The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-15

nance and gave n fairylike aspect to
her whole exquisite person would have
deferred the most careless and SELF
centered person there from casting a
shadow across her pathway one min
ute sooner than necessity demanded
The richness OF the ancestral veil
which covered her features and the
natural timidity which prevents a
bride from lifting her eyes from the
door she trnverses saved her from OBJ
setving the strange looks by which her
presence was hailed. She was conse-
quently enabled to go through the cere-
mony In happy Inconsistencies Of the
forced restraint which held that surg
ing mass together.
But the bridesmaids were not so
happy. Miss Tuttie especially held
herself upright simply by the exercise
Of her VIII, and, though respondent in
beauty. suffered so much in her anxi
ETY. for the bride that It was a matter
Of small surprise when she tainted at
the conclusion Of the ceremony.
"Mr jeffrey showed m6re composure.
but the inward excitemett under which
he was laboring made him trip more
than once In bis responses. as many
there noted whose minds were not fix
ed too strongly on flight
"Only Dr. Auchincloss was quite
himself and by means OF the solem
nifty with which he invested his words
Kept the bubbub down, which was al
ready making itself beard on the out
skirts Of the crowd. But even his in
Luence did not prevail beyond the mo-
ment devoted to the benediction. Once
the sacred words were SAID, such
stampede followed that the bride show
ed much alarm. and It was left for Mr.
jeffrey to explain 20 her the cause OF
this astonishing conduct on the part
OF her guests. She bore the disclosure
well all things considered and once
she was fully assured that the unhap-
~ man whose sudden death had thus
, interrupted the festivities was an in
truder upon the scene and quite un-
known. not only TO herself but to her
newly made husband, she frightened
percepGbly. though like every one
around her she seemed anxious 10
leave the house, and, indeed, did so as
soon as Miss Tuttle's condition war
ranted it.
"The fact that the bride went
through the ceremony without her
bridal bouquet is looked upon by many
as an unfavorable omen. In her anx-
iety not to impose any longer upon the
patience Of her guests, she had de-
scended without it,
"As to the deceased, but little is
known of him Letters found on his
person prove his name to be w. Pfeif-
fer and his residence Denver. His
presence in Miss Moore's house at
time so inopportune is unexplained.
No such name is on the list OF wedding
guests, nor was he recognized as one
Of Miss Moores friends either by Mr..
Jeffrey or by such Of her relatives and
acquaintances as had the courage to
enter the library to see him.
"With the exception Of the discolored
mark on his temple, showing where
| his head had come I'm contact with
the hearthstone, his body presents an
appearance of natural robustness,
which makes his sudden end seem all
the more shocking.
"His name has been found registered
at the National hotel"
Turning over the files < next came
upon the following dispatch from Den
yer:
"Tha sudden death In Washington of
Wallace Pfeiher, one of our best
known and most respected citizens, is
deeply deplored by all who knew him
and his unfortunate mother He is the
last Of her three sons, az of whom
have died within the year The demise
Of Wallace leaves her entirely unpro-
vlded for. 1t was not known here
that Mr.. Pfeifer intended to visit
Washington. He was supposed to go
in quite the opposite direction, having
said TO more than one that he had
business IN San Francisco. His intru-
sion into the house Of Miss Moore
during the celebration Of a marriage
in which he could have taken no per
sonal interest is explained in the fol
| lowing manner by such as knew his
mental pecnliarities. Though a mer-
( chant By trade and latterly a miner IN
/ the Klondike he had great interest in
! the occultand wasa strong believer ia
all kinds of supernatural manifesto
tons. he may have heard Of the un-
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