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COirTENTIOSALITIES OBSERVED
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Fametloa.
Although the actual marriage service may
last but ten ahort minutes, and although It
may take less than forty-five seconds for
tha 'pronouncing of the words that bind two
acuta together for all time as "man and
Wife," no crises through which they will
t( aver pats can bo ao Important In the life
' of a man or a maid aa the brief but ao
momentous time of their marrisge. In
View, therefore,' of the magr.itudo of the
occasion It la astonishing how. little the
average bride and groom-to-be know or
take the trouble to learn of tha many
an-all detalla In connection with the neces
ary preparation for the wedding and In
the carrying out of the established con
ventionalities and observances of the actual
t aervice Itself,
Scarcely marriage take place that un
told annoyance and Inconveniences are not
caused tha officiating clergyman by the
neglect of some minor bat all important
point, or the carelessness In the observing
of some little detail In the ritual due to
lack of forethought on ' tha part of tha
bride or bridegroom, or the thoughtless-
rrea of the best man.
Should the bride, for example, forget to
Hp up the fouth finger of her glove that
the ring, may be easily and quickly slipped
on, a wait singularly embarrassing to all
concerned must needs Interrupt the service
while the bride with nervous fingers re
moves her entire glove, which she cannot
attempt to put on again In her hurry and
excitement until after she has walked down
tha aisle the cynosure of all eyes, the ma
jority of whom will In all probability be
charitably Inclined, but a large percentage
of whom are sure to be only too glad of
v ji opportunity given them for adversj
(criticism.
Mistakes that Iar.
From the very beginning, therefore, It
behooves the happy couple to see to It
j that so far as Is within their power none
of the mistakes which go to mar the many
weddings shall be perpetrated at theirs.
" All details, such as procuring the mar
riage license, engaging the clergyman and
the carriages, should be attended to at
least a week In Advance, and the wise bride
does not rder her cards until she Is post
tlve that she tan have possession of the
church at the hour named.
A house wedding has- never the dignity
nor the charm of a church ceremony, and
Unless necessitated by a difference of re
ligion or In the case of mourning ,when all
display Is prohibited, Is not often given
and, although for one reason or another it
may be obligatory to dispense with a re-
reptldn at the house of the bride's parents.
a church wedding Is at the moment dis
tinctly the most popular. Apart from any
religious ideas on the subject, there is no
man nor woman living but is sufficient of
a sentimentalist to take pleasure In oc
caslonally visiting the spot where Ills or her
marriage waa solemnised, and In this coun
try of rapid growth and constantly vary
Ing centers of population, decade Is i
long time for any house to remain stand-
v lng, or, at any rate, to be occupied as a
rjvaf e residence.
o ' Halea to Be bserred.
Tha rulra and conventionalities to be ob-
served In trw church are most pr them ex
' tremely old, many. Indeed, dating back un
limited centuries, yet for each couple- the
laws are new and must be given careful
study. To commence with, after the signal
has been given from the main door of the
church and the first strains of the wedding
march announces the arrival of the bride
and her suite, the groom, accompanied by
Ytim mf man " whn nfatha, hava Haan
T". 1 waiting In the vestry, walk to the steps of
a 1 - tha hanMl a4 wait th,M fn, Mia yaat
the bridal party. The friends and relatives
of the bride are aeated on tho left hand
side of the church, those of the groom on
the right. The bride when ahe enters the
church walka at the right of her father or
whoever is to give her away,' and alao on
the right arm of her newly made husband
as she leaves the altar. The betrothal takes
place at the chancel and the marriage
proper at. the altar. The maid of honor and
"beat man" must be In close attendance
throughout tha ceremony one that she may
be ready to take the bridal bouquet while
the ring la being placed on the finger and
afterward to arrange the long bridal train
when the couple have turned about for the
walk down the aisle after the service,
while the "best man." who has previously
been entrusted with the ring, stands ready
to give It at the required moment.
-vDatles of the Beat Mis.
