The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-08-29

snd ve moved in, Thsn the lawyers sol
dovn 10 work. They wanted brunos
csr,i6eute oi birth and Bets,s bsp'ismsl
certificate Of birth ard coulant have
either. Flnslly they patched ibinss up
and cleared that hurdle.
Then they demanded mothers nariisse
certificate, which was packed swar IN q
tea e.ddy mp 10 sandno'hef's Cambridge
attic. Father tsid lhey'i be asking bin
for bic eeresloey bick = Adam and iof
Ese's marriage certificate before they eos
through. II ua drtadful, Some days
thing, diinl badge 40 inch. And the
religious bothersl
P.tbu b,d been getting msdder every
minute. The rock ho hnslly splis 90 ""
suoh iIony onr. They were tisenssins
the noon civil ceremony. md fathers
ssersisry. .ho wss Frenebmsn aud y"
trying 10 rmooth orr psh mentioned
that the men mast wear dress clothes.
Father iust went up 10 the air, Wear
dress clothes st noonf Not II be knew II,
not 10 save Brtsy's liis- no. sitl lie stalk
ed mp and down The Hoor With bis lists
clipehed, b eslhing Gre and smoke.
Bruno came 10. aud We told him What
had raised The ros Tie was IS bad as
father. Weu dte1s clothes at noonf No,
II vas not ossible. Asa matter OF fact,
you know. thtit tRmpers aud nerves had
been tried too for. spd those dress clothes
we're the last straw. They actually wore
frock coats.
The next excitement surged round the
msyor. Father thought he wonld have
the civil ceremony Ut the Hotel de Vile
on Thursday. Tbs secretary said be
couldn't Father began 10 bristle and ask
why.
Because the mayor is never 10 town on
Thursday.
Where ia bsP
He goes TO his country place on Thurs
DAYS.
Fathers tacs began to get red.
Is there's law to that eiiectf be said,
with su awful aud protentous calm.
The secretary didn't know. but II wss
custom, Tue mayor hal always gone to
his couutry bouse on Thursday. From
time i'm m morisl there had been no wed
dlpRs at the Hotel de Ville on Thursday.
This is where they begin, said father,
They've rsmmsd their idiotic laws down
nv ,brost, Now I'll s,snd by their law
instead OF by reason, They've eduosied
to that sttiudc
He call! 4 in the notsties We over
worked The uoisties aud made them rich
Tor life. lhey sid that there wss 10 law
allowing t,e m,yor 9 bohdSy. bus Gus
tom, etc.
Father oiip't ere What he did ~ cos
tom, He had reached his stubborn mood
and WIS calm and inmovsble as the pyrs
n,ids. There was e terrible row, but be
stuck to his point. sni the poor fat ma
yor was dcne out OF bis holiday and
kept Ut home to marry Bstey.
You can just Imagine how ssreesble
that mayor and his offi,isls were, girls.
when we filed down 10 the Hotel de Vile.
Daddy did give him check Tor 5000
aiterssrd, md thst quieted things q
little, bnt he married the couple rs IT be
were sentencing them to be hanged by
the neck until they we're dead.
When 1t was oil over and We bad put
the happy couple on the train for the
Tyrol, We ell collapsed. Father didn't
say Q word for hours. Then be came ont
OF bis trance and said;
Ne start for New York tomorrow.
Then be turned on me.
Frances. il you ever think oi marrying
q foreigner III chloroiorm you. The on
ly part OF your name I'll let yon change
is your first nsme. don't like 1t. Tire
minds me OF this internal couutry.
s, we sailed tbs re1t day add here we
are.