Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-30
TIE RICHMOND D1spAToH-suNDAY. OCTOBER 80, 1898.


M 25 he celebrates. and is sometilhes
| iost: az 30 the inference IL that he mas
made the effort, but has ignomihou''S
| failed .ho
| Judging from the daily papers .hs
| bachelors have been very SUCCESSFUL anu
| have Joined tho Benedicts In so'u
| phalanx during these feeting weeks VI
| October. Certainly, the scribe VINO ISSUES
| the documents of destiny-ycIept
| license--in our county has not been iuie'
| He has thus figured in many pieasah.
courtships. and his fluent pen has adueo
the finishing touches 10 many beauu-
full romance OF the heart.
FAyORITE MONTHS
what are the favorite months Tor get
ting married?" once asked a county
clerk.
October by all odds" he answered.
NEXT 10 that | should say June
81 suppose you have some odd expe-
riences at times with these license
seekers" l questioned
"Wel. yes, rather" he said, with
reminiscent train Of thought Some
months ago there came into the office
a very happy couple. 1t was evident
from their admiring glances that the
compact was mutual one.
=" Are YOU the clerk inquired the
lover in n strong. manly voice that well
befitted him I'm view of the great re-
sponsibility he was about 10 assume.
II am said the fatal Official. looking
up. What can | do for your
We'll, we've settled this matter re-
piled the man, and have come to get
you to put us together
"'Oh, you want a license. All right
After obtaining their names. etc, the
clerk began to write. Finally he put
aside the pen, and lifting the sheet scan
ned it mentally.
CHOW read it off, said the grosser OF
the twain, as he drew his bride to him
self in a listening attitude Of great
soemnity.
The clerk proceeded in slow and
ministerial fashion to read the license.
Before he had sounded a dozen words
he noticed a movement in front Of him.
The bride had lovingly reposed her hand
in that Of her stout lover, and with a
look of unalloyed bliss was gazing into
those other eyes that were full of answer |
to her love.
1t was a picture for the great masters, /
but that wasn't the feeling which agi- I
tated the dsmayed clerk. Cold drops OF 1
agony stood upon his corrugated brow. |
as he put the paper down, and turning |
to the man, asked;
Did you think that l was marrying |
you?
"'Wen, what are you doing if you
ANTI" was the angry reply i'm which
there was a mixture Of astonished pro-
test.
That clerk doesn't read over the Ii
cense now. He simply pockets the fee
and refers the applicants TO the nearest
parsOn.
Mrs. Maria Hall, of Charlottesville, is
visiting her father, Mr. w. II Turner
Miss Mayme Smith, of Lyndhurst, is
guest at Redlands.
Mrs. Donald MacgregOr. OF "The MIL
gave reception to her son, Mr.. Dou-
glass Macgregor, and his bride nee Miss
Minnie GoodlOe).
Mr.. Franklin Rhodes aged 81 years, Is
very i'll at his home, near Humpback.
Miss VI. c. Pettyjohn is governess at
Mr. Robert Rhodes's; Miss Annie Davis
If Williamsburg, is teaching at Mr.. e. r.
Nays.
The public schools have opened with a
,ery small attendance. The school
houses have been put in good condition
and supplied with new desks.
Mr.. Hunter Hay, of Chestnut Ridge"
s in Richmond.