After shaking hands with the minister
and after the bride's train has been ar
ranged to her satisfaction, the recessional
march peela forth and the cares and
anxlettes of the bride and groom are
over, while upon the shoulders .of the best
man devolve whatever duties that are still
to be attended to. Although In some cases
he walks down the alule In. company with
the maid of honor, the best man should by
rights go at once Into the vestry room
where the fees for sexton, organist and
clergyman are paid by him. It Is also his
duty to see to It that the trunks and otlier
baggage are jfiorerly checked (for he alone
la generally token into the confidence of
the happy couple), and that the carriage to
lake the bridal pair away is ordered and
n time, and so far as la In his power he
shust keep all the luggage free from rice
tod other means of identification of the
fact that the ownera thereof hava not been
married many years. Above all, the bat
man must not forget to have notice of the
marriage inserted in the morning papers
the day following the nuptials.
Rales for the Bridesmaids.
Arrl ri;om attending the requ'r d fit
tings for her gowns and hats, the dutl.
Incumbent upon a bridesmaid are no" ardj
ous. and she Is selected only because of
clone friendship through girlhood the b-id
desires to have her near at this time. Th
.viaiuin oi naving-ine Driaemil:ls s ar
from either side of the chancel and ws'k
down the center aisle to m?et the bride
and escort her to the altar is a pretty one
ana. lurtnermore. gtves excellent oppor
lunsiy lor an effective display of the!
costumes, wntch have been selected wii
such Infinite care and trouble on the par;
vi me unue nerstir.
In going up the aisle the u.r-,-. i..
the procession, the bi Idesma'di follow
wnne in mata or matron of honor (m,.
dlately precedes the bride, the order heio
reversed when returning from the aitar-
' " of honor, followed firs
I ha krl.lainiti.la I .
walks down after the bridal ra r. Cure
aen oy ea-h bridesma'd it se
that her Flnti-Ara ara
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wnirn is on the outside of the cisle, fOV
in ineae cays or enormous shower bouquet
iw i.irjr mem sumy in front of the m.
Is far from attractive, while the effect I
Kinrg si.outa, by any mis
ul. ns bouquet be carried toward th
inmae. x.aclt bridesmaid should I
atructed to change her bouquet alien i
turns from the aJtar to go out of the
churvh. and also u ,u w.J)u dJWa the
Isle to meet the bride the flowers must
be shifted before she turns about at tha
door of the church. 1
The takers' Obligation.
The ushers, to whom the bridegroom has
Irearty given neat grsy ties, light Irray
loves and while boutonnleres, so that they
resemble each other as nearly as do the
rldesrraltls In their dainty gowns cf lace
nd chiffon, must arrive at the church
t least half an ho'ir previous to the time
stated for the wedding to commence. As
before the ceremony their dutie consist
In seating the various guests In the pews
to which they msy or may not have been
previously asslgntd, so Immediately after
the bride and bridegroom have departed
from the church the ushers must return
to escort the members of the Immediate
smUioa to their carriages, and this before
he white ribbons hsve been removed, per
mitting the less Intimate acquaintances to
leave their pews. Should the ribbons be
omitted. It is the height of discourtesy
for any guest to leave tha pew before the
re-pectlve families of the bride and bride
groom have made their exit. Just as a
decided lack of breeding Is displayed by
any undue levity among the audience dur
ing the service.
Glvlaa- Fees aa Aarleat Caatora.
The custom of giving fees to the offi
ciating clergyman, the organist and the
sexton Is a very old one, dating back to
the Idea that a man in the fulness of his
Joy at marriage naturally desired to make
some gift to the church. As regards the
correct fee for the clergyman, the amount
rests entirely with the bridegroom, and
perhaps It would be as w.il for a bride
not to Inquire too closely Into this detail
of 'her marriage, for the question of Just
how much she Is worth in the eyes of her
liege lord might be an embarrassing one.
particularly were the gold on her side
and his wealth made up more of ambitions
and good Intentions than mere filthy lucre.
