Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-20

IN not AT Ill TOmdutlc, out | want
something different from just calling
in the minister"
But how am ! going to TX for a
balloon?" he asked
II don't know. but that's what you'n
have to do. No balloon, no marriage"
Moses went riding through all the
villages for twenty miles around ask
ing questions about balloons, and IT
was two weeks before he returned to
the widow to say:
I'm willing TO obleege. but we can't
get nc balloon here short OF a thou
sand dollars. and mebbe not for that
Even II we could. no preacher would
go up to marry US"
We'll. Moses. don't want to seem
over-particular." replied the woman
after little thought IF we can't be
married up in balloon how about
down in coal miner"
That might do. IL can md one"
Moses went inquiring again. and by
and by ascertained that the nearest
coal mine was $50 miles away. and q
very wet place at that Besides. a
minister told him that be wouldn't
descend into coal mine and marry a
couple for less than hundred dollars.
When the widow Durham had been In
formed of how the matter stood she
replied:
Il had rather set my heart on it.
but have always been a woman to
sacrifice Why can't We be married in
a circus ring before all the peopleT'
why. never heard Of such a
thingi We'd be almost took for a
couple of cameis or something No.
no."
Moses, we must be married In q
circus ring or not at ALL"
Moses made his rounds again II
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-never, should be put ON
trial for doing such thing!"
You don't seem to be man OF
much energy" remarked the widow
when she had heard his third excuse
II guess we had better drop the mat
| ter"
Moses begged for another chance
and after taking three days to con
slider II the woman said:
well. perhaps I'm little too par
| ticular to want balloons and Goa
mines and so I'll be content with 4
flying machine. You can surely gel
one of those. / read in the papers
every day of their carrying passen
gers at the rate of a mile minute
Why can't we be married at the rate
Of mile a minute?"
Lands. woman. it would cost ever,
dollar we are both WORTH" groanet
Moses. "And II we got a machine and
went up it would be the breaches
again. We couldn't hire. one to g
with us. Preachers amt taking
chances. | don't see why We can
go to a preachers house or have on'
come here"
I'VE must look at the sentiment o
the thing. It's for woman to have
her way about such things. Moses. Il
there a tall tree anywhere arount
here?"
YES, there's big elm about
mile beyond the bridge"
Can you build a platform In ths
top and then run ladders up?"
Lands. but do you want to be mar
ried In a tree-topi"
II do. You have disappointed me-
about the other things. but you musn'
about this
Moses went out to survey the tre'
at close range. and &c talk TO carpen
tiers and the ministers. The carpen
tiers said II could be done. but wher
the minister was approached he re
piled with a shiveT:
What? Climb a tree TO marry I
| couple, You can have little respec
for the cloth to propose such a thing.
The good man consented. however
| to call on the widow as mediator
| and he did call. and after argument
| lasting two hours compromise wa
Erected. The marriage was to taxi
hplace from a platform on top Of |
haystack, and two weeks later It cam'
on with the whole village as spec
tators. Later on. when the bride wa
asked why she was so bent on thu
unusual she smiled and replied:
why, suppose was put out b
think I had been widow for eigh
years before any man asked me 4
roorrv hfu,tn