearest the chancel, mo, SIT! Al lae
same moment withdrawing her gloSeo
hand from the arm of her discarded lover
she stood directly facing him, ana WIN
(, melodramatic manner. With equal cleaI-
ness and distinctness, exclaimed: On
| now a"hNdIti, d" kA"dl u $3.50
4 reader blame her for thus avoiding what
| in all probability would have become 10
her a wretched married life, If she. TOO
had answered the clergyman, '.l will.
a merry company once went to the par
sorage Of a German minister to witness
the marriage of two of their friends. Tne
reverend Teuton having learned that his
| Young people were becoming too. Ansll-
! ciZed TO consent to be married any longer
/ in the German tongue and, having missed
| several wedding fees because he had ae-
/ clinea to use. an English formula, under
took translation Of his German service
| into English In che German text occur
red the Scripture, And the twain shall
| be one flesh.
The English of his translated order for
1.-The solemndzation OF lnatrimony was very
i acceptable to and easily understood by
| the lovers who were being married until
The reached the Scripture quotation, which
/ he gravely rendered. and the two shall
The. one beef The company left the
Inarsonage in a merrier mood than when
4 they entered it. and the puzzled pastor
soon after retired for the night, resolved
Ito learn what it was in the English
Tongue that made itsso amusing.
81. 1t Us related Of Dean Swift, whose sa-
7ftfrical wit. fllrn ;shed many Of the keenest
Iepfgrains found in the history OF this 5dif--
I dcults xpef Of literatHre, that two lovers
ltaae to his hlOJEe one stefy snaesht 10 bs