Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-04-08

agreed, in spite OF poverty or anything
else. SO you see, | have great conf
dence in YOU"
HIM" muttered the young man.
and with repetition of his awkward
obeisance he left the room.
Ralph de Lisle, through his wife
supplied Ellen's purse handsomely for
the purchase of her wedding trousseau,
but as she was to marry a poor man
she preferred not to spend money so
foolishly, she said SO her bridal dress
was simply a white null, and very
sweet and pretty she looked, as with
her eyes cast down and her cheeks red.
der than the reddest rose, she stood in
the great drawing room of De Lisle
Hall in the presence of a very few
friends of her own and the family's,
who were met to witness the marriage.
The bridegroom gave her loving
glances from under the inevitable
broad-brimmed hat, which he shocked
Ralph de Lisle by actually getting mar
ried in.
ITS the most outlandish thing
ever heard of, and some one ought to
tell him." muttered old Ralph. as the
ceremony was about to be performed;
but if Mrs. De Llsle and Ellen can
go to the table with that thing on his
head, If l have to knock it off with my
cane. III teach the ignoramus a little
decorum."
The words were pronounced which
made Ellen Mrs. Somebody Ralph
neither knew nor cared what her new
Lame might be as long as she was we'll
out of the way of his son.
AS the little company were about
being led to the dining room to par
take of the wedding dinner Ralph
! stepped up to the groom and said, as
| politely as his rising choler would let
| him:
You will oblige me, sir, and bestow
a tritie more respect on your bride and
the company present, if you remove
! your hat"
"Certainly, sir. What forgetful
fellow | am, and what boor they
must all think me-" returned the new.
made husband. in tone which startled
Ralph strangely.
In a trice the great, unsightly hat
was off, and the beard which had com,
| pletnly concealed the lower part of the
quondam sailors face was gone, and
Ralph de Lisle looked into the proyok-
! ingly calm face of his son. Before the
old man, in his amaZement and cha.
grin, could utter a word, Herbert had
taken him by the arm and drawn him
aside.
Now, father" said he, with cOmicaI
gravity, don't say word that will
make it unpleasant for my wife in hel
new capacity as my wife. You know
l married her with your consent, ant
besides you know, that riches SHOULD
never be weighed against the heart ant
its Affections
Ralph de Lisle came near choking
at first with rage and disappointment
and we are very sure that the quantity
of good things provided for the we'd
| uIiS ledSl WAS not Hucu ulIllhlSn@u
or their quality appreciated by the
gloomy visaged mead of the house, =
! but he followed his sons advice, and
said nothing, and soon learned to listen
to his wife's oft-repeated rehearsal of
the old adage what can't be cured
must be endured" with something like
| acquiescence in the DEGREES of Hymen.
In a short time he became more than
| reconciled to his sons choice, and when
| he heard of the marriage of Isabel
| Denver, he went 50 far as to say that
he actually felt sorry for her husband,
| as Isabel was such a Tartar, and in
no way comparable to Ellen, his sons
| wife.-New York Weekly.