New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-07-03
CHAPTER xxx.
A Wedding on Wheels.

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A Wedding on Wheels.
The commotion of the matrimony.
mad women brought the men troop
ing In from the smoking room and
there was much circumstance OF dec
Grating the scene with white satin
ribbons, trifie crumpled and dim OF
luster. Mrs. Whitcomb waved them
ut Mallory with laugh:
Recognize these?"
He nodded dismally. His own fu.
neral baked meats were coldly fur.
nishing forth wedding breakfast for
Ira Lathrop. Mrs. Wellington was
moving about distributing kazoos and
Mrs. Temple had an armload of old
shoes, some of which had thumped
Mallory on an occasion which
seemed so ancient as to be almost
prehistoric.
Fosdick was bowling to the porter
to get some rice, quick!
"How many portions does you ap-
proximate?"
"All you've got"
Boiled or fried?"
"Any old way" The porter ran
forward to the dining-car for the am
| munition.
Mrs. Temple whispered to her hus-
band: ''Too bad you're not officiating,
Walter" But he cautioned silence:
Hush! I'm on my vacation"
The train was already coming into
Ogden. Noises were multiplying and
from the increase of passing objects,
the speed seemed to be taking on a
squirt. The bell was clamoring like
wedding chime in a steeple.
Mrs. Wellington was on a chair fast
ening ribbon round one of the
lamps. and Mrs. Whitcomb was on an
other chair braiding the bell rope with
withered orange branches, when Ash
ton, with kazoo all ready, called out:
what tune shall we play?"
II prefer the Mendelssohn Wedding
March," said Mrs. Whitcomb, but Mrs.
Wellington glared across at her.
i've always used the Lohengrin."
well play 'em both" said DR.. Tenn
pie, to make peace.
Mrs. Fosdick murmured to her
spouse: The old Justice Of the Peace
didn't give US any music at ALL" and
received in reward one of his most
luscious.eyed looks. and q whisper:
But he gave US each other" \
'Now and then" she pouted. :,
But where are the bride and
groom!" +u
Here they come-all ready" cried
Ashton, and he beat time while some
Of the guests kasooed at Mendels-
sohn's and some Wagner's bridal mel
odies, and others just made . noise.
Ira Lathrop and Anne Cattle, look
ing very sheepish. crowded through
the narrow corridor and stood shame
facedly blushing like two school chill
dren about to sing . duet.
The train jolted to dead stop. Tho
conductor called into the car: "Og-
den! All out for Ogden!" and every
body stood watching and waiting. u
Ira, seeing Mallory, edged close and
whispered: Stand by to catch the
minister on Cu0 EeDOuuU.
But Mallory turned away. What
use had he now for ministers? His
plans were shattered ruins.
The porter came flying in with two
large bowls of rice, and shouting,
Here comes the 'possum-er-pos-
son." Seeing Marjorie, he said:
shall I perambulate Mista Snoozle-
ums?"
She handed the porter her only
friend and he hurried out, as lean
and professionally sad ascetic bur-
ried in. He did not recognize his
boyish enemy in the gray-haired, red
faced giant that greeted him, but he
knew that voice and its gloating
IRONY:
"Hello, Charlie" -- ~-..I... i
He had always found that when Ira
yrinned and was cordial, some trouble
Vas in storel for him. He. wondered
What rock Ira held behind his back
low, but he forced an uneasy cor
liahty: And 10 this you, Ira7 Well.
velll It 10 yeahs since last We met
Md you're Just getting married. 10
hie The nrst time. Ira?" +
First o6ense. Charlie" Ia
TIE lsviU shocked sslby. but q
rsatsr shoek vas n store. for W1sQ