The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-05-09

ment such as peddlers, teamsters and I
others might get for a paltry dollar I
HUT Harry laughed and said that he
would regard II as II proud privilege Z
tO be able TO ask for and get license I
to marry any good woman, but that
II her (Dorothy'sl name Was 10 appear
on the document side by side with hls
be would consider his glory supreme
and perfect. etc. And they laughed as
she quizzed him about how he would ~
about II. and laughed again when he
dared her to 20 with him right then
aud there TO get license.
Come on. Dotty." be urged. "Itll
be a new experience. | know the clerk
and he'll cancel the thing for Tie and
kesp ii out OF the papers and when you
see il done you eau tell Steve how easy
II is and how proud / was Come. let's
try Il"
And they laughed some more and, !
III nk the waiter brought Ia httls
silver pail with beads OF icy water upon
Ii and golden, green boIIlseEeek peep
Ing out OF the Ice. but anyway thry
marched across to the city hall aud. she
blushlag and tlttermg. aud be quite
r.dlculously solemn okius. they asked
tor and paid for an1 got license, aud
went back To the hotel bubbling with
enjoy ment Of Hsrrys LATEST Joke
Stephen was waiting tJr them, very i'm
patient and important. aud Dorothy
thrust the led license into hsf b aDm
and With quick warning u Harry
went away with her dance % the
thyater.
Thea Harry went back TO the mar.
rage licen4s desk and called the CLERK
aside SO that he could explain the JOKE
and that. OF course. he dltn't ~aut
the license at ALL and that 10 muslin I
get into the papers.
Il Just thought I'd come aud tell you
to make sure the reporters i1nt nad
Il out We're going ~ tear up tas
| license. and"
But lts too late. Mr.. Hatch" sad
the CLERK. the afternoon papers have
got the names already These llats are
public property and. anyhow the
license Is issued. Is out and s boaa ode.
until you bring (, back
Then | must brinS Il back % b. can.
ceied 20 exclaimed Harry. aud n8t wait.
Ing rOr more than a nod. be darted osr
toward the theatsr where b. knew
| Dorothy and stephen were attending
the matinee lie dldht and them. rals.
scd them lu The crowd later and wh~n
he wenI rushing 10 her house az din.
ner time. found her another Ia tears ani
the house In bsdIam. The reporters
| had b""u there. Tn. story Of the
license was out" Harry rushed bach
| Veil nell 10 the newspaper ositsa 10
Rave Il stopped. but when he got out
| ~ the carriage and bought the late
editions Of the evening papers. n, sptry
was there. looming black. sensational
| and prominent "All about the ssnsa
ton In high %octsty" Harry read n
over and srtnn"d That Won't do a
thius but put crimp In Steve" he
| mu'ferrd
lie pleaded with city editors and In
sisted that the whole business was a
l'k" They promised to do their best
tpr him, AMI Interviewed him and srn'
| reporters 70 interview stephen. II wa
an awful ness Harry. out Of brsatl
and anxious To pacify the Cars. has
tened back to Dorothy'a home 10 IN,
confusion worse cantoundsd. stephet
bad been there In a towering rage. a.
had scolded Dorothy. read lecture 4
old Mrs. Carr. cursed Harry and lcf
In suIIen hun" Dorothy's mothe
covered at poor Harry and then burs
into tears.
That t1r your jokes. you mischief
maksrF' she screamed Mt him when h.
tried to explain. and then. Tor the flru
time in his HE Harry Hatch va
al sh q. Disconnected, ashamed.
But Dorothy. too was IN a passion
Not at Harry. but At stephen. gh,
even forgot Der prpverblal nllal resp.c,
and when her mother resumed hsr
TRADE at the scape grace. said with
shrtll yehemence.
Stop How dare you scold him
What Is II after all but tempest in ,
teapot! A few paragraphs NJ slllv an.
sationnllSm In the newspapers II nigh,
have been source of run Tor nnyb,1v
but an owl faced hlackheld like Stept.n
Hatch. | wouldn't marry him n " II
he Ind all the money In the world I'm
OF age ard the whole thing was INV
doing md I'm glad OF II. so thsrer
And she and Harry walked away into
the garden silently. but very confld MT
ally. Mrs. Carr didn't speak to Doroth,
I'LL the very day Of her marriage 1,
Harry, but Old man Carr. Dad n,
Dorothy called him, who liked tn,
scapegraee and finally convinced INA
ma" that he'd rather have Dot marie,
to a good Indian like Harry than to
coupon-clIpping. Joss-lIke Stephen. fixet
mp matters to ndrolly that the weddin.
turned out to be the SWEETEST, happirst
most promising affair that even IN,
practical joker himself had ever "as
sisted at"
You're all right" said papa. when
the bride and groom were going awav
you're all right, but-well. that wa,
a. Of Joke-on stever'-ChlcaR,
Record-Herald.