The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-11-28

ing up street, met by chance the lady
who had been visiting Mrs. Herrick
that afternoon.
Heard about the wedding?" she
asked him as he drew near.
''No, but was just going to find out
about it," he answered. Young Bing-
ham and Susie Peters, wasn't it?''
Eyes. was next door during the
ceremony, and it was the quietest
thing in the way of wedding l ever
heard Of"
"Who married them"
"Parson Hildreth, and he was the
only person there outside the family.
don't believe their nearest neighbors
would have known anything about it
If it hadn't been for the twins. They
were on hand with their rice and old
shoes and gave the couple a good send
Off"
"What was their dressF Queried
Dodge, jotting down the points as fast
as his garrulous informant brought
them out.
"White duck skirt, pink shirt waist
and plain white sailor hat She look
ed real sweet, but no one would ,sus-
pect from her dress"
Mr.. Peters was among the first that
afternoon to get paper, but, without
wended his way home and tossed the
sheet into his wife's lap.
Here, mother, Is The illumination"
his favorite name for The Clipper.
"Where are the twins?"
II put them to bed" said Mrs. Pc
ters, unfolding the paper, that they
might realize how naughty they were
'Bingham-Peters? And with wide
distended eyes-horror, Indignation and
amazement in her whole attitude-she
began to read the news while it was
news, and decidedly fresh.
"a pretty home wedding took place
this afternoon at the residence of our
esteemed fellow citizen, Mr.. John f,
Peters, whose eldest daughter, Miss
Susan Amelia, was united in marriage
to Mr.. Charles Gerald Bingham, q ris
ing young lawyer of Snowsville.
1.-THE wedding was quiet affalr-in.
deed only the immediate members OF
the brides family being present-whict
was performed by the Rev. DR.. Hill
dreth, pastor of the First church.
''The bride, one Of Snowsville's fair.
est daughters, was plainly but most
becomingly gowned in a white duck
skirt and pink shirt waist, and was at
tended by her twin sisters, Pauline an(
Polly, who showered the happy coupl,
with rice as they started away on 6
carriage trip.
"Mr. and Mrs. Bingham are popular
young people. and The Clipper joins
their host Of friends in extending con
gratulations and good wishes"
''Those wretched childrenw breathef
Mrs. Peters, starting to her feet, while
Pauline and Polly covered their guilty
heads with the bedclothes.
Don't faint, mother, don'tI His es
teemed fellow citizen is going righ
down to interview Editor Dodge, ant
while I'm gone you can write up his
obituary. I'll guarantee that it will
be founded on fact at least. Where'i
my hatT
But Mrs. Peters was dissolved il
tears, and before her husband succeed
ed in finding his head covering, alou'
and unaided, Susie and young Bing
ham returned from their ride In 1
state Of satisfaction that even TIL,
Clipper was powerless to disturb. Aft
er they had read The Clippers accoun
| Of their wedding Mr.. Bingham plucket
up courage to propose that they regart
it as prophecy and proceed imnedi
ately fulfill 1t.
Mrs. Peters, in the awkward circum
stances in which they were placed, ap
| proved Of the idea, and Mrs. Peters, aft
| er time, was persuaded to tip his ha
at less murderous looking angle an,
| departed in search of Parson Hildretl
instead Of the moving spirit of tn,
press. while Mr.. Bingham sought tn,
town clerk to procure license.
| At the intercession of their siste
the term of Imprisonment was shorten
| ed for the twins, and they emerged
from their temporary confinement in
state of subdued jOyousness tha
found expression in remark frOn
Polly to the effect that they woul
play nothing but funerals after this.
But Editor Dodge never really un
derstood why Mr.. Bingham subscribe'
for The Clipper and paid down tel
years in advance, with the remark tina
he liked to encourage genius, or VIII
Mr.. Peters at the same time stoppe
his subscription and tried for a Who'll
year to exist by borrowing his neigt
bOrs' papers.-Atlanta Constitution.