The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-03-07

most Of those present the question not appeal
being really OF much consequence since the brothers
were exactly alike anyway. No doubt IL natural
thar the minister should personally feel HIS part
the performance hazardous. since II he married Tom
10 susan under the name OF Tim the ceremony would
necessarily have 70 be performed again. pos
sibly Toms children would inherit Tins property. u
was not entirely clear just what would happen.
ever. Tim in degree steaded the good mans
jostled scruples with unusually generous fee and
having assured him privately that he tTlm) felt
tirely sure lat he Tim the statement ami
cably admitted be within the pale OF the worlds
settled and acknowledged facts and permitted
rest there.
The marriage ceremony then being at last happily
over amid congratulations bushes laughter ecstatic
girl sQueaks. mother tears. and the hilarious hnginE
OF slippers and rice. beaming Tim and sweet Susan
rode proudly 20 the station They setting
out for Omaha, their home city beiug-well, we will
seated in coach well forward train the hut-
terng bride suddenly discovered that she had for
gotten her handbag AS the bag contained things
tremey essential to the brides toilet both by day and
night quite naturally Susan was mentally upset
A bride without those white and etherealizing
articles which properly make her seem an angel to
her lord. Well the situation impossible and not
TO be endured Hence susan's wildly clasped hands
her rolling horried eyeballs, and her painting cry
OF Fly, Tim earlngi fly
Tim jumped out of the and few The train
not due 10 start for ten minutes. u will be back
in just minutes. yelled Tim. as he few up the
street toward Susans home.
But when he returned. hatless and perspirng at
every PORE the train had gone,
Tim perspired afresh- CONSERVATION seized him.
What would become OF his darling? In his hatless
condition he up and down the platform suffering
out EXPLANATIONS OF despair friend gave him a silk
hat three sizes large for him. counselng him at
gathering upon him. The only plan that looked feast
bic forward telegram the unfortunate
Susan at Iowa City. telling her to alight and
walt until the bridegroom could reach her the next
train This attempted. but the inevitable delay
occurred and the message did not reach Iowa City
time TO be delivered.
Before Susan had reached Iowa City she was in
the full tide of Mysteries. In the meantime Tim had
followed a freight train-excited but eonsoled by
expectation finding his bride Iowa City.
irving at tina. town he dumfoundej learn that
nothing had been heard Of Susan. Rushing
10 the telegraph Office he dispatched hasty message
TO Des Mones. hoping to catch the passenger train
II passed that station Waiting agony through
hour at Iowa City he took another accomnoda ton
train and. still perspiring followed toward the
In the meantime the hystercal bride had reached
Des Moines and happening TO train going in the
opposite direction scrambled aboard it and started
back 70 Bobtown. When she arrived at Iowa City
she made inquiries and handed her husbands
first message telling her wait Iowa City until
he arrived This instruction attempted to follow
but presently found that Tim had gone
on westward. Wild with love and anxiety she board
ed a freight train and started in pursuit.
But what OF Tim? Arriving at Des 8oines he found
that HIS message had been delivered Susan No
one nau seen Hef IOr the BOOo reason that she mad
jumped of her train the side farthest from the
station and had instantly boarded another train going
eastward Tim began to look like candidate for a
home with the feeble minded. There seemed but one
solution possble-Susan must have gone on to their
destination. So boarded the train and continued on
TO Omaha. Arriving in Omaha in The morning he
found that his bride had not been there In mental
panic he started eastward Arriving at Bobsown in
the evening he found that nothing had seen OF
MS bride He at started westward
In the meantime Susan had staii night in
Des Moines- In the morning she started for Omaha