The fees for sexton and organist are gen
erally fixed amounts. Philadelphia Ledger,
ROTECTING AGREAT BUDDHA
llage Broaae Pig-are at .Vara, Japan,
Induces American Assist
ance. It Is certainly a beautiful Impulse that is
causing a subscription to be circulated in
this country for a national contribution- to
the fund for the restoration of the colossal
bronze sitting figure of Buddha, at Nara,
Japan; and it may turn out to be histori
cally an incident of much Importance. The
announcement Is Just made once again, as
It has been made many times during the
last six months, that the Immigration quea
tlon between the Japanese government and
our own has been settled. The very fact,
however, that this has to be Insisted upon
so often; the circumstance that a settle
ment between diplomatists is not the same
as one assented to by the peoples Involved
and ths great truth that things are never
settled until they are settled right all the
phenomena of an unrelieved tension
whether reasonable or unreasonable be
tween two hitherto friendly peoples, must
be taken Into account.
The great brnnxe statute of the temple of
the Doi-Butsu at Nara is familiar to every
one In pictures brought home by travelers.
Its head towers above the topmost branches
of the trees, as It may easily do. being
fifty-six feet In height. It was erected In
the year 712 at the then capital a bronze
casting overlaid with gold. Old chronicles
relate that "It shone as with the yellow
light of Paradise." About It was built a
great temple to the dedication of which
holy men came over from, the distant
shorea of India. ' For more than 400 years
(only a third part of Its history) it remain
ed thus. But In the rear 8V';flurrhg the
Oempe .wars, the temple was burned and
ths head of the great Buddha 'badly dam
aged. So the ruler after, thf war caused
a new head to be cast for tha colossus by
the celebrated sculptor Anaml and he re
built the temple. This work was paid for
partly by the shogun himself and partly by
popular subscription. For another 200 years
the great Buddha at and smiled In his
enigmatical contemplation upon the world,
till again the temple and the colossus were
damaged by a conflagration arising during
the Ashlkaga wars of the fifteenth and
early sixteenth centuries. It was not until
the latter part of the seventeenth century
that a new head and right hand were sup
plied, with another rebuilding of the tem
ple, by an Income taxation laid upon the
nobles and by popular subscription. An
other lapse of X) years has brought signs
of decsy In the temple and danger to the
wonderful statue, so that Its thorough re
pair has been decided upon at an estimated
cost of $340,000.
It Is a participation In the popular Jap
anese subscription by which half of this
sum Is to be raised, tha other half having
been appropriated by the Japanese govern
ment, that the friends of Japan In this
country, propose. Iast year about half of
the $170,000 to be raised by the Japanese
people had been paid In. Although no ap
peal has been made for subscriptions out
side of Japan, the' hnppy thought of an
American contribution has been put In pro
cess of realization, and already some $150
In small sums has been subscribed in Bos
ton chiefly Vy members of the strff of the
Museum of Fine Arts and the personnel of
that Institution. Boston Transcript.
BUILT NEST IN HER HAT
Aad Vkn the Ilapr Wearer Weat tul
Charch the Mother Bird
Went. Too.
"There was an old man with a beard,
' Who said. 'It is Just as I feared;
hour larks and a wren.
Three on In Hd a hen "
Have all built their nests In my beard.' "
Tonsorio, ornithological sonnet.
This veracious tale which -would have
Interested Audobon greatly, .describes
another nesting. Mis. Simon Harrison,
pretty and demure, entered the Methodist
church at Swlnefleld, N. J., Sunday wear
ing a brand new and very becoming hat.
Over the mass of flowers, feathers, lace
and Jlgamarees that adorned the hat a
bluebird circled, and at once engaged tho
attention of the 300 truly good persons in
the church.
' Instead of listening to the Rev. Abner
H. . Strong's eloquent sermon on the ever
lasting fact that pride leadeth to a fall
everybody kept staring at Mrs.- Harrison.
At first she was pleased, but when the
women beganto giggle and the men to
whisper to each other and grin. Mrs. Har
rison, indignant, left the pew. As she
r. alked down the' aisle, the bluebird, emit
ting distressed little cries arose from her
hat and flew around her, almost brushing
her fair face with Its wings.
