The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-04-02
THE BEST TAN.


| he was, but his wife yanked him out and
made him stick"
"When did you get to the church,"
'Tt was after II o'clock, all right. Why,
we give parade-three carriages we had.
hadn't hardly had chance to see
Name in the new clothes until we got in
the carriage with Florence and Tommy.
Florence had about 20 yards OF this mos
quito bar stuff hanging to her and was
made up great, but even at that che
couldn't get better'n place with Name in
the runnin'. She's a nice girl though.
don't back-cap her. She was ratified
and so was Tommy. All the way to the
church they didn't say more'n 20 words,
and that was about how glad she was
the sun had come out and wantin' to
know II Mr.. Barker was in the carriage
behind. Tommy grinned and looked
foolish. To tell the truth, / got kind o.
nanny myself when we stopped in front
Of the church and all piled out. Name
was all right, though. She froze to me
and steered me through without an error.
There was wait just inside when old
man Connolly baked on 'em, but
after that everything went smooth.
About q dozen ringers followed us in and
saw the show"
well, what did you have to dor" in
quired Miller, with growing interest.
81 done nothin' but stick to Name.
ALI but us four got planted in front seats
and looked on. There was long spiel
by the high guy III the pulpit and We
shifted two or three times, aud that's
about all remember, except til at Tommy
agreed on a lot of business that's enough
to set any man thinkin' il be goes
against the game. Oh, forgot. 1t was
right in the dead serious part, just when
Florence and Tommy put their lunch
hooks together. They're off, whisper
ed to Name, and she came purt near
Dustin out and queerin' the whole thing.
She roasted me good and hard afterward."
"What did you do after the ceremony"
"Say, the ceremony was just the first
part OF the show. When we got out OF
the church Florence's mother was cryin'
again and kissin' everybody except me
and the old man. We ducked on her.
They loaded up the carriages again and
all bat us four went back to the house.
We vent over to get some photographs. !"
ooh, see."
i "Well, should say so. You always
got to have one o. them bride and groom
pictures in the house whether there's
anything to chew or not. They wanted
me and Name to go along, so we rode
over and watched 'em. Tommy was
all right by that time. He'd got his
nerve back, and he was real Charley horse
ioshin' me and Name, and sayin, That
all right. Some time I'll come and see
you two hitched up Wasn't that raw
deal, huh2 There was--I'd never said
anything to Name about the marry deal,
and he was takin' it for granted that ev-
erything was fixed. He was too fresh
about it. I never did like his work.
But Mame-say, she passed it of
smoother'n silk. She just gave him the
ha-ha and says, "That'll be all right.
You'll get your bid when the shootin'
match comes off,"
"She didn't call it 'shooting-match p p
NAV I'm just tellin' you, you know
Well, they got their pictures, her a settin
down with the flowers in her lap and him
standin' behind with one NIT on the
chair. Then we all drove back to the
house to feed our faces
"Oh, you had wedding dnner?'
"Did We? That was where cut loose
| made a speech, just for kid you know
but 1t started 'em, all but the cold guy
didn't get away till o'clock. We fed
an then we smoked and danced and old
man Connolly played the fute--rotten
thank you. Name wac the star, too
Don't forget it. Honestly, we had good
time. I've seen good many kinds o
people, but them people up there's good
enough for me. No frills, but they're or
the level, and when it comes to cases
they're just as good as lot OF people
that make bigger front. They goi
| hearts in the right place. It's like mar
out at the boat club says: If you cam
travel with the bell COWS. why stick tt
the gang That's wise talk, too. Chi
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