The daily Alaskan., 1909-06-11
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 fCopyright. 1909. by American Press Asso- ciation.l
 There was to be a double wedding between Donald Syphax and May Southworth, parties of the first part, and Pembroke Hughes and Della Hlckox, parties of the second part. The parties of the first part had sent out their cards and made all prepara- tions, when they were astonished to learn that the parties of the second part had determined to postpone their share in the ceremony.
 What was the occasion of this sud den change of program?
 The truth was (and the parties of the first part learned lO that the parties of the second part, having heard that both couples were to be given hot time on the wedding night by their friends, concluded they would not only escape the intended attentions by de- lay. but have an opportunity to join in what was in store for the SyphaX- Southworth pair. The latter couple had no choice but to be married on time or recall the invitations. They decided to come to the scratch, but Co put in practice a plan for outwtting the others.
 Miss SOuthwOrth's wedding took place in her fathers home, situated at the end of long block of stone front houses on one of the principal dwelling streets of the city. The ceremony was to take place at 10 o'clock, and the bride and groom gave out that they would take an II o'clock train for parts which they declined to mention to . any one whatever. An automobile was to be in waiting to take them to the station with a chauffeur they could trust implicitly, for he was a brother of the groom.
 An enthusiastic number of friends attended the wedding, including Mir. Hughes and Miss HlckoX. The cere- mony had been performed. the brides health had been drunk in the supper room, and the couple went upstairs to get on wraps preparatory to their de- parturc. A dozen automobiles stood ready without, armed with tin horns.
 The lower hallway was crowded with guests, holding old slippers and rice, waiting for the couple to come down and pass out Considerable time elapsed, and some one became sus- pIclouS. A committee went upstairs and after a prolonged search came back with the Information that the bridal pair were not to be found.
 The merry crowd were not to be cheated entirely of the sport they had anticipated. Bob Southworth. broth CT of the bride, suggested that q couple pcrsonate the one that had escaped and asked the Hughes HiCkOk couple If they would make the ride to the station in the automobile intended for the bride and groom. They willingly accepted the part and, accompanied by Bob Southworth, who had made the suggestion, and his sister Lucia, came down the staircase, recelYcd the show CT of slippers and rice, went out and got into the automobile. Then the mock bridal party rolled away, fol- lowed by the other autos, the attend ants footing the horns and firing roman candles.
 Now, 1t appeared from the first that the bridal auto was stronger and fast CT than any of the others and pos sessed chauffeur who was bent on leaving them behind. He threaded his way skillfully through the streets, not to a railroad station, but to the out skirts of the city, and from the out skirts on country road. The mock bridal couple enjoyed the ride i'm mensely, but soon noticed that the run was over, for not one of the following autos was in sight. Then they began to think of returning, but the proposi- tion was received with n burst or | laughter.
 You're in the hands of the enemy said Bob SOuthworth. Lucia and l have you in charge, our brother Ned is chauffeur, and we're going to make this q double wedding after all"
 What do you mean?' cried Della HlckoX, aghaSt.
 "Why, we're making for the Buck ingham House. There's no way or getting away from 1t after II p. m' and no train to get back to town on if you could leave the hotel. We're go- ing to leave you there together, and you can stay or not, as you like. We'll give you q parson. to hitch you-he's provided for and waiting-and If you don't use him therell be the biggest scandal our set has known in years"
 And you were in league with Don aid and May?"
 "They concocted the scheme. They escaped through the scuttle in the roof and came down and out through an other house in the block"
 They were going like a hurricane and in an hour pulled up at their destination. Meanwhile the pair had consulted, invented plans of escape only to throw them aside and at last came to the conclusion that since they