The Southern herald., 1911-10-20

I'm not at all romantic, bat / wani
something different from Just eallina
in the minister
"But how am ! going 70 AZ fer 3
balloonf- he asked.
Il don't know. but that's what you'm
have to do. No balloon, no marriage
Moses went riding through Al thd
villages for twenty miles around ass
ing questions about balloons, and a
was two weeks before he returned to
the widow to say:
I'm willing TO obleege. but We can1
get no balloon here short Of q thou
sand dollars, and mebbe not for that.
Even II We could, no preacher would
80 up to marry Us"
Well. Moses. don't want to seem
over-particular." replied the woman
after little thought II we can't ha
married up In a balloon how about
down in a coal miner"
THAT might do. II can md one
Moses went inquiring again. and By
and by ascerAined that the nearest
coal mine was 150 mites away, and .
very wet place at that Besides, .
minister told him that he wouldn't
descend into a coal mine and marry =
couple for less than a hundred dollars.
When the widow Dunham had been in
formed OF how the matter stood she
replied:
4 had rather set my heart on H.
but have always been 3 woman 10
sacrifice. Why can't we be married in
circus ring before all the peoplsS
why, l never heard OF such Q
thingl We'd be almost took for .
couple Of camels or somethingl Nc.
no."
Moses, we must be married In =
circus ring or not at all"
Moses made his rounds again. n
was now September. and no circus
could be expected within ten miles Of
the village until the next summer.
When he spoke to his minister about
performing the ceremony the good
man exclaimed:
''No-neverl should be put on
trial for doing such thingl"
"You don't seem to be q man q
much energy" remarked the widow
when she had heard his third excuse
II guess we had better drop the NAB
ter"
Moses begged for another chance
and after taking three days to con
slider 1t the woman said:
We'll, perhaps I'm little too par
ticular to want balloons and coal
mines and so I'll be content with {
flying machine. You can surely gel
one Of those. read in the papers
every day OF their carrying passen
gers at the rate OF mile q minute
Why can't we be married at the ratr
Of mile a minutef"
Lands, woman, 1t would cost ever
dollar we are both WORTH" groanet
Moses. "And IL we got machine and
went up 1t would be the preacher
again. We couldn't hire one to g
with us. Preachers amt taking
chances. don't see why we CAM
go to a preachers house or have one
come here"
I'VE must look at the sentiment Oi
the thing. It's for a woman to have
her way about such things. Moses. Il
there a tall tree anywhere around
hereT
Yes, there's = big elm about Z
mile beyond the bridge"
Can you build platform In thu
top and then run ladders upf"
Lands, but do you want to be mar
ried in tree-topl"
II do. You have disappointed ms
about the other things, but you musnr
about this.
Moses went out to survey the tre,
at close range, and to talk to carpen
ters and the ministers. The carpen
ters said 1t could be done, but wher
the minister was approached he re-
piled with a shiver:
What? Climb tree TO marry I
couple! You can have little respec
for the cloth to propose such thing.
The good man consented, however
to call on the widow as mediator
and he did call, and after argument
lasting two hours a compromise wa
effected. The marriage was to TAXI
place from a platform on top Of |
haystack. and two weeks later It Cant
on with the whole village as spec
tators. Later on, when the bride wal
asked why she was SO bent on thu
unusual she smiled and replied:
why. l suppose was put out 4
think had been widow for eign
years before any man asked me t
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