The record-union., 1897-01-10

About a month or so ago, so the chron-
icle runs, wedding took place in our
charming city. This in itself is no un-
common event OF course people will
marry despite the examples and warn
ings of their fellows. Each individual
case is bound to be the grand exception
to the common rule-but 1 digress. 1t
was pretty wedding; there was large
gathering of relatives and friends who
had assembled to see the knot properly
and securely tied, and after the cere-
mony came the wedding breakfast, and
after that-ahi thereby hangs a tale.
The hour for going away drew near
the cab was at the door and the young
people went upstairs to change the we'd
ding garments for travelling apparel. In
the meantime the practical joker, ever
present on such occasions, had provided
himself with five pounds of rice and in
recognition of the appalling prospect
elected from that fact, two kind-hearted
danes who had no appetite for practical
jokes, had stationed themselves at the
foot of the staircase with a couple of
large sheets with which they proposed
to envelope the happy couple on their
temperance and conduct them safely
to the waiting hack-a temporary fort
ress against the threatening artillery of
rice To while away the moments until
the departure of the bridal pair, the low
ing friends of bride and groom busted
themselves in tearing up old sheets into
ribbands and with them decorating the
cab fore and aft, until it had assumed
O. wonderfully festive appearance, with
here and there a pair Of old shoes dang
ling by their strings-for luck you know!
Meanwhile 'tempers'' was fighting" and
the good people who had voluntarily in
stituted themselves into a bodyguard
became uneasy at the prolonged wait,
and began to call out to the happy cou-
pie to make haste. Then 1t was that
the best man bethought himself to look
at his Waterbury. Great Scott!" he
calculated, they won't catch that train
if they don't hurry; 1t goes out In ten
minutes. Hello therel" he called up the
stairs. You're going to miss your train
Mary! John! why don't you hurry p
No response came to his summons
"John-Maryl" he shouted again. Still
no reply. Eye gods and little flshes!" he
muttered under his breath as he dashed
up the stairs and hammered at the door
A deathlike stiffness greeted his strain
ing ears, then as no reply came to his
repeated and vociferous sa.lutation he
ventured to open the door and look in.
His chin fell: the birds had flown and
he was outwitted. Dashing to the tele-
phone. by a sudden and happy inspira-
ton he rung up Brighton and in answer
to his anxious query the reply came
back that the young couple had just
r11o
the outgoing train.
There was stiM five minutes before
the train left the Sacramento depot
Rushing I1eadlong down stairs, se1zing
a. floral piece in one hand and clutching
a friend by his coat sleeve with the
other he dashed out to the waiting
hack, shouting as he went, They' We
sold us-watting for the train at
Brighton-had a hack at the back door
all the while" and giving his order to
cabby he and his friend were driven
rapidly to the depot In their intense
anxiety to catch the train all unmind-
full of the flying white streamers and
old shoes. which loudly proclaimed to
the waiting crowd at the depot the
presence of a bridal couple inside.
When the two flushed and anxious
hack there was decided ''yap" Of sur
prise from half a hundred gaping
mouths. The two youths caught the
train and boarded it safely with their
floral piece and goodly store OF rice, the
best man explaining TO his friend as
they went his plan of operations Tor
speedy revenge on the runaway pair.
Together they walked through the Pull
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and child in the car that a bridal
couple were to board the train at
2rfghton. and that they desired the CO.
operation of the present company IN
salutfng them as beftted so auspicious
an occasion distributing meanwhile
great handfuls of rice from the store in
his coat pockets as he explained mat
4ers. When the train steamed into
Rrichton every window in the Pull
mar was opened, and from every case
ment looked a pair of curious and IN
o,,irinr eyes. Yes, there they Were;
the flush of triumph in escaping the
nractical Joker sat upon each brow and
a smile of content lit each countenance;
b,rt alas. ii was short lived. The en-
tire list of passengers pied out OF the
car-they laid siege to the astonished
natT. covering lBSAti AAoii 'A~s'N ~ 49,
with showers of rice. The air looked
&c - sudden snowstorm had de-
scended upon them They poured it
down the backs Of the bewildered pair.
fool, off the bridegroom's hat and filled
q ~ fh. brim. and finally bore them In
.r,,,ronh into the car amid shrieks OF
1opa-hter preceded by the floral piece
e,,,ry,o,,nted by it's white dove, emblem
attic of conjugal peace and felicity, and
- v-as cnly when the train began 70
+a,,e on dangerous degree of velocity
+bat the torrnentors gave over and
dronning off the rear end OF the car ran
back TO the station and took the CAP
t,acF 4o Sacramento. The young couple
,,,iI, he at home Tuesdays after January
15fh. Sorry 1 can't give you the ao-
aress But maybe you already know it.
The Saturday Club held its regular
to-tnfel,tlv meeting on Saturday, jan
,,arv ID. at the Kingsley Art Club room
The meeting was well attended the
room being filled to almost It's enure
,,oracitv with club members and theii
sg,,essts The day was one of miscei-
Icons composers, and club members