The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
DAaxko OUT At THE ALTAR.
Mew . Young Englishwoman Thwartea
Her Fathers Matrimonial Plans.

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Raw . Young Englishwoman Thwsrtsa
Her Fathers Matrimonial Plans.
II all the young women were like
Miss Amy Lambert Nwculd be a train
ing 10 parents In the way they should
q Mr.. Lambert, the father OF
Miss Amy, was q signaler In the
government telegraph Office at ALA
habad, India. Probably he had been
Influenced by what he saw OF life In
India. At any rate, he regarded his
daughter much as he did the telegraph
instruments In his Office. With those
he pressed n button and IL recorded
whatever he wanted IL TO. He ex.
pected Miss Amy to do the same.
Finally Mr.. Passana, q dusky gentle
man In the employ of q native prince,
met the daughter OF the signaler, and
she pleased him. She was so eminent
" satisfactory 70 his fancy that he
forthwith announced to her father that
he wished to marry her.
The telegraph operator thought 1t
over. Court gentlemen, even IL rather
swarthy ones, were not TO be had every
day, and IL behooved the father OF q
family of daughters to allow possible
wooers TO come early and often. So
he announced TO Miss Amy that her
future was arranged for and TO pre-
pare for the wedding on such and such
Q day. When the astonished young
woman recovered from her surprise h
assured her father that she liked not
the rajab's brunette courtier, and that
70 the best OF her knowledge the we'd
ding would not come off. Her father
pooh-poohed this outburst, told her to
draw on him for all she needed for q
suitable trousseau, and took himself on
| TO drink with his future son-in-law.
Then II was that Miss Amy Lambert
made up her mind as TO a course OF ac-
| ton. During the succeeding weeks,
although she repeatedly and decisive
ly told her father that she could not
and would not be happy with Mr..
Passana, she nevertheless, finding that
| no heed was paid to her remonstrances,
| Joined with interest In the prepara-
lions for the wedding. At last the day
Of the ceremony arrived. Miss Amy
Lambert, dressed in a beautiful new
grown, and with a pleasant conscious
ness that she had more new clothes ut
home tkan she had ever dreamed of
possessing all at once, rode to the
church In company with her father,
who, beholding her placid and satisfied
face, told himself what a wise father
ne had been.
"All one needs" said the telegraph
operator to himself, ''is a little firm.
ness. Silly girls should lever be al
lowed to have their own way In these
matters"
And all the time the bride-elect
smiled softly to herself. as II her
thoughts were peculiarly pleasant.
The clergyman, Rev. Brook Decides,
thought he had never seen q happier.
looking couple and began the cere-
mony with the warm expectation Of q
goodly fee. He bowled merrily along
until he reached the question: "Will
you have this man to be your welded
husband% he expected a faint II
WILL" but was almost psralyxed to re.
ooivo an emphatic negative from the
young woman, who at the same time
handed him . document setting forth
some Of her objections.
OF course the wedding did not come
of. The guests dispersed In various
directions. some Of them going to con
dole with the determined young WON
ans father, who was expected to be
much downosst. Strange to say, how
over, he was 20 delighted with hi
daughters strategy that he was quite
hilarious over the affair and did not ever
begrudge her the fine new wardrobe
she had acquired. What became of thu
bridegroom history Tin the shape o.
the Allahabad News) does not record
but after this he will probably not at
tempt to marry an English girl agains