Evening star., 1900-12-29

they rested. He was not tust the sort OF
| father-in-law l should have hankered for
II had been out on matrimonial venture:
| but l would rather have had one limb OF
| that old heather than the whole body of his
| civilized son. for with all his faults. he
| looked a man. chum of mine who knew
| the ways or these people had advised me to
| purchase horn Of snuff before being pre-
| sented to the bride and br degroom, and I
| had acted accordingly.
When the ceremony of Introduction
| over. and had managed to- turn my blush
| ing lace away from ma and the bevy Of
| damsels. as airily clothed herself I Of
fered the snuff box to the happy pair. Tho
| groom took a tiny pinch and smiled sadly
| as though committing some deadly sin,
Inc bride however. poured little heap In
the palm of her hand about as big as q
nen 8 egg, regardless of her nice white kidd
gloves. This she proceeded to SNUFF Up her
capaclous noStrils with savage delight until
the tears streamed down her cheeks like
rain down coal heap. Then she threw
back her head, spread her hands out palm
downward like a mammoth duck treading
water, and sneezed. I never heard a hu.
man sneeze like that before: II was like the
EFFORT or horse after a two-miie gallop
| through a dust storm. And each time she
! sneezed something connected with her wed.
| dlng gear ripped or gave way until began
| to be afraid for her. But the wreck waa
| not quite so awful as I had anticipated.
| and when she had done sneezinr shs
iaugned. ALL the crowd except the groom
| laughed and the sound of their laughter
| was like the sound of the sea on a elm.
crowned coast
A NauseOus Brew.
little later one of the bridesmaids
| whose toilet consisted OF dainty necklace
| OF beads and copper ring around one An.
kie. invited me to drink draught of native
oeer. Inc beer was In a large calabash,
and felt constrained to drink some of II.
not ft,ros
tney Know how to make war; but, as nv
soul hyeth. they don know how to maks
L oser. Inc stun they gave me to drink was
ABOUT as thick as boarding house cocoa; in
Co'or II was Ike unto milk that a very
oIrtV maid OF all work had been STIRRING
round IN soiled soup dish with an un
washed forefinger. 1t had neither BODY nor
SUI nuu, II, II. ana was as insipid police
man man al prayer meeting. Some Of the ne.
efoes got gioriously merry on it. and sang
sonss ana danced weird. unlucky dances
under Its influence But 1t did not appeal
TO me In that way: possibly / was NOT ai"-
Gated UP to its nicaties
me weodihs joys were of a peculiar nat
ure' Bride and bridegroom linked arm in
tmlo. ~, ,ia. me! onsu up ana down on a pad about
twenty yards In length: a nude minstrel
aicheo IN front and drew unearthly
music from a kind of mouth organ. Girls
saacalting ,a IN the dust route Capped
,hen hands and chanted a chorus Tne
bridegroom hoped first on one leo AND
theH on the other. and tried to look gor-
seous-y happy: the bride kicked her sattp
skirts OUT behind. pranced along the track
as gracefully as a lady camel in the mat
ing season; behind the principal actors In
'he crama came regiment of youths and
slrls, and the antics they cut were worthy
or the occasion. Now and again Soma 6usL,
Don Juan would dig his thumb into the rihs
OF daughter of Ham The lady would
promptly squeai. and try to look coy. 1t Ia
ho' easy to look coy when you have not
got enough Clothes on your whole body ia
make a patch to cover a black eve but sin
they tried II, for the sex seem to me To he
| nuch alike on the inside, whether they
dress in coat of paint or a coat of seal
skin
Not the Pout of Poetry.
BY and by the groom took his br,da NJ
the arm and made an effort to induce hsr
to leave her maids of honor and trek"
toward the cabin which henceforth was 10
| be her home. The lady pouted and shook
ms hand off her arm, while the maIdens
| Il ughed and capped their hands. dancing
In the dust-strewn sunlight with such high
Kicking action as would win fame for any
ballet dancer In Europe. The young men
jeered the groom and incited him to take
charge of his own. He hung down his
ebony head and looked Silly sullen. ana
the bride continued to 'pout." Have YOU
ever seen savage negro wench pout, my
mfsters? Verify it is sight worth travel
mCCtf in sinpeT. and her lips lock ike
a fold in badly doubled blanket Then
slowly she draws the corners toward the
center. just as the universe will be crum-
ped up on the day Of judgment. 1t is a
beautiful sight. the mouth which when she
smiled looked Ike a sword wound on the
flank of a horse, now when the "pout'' is
complete, looks ike crumped concertina
The groom again timidly advanced his
hand toward the satin-covered arm of his
spouse. and the ''pout" became more pro-
noUnced than ever.
The white Of eye was slyly turned
toward the bridesmaids. the other rolled
with Infinite subl,ety in the direction of
him who was 10 be her lord and master;
an6 the 'pout' grew larger and larger
until | was constrained to push my way
amid the maids to get q look behind the
bride, for I fancied the back of her neck
must surely have got somehow into the
front of her face. When | got to the front
again tire 'paut' was still! growing the
rich red lips in their midnight setting look
ing like some giant rose in full boom that
an elephants hoof had trodden upon So
the snow proceeded. At last one OF the
bridesmaids stepped from amid her sisters
and payfui,y pushed the bride in the di-
rection of her home. Then the "pout'' gave
way TO smile, the white teeth cleaning
IN the gap like tornbs ones in a Highland
church yard. ] had been q bit scared or
her ''pout," but when she smiled | looked
rounG anxiousiy for my horse. After a 1T
tie maneuNeripg the blissful pair marched
cabinward, with the whole group of naked
men and maids circ.ing round them stamp
ing their bare feet, kicking up clouds of
dust like mob of travelling cattle.
DIR. n. V. X. MonttOrt Dead.
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