Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28

I'm not at all romantic, but | want
something different from Just calling
In the minister"
But how am | going to fix for q
balloon?" he asked
II don't know. but that's what you'll
have to do. No balloon, no marriage
Moses went riding through all the
villages for twenty miles around ask.
ing questions about balloons. and 1t
was two weeks before he returned to
the widow to say:
I'm willing to obleege, but We can't
get no balloon here short of q thou.
sand dollars. and mebbe not for that.
Even II we could, no preacher would
go up to marry us"
Well. Moses, | don't want to seem
over-particular," replied the woman
after a little thought. If We cant be
married up in q balloon how about
down in a coal mine?"
THAT might do, II | a find one"
Moses went inquiring again. and by
and by ascertained that the nearest
coal mine wac $50 miles away. and a
very wet place at that. Besides. a
minister told him that he wouldn't
descend into a coal mine and marry a
couple for less than a hundred dollars.
When the widow Durham had been in
formed of how the matter stood she
replied:
~ had rather set my heart on 1t.
but | have always been a woman to
sacrifice. Why can't Nc be married In
a circus ring before all the people?"
why, | never heard Of such q
thing! We'd be almost took for q
couple Of camels or something! No.
no."
Moses. we must be married In a
circus ring or not at all"
Moses made his rounds again. It
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
mar exclaimed:
"No-never! should be put on
trial for doing such a thing!"
You don't seem to be a mar OF
much energy" remarked the widow
when she had heard his third excuse
81 guess We had better drop the mat
ter"
Moses begged for another chance
and after taking three days to con
slider 1t the woman said:
We'll, perhaps I'm a little too par
ticular to want balloons and Goa
mines and SO I'll be content with 9
flying machine. You a surely gel
m of those. read in the papers
every day OF their carrying passen
gers at the rate Of a mile a minute
Why can't we be married at the rate
Of a mile a minute?"
Lands. woman, 1t would cost every
dollar we are both WORTH" groaned
Moses. And II we got a machine and
went up 1t would be the preacher
again. We couldn't hire n to &C
with us. Preachers amt taking
chances. | don't see why we can
go to a preachers house or have one
come here"
I'VE must look at the sentiment o.
the thing. It's for a woman to have
her way about sSch things. Moses, II
there a tall tree anywhere around
here?"
Yes, there's a big elm about q
mile beyond the bridge"
Can you build a platform in the
top and then run ladders up?"
Lands, but do you want to be mar
ried In a tree-top!"
II do. You have disappointed me
about the other things. but you mustn't
about this.
Moses went out to survey the tree
at close range. and to talk to carpen'
tiers and the ministers. The earpsn'
tiers said It could be done, but When
the minister was approached he re-
piled with a shiver:
: What? Climb a tree TO marry Z
couple! You can have little respee
for the cloth to propose such a thing.
The good man consented. however
to call on the widow as a mediator
and he did call, and after argument
lasting two hours n compromise wal
effected. The marriage was to TAXI
place from a platform on top OF 4
haystack, and two weeks later 1t cana
of with the whole village as spec
t;tors. Later on. when the bride wal
asked why she ives so bent on thu
UNUSUAL she smiled and replied:
why. ! suppose ] was put out tc
think had been a widow for eight
years before any mar asked me e
marry him!"
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