The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-11
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frying un ,ln st"vc under The tfee, but his
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aud futthrfmofe ate tho pofh clnpa In due
time IN full Wow u Tho c%oncpurr
Earl Jekc, who IL own brother 10 tho
King and h. Master ~ the lIorpr, af'er a
WUle WINE from oNl ~ lNf NibUEt hlU lU'If
was a stir 81 expectancy among the on
lockers ~ he gravcly picked up q handful
of straw and heidi II W in his right hand
When h. simply wont over with II aud
started 10 curry the hor-e there wis a
general sigh ~ onsappointment.
Several reporters and camera men finally
risked the royal displaasure and formed
a committee TO 60 and peek into the tent
Lifting up the flap they saw inside nobody
but q single venerable courtier solacing
himself with n fiat bottle. They asked
him whether II were the royal pleasure TO
hold court that day. The old retainer
replied evasively that he didn't rightly
know where Jawn was this morning, and
asked If the reporters had looked in the
back lot. The visitors then asked about
the marriage. When was it TO tax g place?
Where was Ruth2 Where was Claude
~Cavandaugh the aspiring The courier
replied between swigs that the marriage
had aiken place the day before and that
the couple were on their way to the Jers ey
coast; after which in his fine old school way
he struck the nearest photographer for a
chew Of tobacco.
Much disturbed, the committee headed
for the back lot to confirm the startling
news. An old billy goat was pasturing down
there who, judging from his manner
thought that the committee were butting
in. When cameras and note books were all
picked up and the committee united again.
nobody had seen anything Of the king
His majesty's prolonged absence, oddly
enough, seemed to cause no anxiety TO
his subjects. When the committee returned
to the camp in the front lot the W omen
Of the tribe were busily telling fortunes
in the tents, surrounded by the strewn
plates n spoons from breakfast:
One of the committee was delegated to
get his fortune told and at the same time
find out everything about the mysterious
marriage. After being told that he would
soon travel and cross water-which was 50,
as he had to go back to New York-and that
his second marriage would be happier h
his first. and other interesting things, he
had q nance to put in a few quest
Oh, we'll, he was told, the marriage OF Ruth
had been postponed because the bride
groom was still sick in Chicago after the
hardships he had undergone in the San
Francisco earthquake. The princess had
gone on West in a special train to nurse
him. Shouldn't she know? Well, she was
the princess's half sister and she guessed
she ought to know something about it.
She said good-by to the princess when she
went away in the trolley car, only the other
day. King JOIN Evans was probably down
at Ashury. No, indeed, she certainly
didn't know what the bridegroom's name
was.
In the meantime one Of the swarthy old
women was found by others of the COM
mittee sitting of on a stump and smoking
her pipe in solitude. She said to one in
quirer that John was over in Newark,
where he had gone after the arduous cere-
mony the day before. 1t was too bad the
reporters missed that. she said; it was
grand out there between the tents where
they were married, with colored lights
swinging from the trees yellow and purple
and green, and all the tribe in their fine old
jewelry and old world shawls and silk
jackets and the like. Hughey Evans, the
bridegroom, had to get back to his gold
mine in California, and he was shy about
having it get into the papers, anyway.
Just then another of the committee
rushed up and asked the old woman where
Jack Cavendish was. He had been told
that such was the bridegroom's name and
was staying with them. The old lady said
that she was Ruth's greataunt and gu ght
to know the facts and that che guessed
she would not say anything more, as she
could see her word was doubte d. She
then proceeded to give her entire attention
to her pipe.
As several of the committee were talk
ing over the details that had come to light,
another member joined them with a trium-
phant air, He bore the news that the couple
had been married the afternoon before
by Father O'Neill at st. Mary Church.
Father O'Neill denied. however, having
married any such persons.
The ~populace discussed the relative
merits Of Claude ~Cavandaugh, Hughey
and hoped that the princess had not in the
hurry of the moment esDoused them all.