The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
NEEDS A SPANKING
ED CHRISTOPHER TALKS LIGHTLY
ABOUT A SOLEMN SUBJECT.
He Ate a Banana for his Wedding BANQUET
Remained to Fill his Engagement--He
will not Marry the Girl and Donates the
License to the Good Preacher--He is
Sorry Because he Disappointed those
Whom he Invited--Won't Say Why He
Left.

Ed Christopher was the busiest
young man in town yesterday answer
ing questions relative to his recent
actions in skipping out before his mar
riage.
He did not wear a single blush for
Jiiting his alliance, nor did he seem to
| have the least remorse Of conscience
for the embarrassment he caused the
young lady, for it is, indeed, highly
embarrassing for a. young woman to
be kept waiting at the altar for bride
groom that never came
A reporter for the Eagle talked to
the young gentleman about the affair
and asked him where he went to.
The whole affair, serious to the aver
age mortal, seemed to be accepted by
him as quite a joke.
You know my sister, Mrs. Little
field" said he, well, she lives over
at Nevada, Mo, and just took little
trip to see her. 1t was said that my
father went with me to the depot, but
that statement is not true. l went to
the depot alone and nobody knew that
I was going away. You remember 1
was to be married at Z O'Clock in the
evenig. Well 1 thought about the thing
as | went along on the train and when
i thought it was about time for my
marriage to come off / asked a man
the time of day and he told me ii was
five minutes past seven. What do you
think i did them"
The reporter acknowledged that he
didn't have the remotest idea.
L didn't do thing but buy banana
from the newSboy and eat it," said the
gay young man
What did you do that for?''
'Well, / guess l wanted to enjoy a
little wedding banquet" and then ne
became very much tickled at his Wit.
Have you come back now to marry |
the young lady?"
Have /, well / guess not. / am too !
young to marry | just came back to |
show the people that L was not afraid !
to come back if / wanted TO. / saw the i
whole thing in the Eagle, for i stood |
in with the newsboy and he brought |
me the papers. l saw in il that she |
said she would not make up with me |
if 1 came back, but she did all the |
same"
Have you seen her?'
well l should say so. Didn't she |
and another girl meet me on the street |
and give me buggy ride last night"
And the young man said this without |
a single sting of the conscience. II am
sorry" said he in another one of his [
fits of lnumor that Assistant Post
master Locke didn't have an opportuni /
ty of wearing those 81 patent leather
shoes at my wedding. but / couldn't !.
help it; 1 was too young to get mar
r;ed.''
''Are you going to stay here now"
NO, I am going away again on
Monday, L have got a job over in Mis-
souri,
why didn't you marry the young
lady?''
.'Only about 500 have asked me that
same question"
And that was all the explanation he
would give.
He denied that the friends of the
young lady procured the marriage
license. He said that he bought and
paid for il himself.
When asked what he had done with
1t he said: Il gave il to the preacher
to fill out the blanks and | suppose he
has it yet. | don't care anything about
it now, he can have it."