Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-29

CINCINNATI, O.. August 2S.-The feast
was spread, the guests were hidden. and
the bride was waiting. but the bridegroom
tarried. and the society folk of Piainville
have been busy ever since discussing the
matter.
william Julien. a young business man OF
! Madisonville was 10 have been united IN
! marriage to Miss Annie Pepperkorn, d
| protege of William Ham. The ceremony
/ was to have been performed a. o'clock
! 1t was to have been a society wedding
! and the elite of Plainville responded TO
| invitations.
| On Wednesday evening Mr.. Julien called
! upon his fiancee, and the final details OF
| the wedding were arranged. He was in
/ happy frame of mind, and seemed very
affectionate He said that he would bring
! the license. and it was agreed that the
ceremony was to be performed at o'clock
/ sharp.
"Ah. me-" sighed the swain, when the
hour came for parting long hours must
elapse before l can reach the happiest
moment of my life, and the hours are
! so long!'
Mr.. Julien may have said other things
/ upon his leave-taking, but in nothing
which he said was there the slightest in
dication that he would be derelict In car
rying out the plans arranged with so
much pleasure and with such fascinating.
though suppressed, excitement.
When the hour came. guests were on
hand at the Hahn homestead. The bride.
attired in a charming creation. bushing-
ly received the congratulations OF her
friends. The long hand on the dial face
of the hall clock sweeps toward the figure
u. and the hour hand slowly creeps nearer
the figure S. But the Bridegroom is still
among the absent The color heightens
in the brides cheeks. and she starts lit
tie at every sound. But ii isn't o'clock
as yet and a bridegroom generally avoids
mingling with the guests before the GER
emony. so there is no lull in the hum Of
conversation.
BY the time the hall clock doomed off
eight strokes on the gong Miss Pepper
korn was visibly nervous, and the guests
watched with expectancy the door through
which the groom was expected to enter
at every second. The seconds became
minutes, and the minutes. dragging with
painful slowness through the fractions,
became hours, and none of them. neither
the seconds, the minutes nor the hours.
brought the groom, the license or any It'd
ings Of him.
1t was agreed that some accident must
have befallen him, and after waiting un-
til 10 o'clock the guests dispersed, and Miss
Perrerkorn availed herself of the woman's
privilege and had a good cry.
Yesterday Mr.. Julien put In an appear
ance at Plainville, and he was profuse in
his apologies. He siad he had been pre-
vented from attending his own wedding
on Thursday through the negligence or
his tailor His wedding garments were to
have been delivered at Madisonville IN
time for him to be on hand at Plain
vile at the appointed hour. but failing 10
receive the clothes, he had been forced TO
diSappoint his fiancee.
1t is not recorded what explanation was
made of the failure to notify the bride-to-
be by messenger of the wicked neglect of
the tailor. Neither is it announced If an
other day has been set for the ceremony
At all event, no license has as yet been
procured in Hamilton county for the mar
riage of Miss Annie Pepperkorn TO Mr.
William Julien.