The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-03-23
THE THIRD
AUTO
BY MIRIAM ELDRlDGE
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.
BY MIRIAM ELDRlDGE

| ihe Iuuy $, please
"Cynthia h. Gcddes."
! The clerk filled out the license and
handed II to the prospective groom, a
pompous man, who laid down n five
: dollar gold piece in lieu of a fee and
drew the lady away without waiting
for the change.
A few days later the clerk asked the
usual questions OF couple standing
at his window.
| "Gentleman's name?"
"Willis ID. Rathbone."
"I.ady'sW
Cynthia Geddes."
/ The clerk looked aside at toe lady
II seemed to him that he remembered
giving license for one of that name
before. Not recognizing her face, he
turned back the leaves Of his book till
he came to the names of Edgar Clark
/ Stewart and Cynthia Il. Geddes. no
/ ticed the "B." In the lady's name, con.
cluded that II was case of coinci-
dence, wrote tho certificate and hand.
ed II TO the man.
! HIM! remarked the recipient.
/ "AlPs well that ends we'll"
The same morning men were mt work
putting up an awning before hand
some dwelling In residential portion
! OF the city, and in the evening guests
were to assemble for the reception
after the wedding of Edgar Clark
Stewart and Cynthia b. Geddes. The
4 wedding was notable one, for the
contracting parties both stood high in
social circles, the groom was rich, and
the brides parents were also blessed
| with fortune. Automobiles were in
4 attendance 10 convey the bride from
her home to the church, where, as had
{ been especially arranged she was to
meet the groom. Miss Geddes insisted
on planning the affair to suit her own
fancy. and 1t Is brides privilege to
have her own way in all things per-
tanning to her nuptials. She declared
that her father and mother should pro-
i coed to the church I'm one auto, the
others In another, while she and her
sister, Miss Esther Geddes, would go
In a third.
No one understood this within, but no
o
to 1t. Indeed, the father and mother
Of the bride were only too delighted
to give their daughter her own way
In the matter of the wedding so long
as she was yielding in marrying the
man of their choice instead of her own.
Mr.. Geddes had worked hard for the
fortune he had accumulated, and 1t is
well known fact that wealth assimi
lates with wealth. Mr.. Stewart could
match the pile of his father-in.law ex-
pectant.
At the door stood three autos. Into
the first Mr.. Geddes handed In his
wife, then got in himself Into the
second entered two of the brides aunts
and younger brother. Into the third
stepped the bride and her sister. Usage
required that the order and the dis
position of persons be reversed, but the
little procession started as stated.
The first auto drew up at the church.
aud the second auto did the same. But
where was the third? Mr.. Geddes
stepped out on to the sidewalk and
handed out his wife and looked about
for his daughters. He sent the others
present into the vestibule of the church
and waited outside. If he had waited
till the arrival of the third auto he
would have been there to this very
day
But the third auto. The procession
had no sooner started than it began to
lag At every street crossing the
chauffeur seemed disposed TO give
place to all vehicles in his path. Final
ly after quite n lengthy halt, starting
up, at the next corner he turned aside
and, being well out of sight of the au-
tos in front, put on speed. There was
a sputter, and the auto dashed away
leaving behind n fine odor of old
lamps.
Half an hour later this third auto
drew up before a parsonage ten or If
teen miles from the church where the
wedding was to have taken place. The
chauffeur handed the bride and her sis
ter out, the three went into the par
sonage. and the chauffeur handed II
marriage license to the parson. Ii
read Willis ID. Rathbone and Cynthia
Geddes
man OF the first license was waiting at
the church for his bride the gentle
man of the second license was wedding
the lady in different part of the
town. When the bridal party returned
from the church and Mr.. Geddes was
telephoning 10 the police of the disap-
/ pearance OF bride on the way to her
wedding Miss Geddes junior rode up
10 the house In the third auto and re-
ported that her sister had been kid
mapped by the chauffeur.
Mr., Geddes fumed and swore that he
would never forgive his daughter and
NIL that, but when she returned from
the honeymoon he thought better OF
It and gave her his blessing
Now, there is no intention to recount
this affair rs being justihable. 1t de.
ponds upon the standpoint from which
/