The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-07-30
THE WEDDING FROM THE
OUTSIDE.

Two men drove up to the house,
took the frame work and canvass of a
canopy out of the wagon, and began
erecting it across the sidewalk and up
the stoop. 1t was quiet, res )ecta-
bic, well-ordered neighborhood where
things worth talking about rarely hap
pened. SO the canopy set the neigh
bors talking.
"What can it he ?" asked one across
the street.
'lt can't be that they are going to
give a reception" replied her compan-
ion.
"Well, | should say not" rejoined
the first. "Thcy are entirely two
mean to do anythins of that kind"
A caterers wagon drove up and
men began carrying boxes into the
house.
ooh. come and look y cried neigh
berhood across the street. 'Those
people are actually going to have
something to eat at last,
''You don't mean it y exclaimed her
companion.
"I've watched and watched and
watched" continued the neig ghbor,' 'and
I've never seen more than 10 cents
worth of food carried into that house
at one time before
GLOW could they have managed to
live :" asked the companion.
Il could never fad out 'replicd the
neighbor. They must have been
saving all these years. But who can
it be that they are going to have?"
A florists wagon drove up and de-
livered masses of flowers.
"Do you suppose it's somebody
that's dead?'' asked third neighbor.
"Well," replied her companion, ''if
any of that family was dead, should
think their friends would be glad
enough to send them flowers
a delivery wagon drove up and
lett green and gold chair.
"Do you know what ?" cried one of
Il party Of neighbors. "It's we'd,
dingw
"No" cried the nighbors in chorus.
"Yes," continued the first, "and
that's one Of the wedding presents"
What Il horrid, cheap-looking thing
to send!' commented neighbor.
'It shows what their friends think
of them if they get presents like that" P"
"But there's nobody in that house
to get married"
'Nobody under 40, anyway"
"Oh! | remember seeing a wizened
dried-up, red-haired thing going into
the house,
"But she cant be the bride!''
II thought she was an old maid sis
ter
"And maybe it's that little boy who
has been calling there that is going to
marry herr
"What shame!'
More wagons from the caterer S
drove up and smooth-shaven, dignifi-
ed walters in shirt sleeves began bust
ling about the sidewalk and the house.
"Doyou suppose they can get any
one to 90 to the wedding?" asked a
neighbor.
"You can see that nobody around
here wonld CO. replied her compan-
ion. Everybody here is either peek
ing out of the windows or walking up
and down the block to get look at
the house and they wouldn't do that if
they had been invited.'
"They know better than to invite us, y
said the first.
II should say so,'' replied her COM
panion- Il suppose they will try to
make those walters pass as guests
among strangers.
"They are 4 great deal sweller-look-
ing than anyone they know" rejoined
the first.
Darkness came, and band, and 4
flood of carriages that blocked the
street, and flock of carriage callers
whose voices filed the air.
1.-Two torty-nine!'' cried leather
lunged youth, running down the street.
"Thc idea!' exclaimed neighbor.
"Thcrc are not l5 carriages here, and
they are pretending that there are
hundreds
They have only tickets with high
numbers said her companion. What
fraud They ought to be ashamed. :
The bride was driven away in a
shower o. rice, the carriages and the
walters gradually disappeared and the
neighbors turned reluctantly from
their windows, tired but happy.
"IIow glad her parents must be to
have really got rid Of her!' they said.
YES replied their companions,
land how surprised she must be to
have actually caught :; man. | Won
der how she did it,
Here is said to be Il valuable rene
dy for flies. "Takc tablespoonful of
ground black pepper and mix it with
two tcaspoonsful of brown sugar.
Moisten the compound with milk and
place were there are rays OF light.
The flies will generally be quickly at
tracted to it and eat greedily. If they
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