The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-16
TRIALS OF THE best ~


Calming the Affiliated nRaaa
His Hardest Tash.
This" said the bachelor. has
busy week %ss
Been going 10 church?'
"Churchr''
Yes. Holy Week, you know"
oh, YES, 10 be sure iorrp4 80
that. No. haven't been going Il rn1
We been attending to my auties =
man. I'm IL for two weddings.
Weddings in Holy Week."
NO, OF course not. The voA
aren't due for several Gays. but IL
Gus duties of my role began ten az;
Ill never set married No. sirrnslS
there wasn't any other reason. MI
never have the cruelty 10 ask a NJ
mine TO so through the troubles of r
man. I've been through them too
myself In the first place, they'.--Sz
''Who?''
Oh. the individuals commonly roe
TO as the happy man. Happy! Yoa
saw such coed imitation OF blue
hridegroom-io-he can give duxlu
last week of achelorhood His
and moral teeth are all Of a chaata9s 57
he clings to his best man like ! nrassI's
TO his last hope. I've toalisd ! 49,
them through that interessine period.
I've seen good, sensible, hard-hen6e6 27
lows so clean daft bef0re they
through. I'll never forget enc chan
welding was to be Il II o'clorA n,,A r.
course. we were out in the veetrv : -
ter of an hour ahead Of time. . y q RI
sure to be ready. That 10 one advnnlsSs
the man has. He can drive thWU vI1lHs1
| leisureiy margin to spare, but ~ xS1S
| has 10 time her trip 50 a. to n e r -
| front door as nearly az pooolhlo q r.
| stroke of the hour. OF couru -
want 10 walt around the ve11ln0fa 3 -
| is generally at least a few 1k66,on -
But. bless you. tho brid>lop6 $50
thinks of that. He Just VAIN 80 NJ
the vestry carpet. eats the ea6n II f1ni
glove fingers and hullyrags III kG.onfsi
fering best man. This particulae 81
gan to fume about I'VE minutes 6o(Sge III
o'clock. At three minutes to y y UaA
white with terror. When hio
showed the very hour he began 60
things.
she amt comlnsr he unappsd oaf4
won't wait
Go way with you.' said. .ptf1
think she was so anxious 70 have yoG9
she'd come down here at daShreah 6Xl
sure to be on timer I'll
But It's past the time now - -
/ tested, showing me his watch, wh1rA - 81
Gated thirty seconds after u 1 1e43G
later to get hold OF The happy nmnfn tAN
before We went to the church xnd ts11 III
back from 1--WE to twenty minutes, Ac9
ing to his condition. This tirlA ul
PLY. hadn't done 50. and tho poor 81
simply got more frightened Win N,3f
tick OF his watch. At two m1ulDoeo MI
y. IL Ras Sh.A 4
~ won't wait he said when r c.
him by the arm. I tell you wc1t
to be made Laughing stock a. It'll
people in there, jerking his thumb -
| the church. are talking about 4 nus4
| can hear them. They know ~ N9I
| come. l tell you l won't stay
But / tell you she'll be herr iAs&fuX
minutes protested. She's ohy
| late
Well, then, II she's late - -
worth waiting for anyway. I-
HE was just baethering idto -
+, time. you know, and simply
! him by force for a few minutes ~
were notified that the young hA3 ~
| rived. Then wiped the cold peg1
| from his forehead and froA
| dressed him in few brae3n9
which shriveled the paper o. -
| walls, took him by his arm-umnM u
| a rag-and steered him into ~ go
| why, you've no idea Of The -
snags a prospective brtdegToen IN
against the week before no y -
| I'll never forget the first time 90 9!
came 10 me to be rescued froo
problem. He had that look Of u
spalr I've SO often seen on tne6
poor things. He looked ~ II Ne -
ing: -.
been as meek as Christian m9xtylt
the worm has turned 80
What he did say was: How 90
my hatr
'Hatr / said.
That's what I said. ne
How do get my haty Tell ~ ~
your
..Beg or borrow 1t, my dear fs'aee
said, recovering myself and tyr ~
sacetious. That IL the favof1te ~ !.ssss
obtaining II. I don't advise yoo =
one unless you want to 90 CO. 49,
county jail
.Don't get gay he said brise
tell me how am to get my hat 49,
ceremony Is over. I've had 2 ~
night over that thing. 70
church by the back door. don't y ~
go out by the front door. Now. -. x.sssi
get my hat when go out" ne sS
his voice getting higher. 4 can't
10 the altar with me. and can ~
BIZ excused after the ceremony = q
can run back to the vestry ana
What am ! going TO DO. want 70 ~
well now. you know. nicss peocaS
think OF those little things untu e.
right up against them, bat !
when a bridegroom-to-be meets ~
lem. even II it's one that wousanA :. RI
an infant. he just topples back On
bes. man and howls for help.
two OF them en- my hands now.
two Of them together Won't De ~
as 1 shall be when their - n
have both hanged shut and they 49,
on their homogeneous. I don't knoe Zs
excuse other people have for ~ ~
feeling i'm the spring. but the
a. an Easter wedding needs no o.
cuse."