The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09

shirts excepting those / packed. II
wasn't that one in tissue paper IN the
top drawer was itT'
"Yes. yes. that Is the one"
well, Louis, that is at the bottom
OF cur trunk at the Central station.
Don't swear Louis, my dear. Just call
at papa's door and ask for one OF his.
II will be trine large in the neck, but
IL Will 1T you all right elsewhere. why,
he acts quite displeased! How rldicu-
lous 20 make fuss over such trife"''
Are you ready rny GaughtcrY this
tine II was the mothers voice.
"Ycs, mamma, dear
"Well il IS just q quarter before i.
Come down ana get little warn soup
before ycu 20. II is such an ordeal;
yCu viii feel quite faint
"Oh. what blessed thought. ] GIa
Gtarvcd - death. What kild Of soup
Is itT'
Tomato bOLillon, dear. j had the
caterer stop lis crOqucttes and salad
long CROUCH 10 make it fer you aaG
Louis, but Louis sayc he is not hungry.
You would better lurry.'
Il ara coming
Careful Of your veil" called Cousin
Jennie Depcw-but too late II caught
on The door latch and wrcncEed itself
loose, leaving an ugly tear cs it went.
"Oh Oh, Oh. IsIt that o perfect
shame Bring ii down, Jennie, and fix
IL On again while stavc of staTya-
ti)..'
"M1l-nrl-That soup is good. Just
little LCr" please. Tine TO 90 10
the church? Oh, dear! Wen j am
coming Oh, yCu terrible fellow! You
have Gpllcd that all over the front OF
my gown. Wipe il OFF! Wipe IL of!
Yes, I'm coming! What a blessing
that / have & shower bouquet; that
soup streak viii lock just like enc Of
tie ribbons"
In the church vcstibule we reeped In
ana admired the daisy chain decora-
tions estimated the number Of guests,
settled our shoulders and our belts.
graspcd our shower bouquets at the
correctly stiff angle and waited that
brcathless. tomblike moment before
the Lohcngrin. All, there IL Isl La
la-lala-' Henrietta seized her fathers
arm and started down the aisle at q
merry trot. taking TWO steps 10 the
time OF one. All that was left for me
10 do was TO follow. which / did at the
same terrible pace. arriving at the al
tar quite cut Of breath. and, in my sur.
prise at Henrietta's sudden halt in the
very arms of the clergyman, walked
half way up her train. The guests gig
gled-I know they giggled. 1t was aw.
full!
Ring" whispered the clergyman to
Louis-"ring," whispered Louis &c
John. John always does things well.
He reached his thumb and finger into
his vest pocket and brought out the
shining circlct and gave it TO the min
lister. / can swear that | saw It safe
In the minister's hand. but he let IL
fall from his palm and il went rolling
mcrrily along the noor and chink,
chink. chink, down the register and in.
to the very jaws of the furnace. Quick
as a fash John drew a ring from his
own finger and gave 1t 10 the clergy
man. Henrietta was laughing. actu-
ally. shaking with laughter. The little
front piece of the veil was slipping,
Slipping down her forehead. Her bou.
quet was in one hand, and Louis was
holding the other She was helpless,
and the veil fell down across the min
iSter's prayerbook. He had TO stop
and brush il aside before he could
finish the service.
Henrietta said, 9TH death MS do
part" i'm voice broken with hysteri-
cal laughter. l didn't think she could
possibly finish the words. With look
of mild rcbuke the minister said, II
pronounce you man and wife" The
organst took that for his cue. and
burst forth with the triumphantly
beautiful hornlikc notes of the Men,
dClssohn, not hearing the fainter
words Let us pray" The minister
raised his hands in blessing. Hen
rietta started to drop on her knees.
hCsitated. looked at Louis, looked at
the organIst. stole glance at the
people. then took the arm of the bride
groom. turned him about and walked
demurely out of the church. The girls
at the four corners of the church
pulled the daisy chains. but by some
mistake the umbrella canopy came
floating down upon the astonished min
lister. cxtinguishing him completely.
The Wedding breakfast passed of
with out incident. All the guests were
in the mcrriest mood. and Henrietta
seemed actually 20 enjoy the distinc-
ton of having taken part In the most
amusing wedding ceremony ever held
in Albany.
Al the station Louis put his bride
safely aboard the train for the East.
then stepped out 10 see about the lug
gage. OF course. John had attended
10 IL properly and IL was already in
the baggage car. but Henrietta wanted
Louis to see Il and be sure that il was
all there and without superhuous
adornmcnt. while he was wildly
plunging about the baggage room the
train pulled out and the bride started
on her Journey alone.
Il shall never marry you. John.
never" | said as we took our seats I'm
the train FOR home. Il hate weddings
our engagement is at an end"
\ Good shot.
Tho foreman of the Minnie Uen'y