Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-03

"HittB's, you mcdH. do 5Du not. mnior7'
calT saw him a minute. Twas lust start.
ing fer the rrain. He leaked as;on;>n-
inely Wei. and, you ELow. | forge. It
ask was Leale better. He was full uf L.
wedding PREPARATIONS.
Her wedding rreparatiOnS-Eitty' 8
-yoa mean, do yen not. major"
NO, his: l give you my word He
said so, yoa know. He told ne the
lady's nane-part Of il. at least. Ehic
something. can't recall it just now.
He'll tell you. Oh, it was ali on that
account. you Know. Kitty coGlin't start
sooner. She had to wait for him."
Heien vas astoaEded. Ii was news size
declared she would rever believe, ard
yet she remembered having heard mon.
tiCn of an attractive cousin, Miss Fife
Leale, and might it rot be possible that
III his wanderiHgs with the blinded in.
valid, with his own sore heart. Jack
Ornnshy had net and found consolation
in this fair relative OF his :: rickcn friend,
that she ii turn had quickly learned
to admire the manly fellow vino was So
devoted 10 their particular here: At all
events it Was something not to lie men
toned to Ellis. thought Helen.
But W hat was the use: Wayne told il
to Lucre;ia. Lucretia told dozen during
the Gay. Ii was al over the pest before
night, end despite Helcn's effort Ellis
heard II among The first. One more
among the many mishaps with which
TO usher i'll Wills wedding day,
AT 10 that beautiful June morning
there was something more than pathetic
about poor Lucretia's While
FentOn, Mrs. Farrar, Helen, silent,
brave faced Ellis. and a dozen SYM
pathetic souls from all over the post
We're gathered on the north piazza over
hanging the bluff and the roaring
waters of the Platte. signaling to Will
and watching eagerly his vigorous
movements, the lady of the house re-
manned within doors, wept increasingly
and refused to be comforted.
1T is dreadful to think of the con-
dition that chicken salad will be in
she moaned. 1T is preposterous to talk
to me Of patience! I've said all alon. j!
was to be an unlucly day, because you
all know perfectly wcll-at least if ycu
dOn't you ought ;o--that ii is Just Is
years ago this day that We were all
gathered at Fort Crook for the funeral
of Captain Crocus. which was to take
place the moment the ambulance got in
from the front, and the band was ali
ready, and the escort and the hc:Irsc and
and after al the whole thing had &c
be abandoned, for when the Ambulance
got in there were no remains at ala,
least there were, but they weren't ready
for burial because they'd revived and
were sitting up and saying shocking
things. Why, l think Il Wedding with.
out il bride is ten times worse than
funeral without a-without a.
But here, it must he admitted, tht
burst Ct laughter i'll which Rorke in,
dulScd WAS too much for her determine
ton to weep, and. blazing through lel
tears, the maiden demanded e~xplanatio,
of his unseemly conduct. Rorkc was 8
permanent member Of the ~coiGnci's cs
tablishmont now, but lie could not risl
Miss Lucretia's displcasure, aid wa,
wise and knew his danger and fed 4,
inc hltCiCH, lntIt 10 TEL COX ;uC
Chinaman the lady's p~laintive mono
iosue, while Amory. equally conscience,
less, ran out to convulse with il ths
party on the porch. And then in tn,
midst OF all the laughter came 6elirion,
news from the best man sent 10 NEE,
he bride and Ormsby at the station aud
break To them the direful news tina,
1.-The bridegroom was late. The train
had passed Fetterman Bend. Tine brid.
would be there in 90 minutes.
And b came, and what a scene Their,
was! And how she was Rugged nm,
kissed and mauled and pulled about
and how she strove to tell Of her trim
lations and could not for the volume O
welcome, exclamation and in~terrora
tion, and not until trunks, boxes an,
what alls had been whisked away TO he
room aloft and somebody said it was al
most IL o'clock did she find breath an,
opportunity to say: Gracious heavens
! And I'm to be married at noon, An,