The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-26
LOST HIS CLOTHES
Wedding Ceremony Delayed
Two Hours.
UNDER PECULIAR TRIALS
Story of One of Wichita'S
Young Men.
UNDER PECULIAR TRIALS

TIE interruption Of wedding ceremony
W the loss Of the groom's suit Of clothes
IS new thing in history, Mr.. Solomon's
famous nothing new under the sun"
1roverb 20 the contrary, Notwithstanding.
That is what happened in Wichita re-
Gently. for proof Of which Mr. sam Hess
wIu stand up and be sworn. Il was This
way:
The young man IS an East Douglas
avenue clerk who mas the reputation OF
being one OF the most industrious and
polite men who waits on customers in
the city. IN fact, 4 he mad been less
Industrious he would have had less trou-
be with his wedding suit and less delay
Of the ceremony. He was 10 be married
in the evtning OF a balmy day last week.
the exact time being at half past eight.
He had bought MS clothes OF sam Hess
three or four days before. and not having
time 10 take them home at the time. ne
left them. pail for. with me explanation
that he would call for them ater. But
he vas busy right along as he always Is,
and in demand AZ the store, so on rhe
day set for the marriage, a few hours
Prior to the ceremony. ne asked his father
e 20 and get his wedding suit.
AIOc- IN the afternoon the old gentle
man We 10 the store and called for the
clothes. One of the clerks said rhe young
man himself mad just cautd for them.
'AI right" said the father. and at once
dismissed the matter from his uind. The
young man worked away till I o'clock,
thinking less about the wedding suit than
sny OF the other things that concerned
him.
When he went to his room TO dress for
the ceremony there was no welding suit
He stepped down stairs and inquired OF
his father. and then all the embarrass-
ment Of the century fell upon the young
man like d pack OF hungry jackaIs. But
50 far as action was concerned. embar-
rassment had played the limit OF its
string IN six seconds. and the young man
was on his way % the store. When he
got there the big doors were as tight as
the tomb and nobody in sight Only
forty minutes till the time for the GER
emory, too
His bride was ready and waiting. so OF
course the next thing for him 70 do was
TO explain the situation to her. He went
70 her home and explained and asked an
hour OF grace or until he could ind his
clothes
She assented very graciously. Ike the
pleasant, sensible girl she is. and the
young man, a little more at ease. went
on his second trip for the clothes. BY
chance he met a friend VINO knew where
Sam Hess lived. When Sam learned the
situation he Jumped into the hack with
the young fellow and once inside the
store, it took only a minute and a half 70
md out that the aforementioned clerk
had misstated the matter 10 the old gen
tleman and that the young man had not
called for the clothes. and that they were
IN a side case awaiting disposition.
There wasn't any time lost in palaver
The bundle was rushed to the hack. and
WITH it a wedding present from sam
Hess, whic+1 was partly % square him
self and partly 10 reward the young man
for rhe sterling qualities Of character he
had exhibited.
When the last act OF preparation was
performed and the ceremony said il was
1870. only two hours loss OF time Any
other young man in Wichita, almost.
would have been so Disconnected and out
Of whack that ne would have given it
over till another day or another week.
and then taken q day OF. but the Doug
las avenue clerk was married. and whit
he was not exactly on schedule time, he
had the ordeal over with on the day Il
was booked and the next day be earned
his usual wages. Some day he viii have
q store OF MS own. and if he has clerks
that want o-get married Il is safe 70 say
they will be allowed ar least the after
noon without any dock for loss OF time.