The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06

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/ to his entire satisfaction. He had but
toned and unbuttoncd his waistcoat
until his thumbs were blstered. He
| had pulled It down In front and
/ buckled It at the back until the seams
| threatened to give way.
- say, old man" he yelled at the
bathroom door, do you believe In pre-.
scntimouts2"
Bet do" screamed the best man
Got one now"
What's that" shricked Tom
a shaggy head appeared at the door
and amid the soapsuds came this,
i've a prcsentimcnt that this is going
to be- jolly cold propositions"
" hat my MARRIAGE"
What a conccltcd ass you are. Tom
] had reforcnc" to my shower"
The door closed just In time to re
ceiyo wcllaimed boot.
by II th" men were ready and on
their way to the house. As they ncarod
IT, Tom became more and more uory
Dus There seemed 10 be a weight on
his heart that he could not lift At
that moment the best man was hang
lnE out the cab window, cursnE the
driver for the snaillike pace they were
pursuing
u say, Cabby. this Is a wedding that
We are going 10, not funeral IN give
you an extra half dollar II you hurry
An extra half, Is It? You talk like
n politician We'll. sir. you might cor
rupt me but this horse can't be brlbod
and woddius or funerals, his gait 81
all the same Rest easy while you can.
sir the lady viii drive you fast
enough once she gets the reins"
tn" best man was about to rail mt
the Irish az a nation, when Tom said
II anything should happen"
Jumping Jupiter. Tom, brace MP
You look IA II you had curvature OF
the spine Pun yourself together. will
YOU Any girl that had such a look
Ing object ms you on her calling list
would be OstraCizcd by good society
and one who would marry You would
be declared mentally incompetent"
AN right, I'll pull mp. bu' I've
h"astly idea that something is going
wrong Jack. old man. / can't do IT.
I'm IN love with Edna Cross aud not
with Eleanor I've just begun to real.
lie It"
You old poacher, then why did you
nsk Eleanor to marry you, when you
knew that have loved her all my life
and have been trying to forget her
for months Might after night went
over and sat with Edna. trying to make
myself think was forgetting Eleanor
And every night" said Tom, u
went to see Eleanor because you were
over at Ednas and ! had no right to
ucspass on your preserves A nice
mess we've made of It. What are we
going TO do"
DOE Why, that's easy enough" rs.
sured Jack. Il am going to be the
my boots ms best man. Well blame
the whole thing on the printer Trust
me old man | said I'd see you through
this ordeal, and I'm going to keep my
word"
AS the cab finally reached the house
the men stepped out and were ushered
into the room where the minister was
for them. No word of explana
ton was uttered, and the men took
their places by the minister who was
10 pronounce them man and wife. The
wedding march was played and as
Eleanor in her gorgeous robes came
forth to meet the man Of her choice, /.
Jack Winston stepped forth and Of. T.
Tcred her his arm, Eleanor was speech |
less, but too happy To resent, and be |
fore the gaping crowd the minister .
tied the knot that made them ono It'll |
Heath do them part"
Then Jack began his explanations:
Simplest thing in the world" he
said. You see. Tom ordered the in.
and Of course the printer
ook II for granted that It was his .
wedding merely n typographical er.
or. nothing more"
Eleanor's mother stepped In at this
and with u naughty manner
inquired:
Then may | ask why Tom gave the
bachelor dinner-why Tom bought the
ing"
Yes. mother" said Jack, with a
'ery proprietary manner, You see,
vas broke at the time, and Tom as
,ou all know. is just loaded with
money. so gave him carte blanche to
ust go ahead as II It was his own wed
ling and I'd pay him back in good
line. You see only came into my
yesterday, and that would
ave been too late to order Invitations,
i've dinners. etc. Anyway, how could
ou ever think that Tom was going
o marry Eleanor? Why, he's engaged
o marry Edna, and II you don't be.
iovc me, ask them for yourself
ell you It was a typographical error
othing more"
The color that sufTused Ednas face,
nd the smile that glorifed Jacks yer.
ned the statement. and the guests
ere in n flutter OF plcasurable excite.
lent when, in the corner Jack was
baking Tom by the hand and say.
lg:
Didn't tell you I'd see you through