A suspicion of the truth flashed through
Mrs. Harrison's mhjd. Quickly she drew
"in her hatnlus. took ftlt her hat and thrust
her hand Into the mass of decorations.
There was hiddun a dainty little nest with
four eggs In It. Mrs. Harrison carefully
placed the hat on a pew Beat and then
carefully fainted beside.
When Mrs. Harrison revived, she ex
plained to the women who were patting her
hands and fanning her that there are many
bluebirds on her husband's farm; very taime
littla creatures, because she and her hus
bard scatter crumbs for them and encour
age their pretence.
She said she bought the hat three weeks
ago and had kept it on a bureau In her
spare robm, which ahe keep aired by al
ways leaving a window in Jt partly open.
Audubon would have been glad to hesr,
too, thai Mrs. Harrison will let the mother
bluebird hatch the young on her hat-New
Tor Werl
ROYAL TRIBUTES TO RING
S&lutei of Freemen to ltfonarcht of
Cereal Kingdom!.
PROSE B ACQUETS TO KEN" 3 COTTON
Tin Rerest Ward Palatlaira of tha
Soathera gtaadhjr Flaeed BeatJe
Oalesby'a Fimoil Classic ' '
en (tor a.
From the sombre depths of the Congres
sional Record the diligent reader occa
sionally stumbles on to a rhetoric gem as a
reward for his toll and patience. Two of
eaual value and color were rescued from
recent numbers and passed along through
the appreciative currents of the press. As
specimens of southern loyalty to King Cot
ton they are Inspiring, and present an In
structive contrast with the .famous classic
on corn delivered In Chicago nearly eighteen
years ago. by Richard J. Oglesby, "Uncle
t)lck," of Illinois, governor and United
States senator.
Congressman Helfln of Alabama, the bard
of Coosa, Tallapoosa and other counties,
saluted King Cotton In these words:
"The attention of the world Is turned to
the south when In the spring of the year
the farmer prepares his soil and places seed
In the ground. Sunbeams dance on the
surface, refreshing showers seek and find
their hiding place, and, ' lo! germination
begins. Little plants push the clods away
and smile at the sun. Gentle zephyrs kiss
their tender faces and breathe Into them
the message of their world mission. (Ap
plause.) We hear the music of the hoe and
the song of the happy plowman. Proud
and graceful, the little stalks stand mantled
In leaves laden with squares. We look
again and thousands of white blossoms
are nodding welcome to the gold belted
bees. In a-little while they are rosy red,
then they assume a golden hue, and finally
fade and fall, leaving behind them tiny
green spheres. Basking in sunshine and
reveling in shower, these flourish until
autumn winds whisper to every full grown
boll, "Open sesame." (Applause.) Then
the cotton stalk flings Its fleecy fiber to
the breeze and busy fingers pluck it from
the 'joll. Now we hear the hum of the old
cotton gin, the seed fall down on the' floor
below and lint comes out In swirls of snow.
(Applause.) Yonder at the cotton factory,
hard by the cotton field, we hear the trem
ulous vol"e of Industry In the concert of
whirling spindles wooing the fibre Into
cloth, and the finished product goes out
upon the pulsating tide of a splendid com
merce and cotton Is king king of Amer
lean exports and In all Its ramifications
Is basis for the greatest manufacturing In
terest lr the world. (Prolonged cheers and
applause,)" '
A sweet singer of less volume, but equally
ambitious is Kzekiel S. Chandler, jr., a
typical representative of the song birds of
Itawamba, Noxubee Okllblleha and Tisli
mlngo counties, Mississippi, who joined In
the cotton refrain In this style:
"The countless millions of our population
are fed and clothed by., the American
farmer. The grain waving In. golden beauty
upon the great plains of the west, -the
cotton drifting like summer snow upon the
fields of the south, freight the fleets of
nations and loose their sails, thread the
continents with tracks of steel, fill .the
earth with the roar of trains and heap for
trade and commerce a.nd useful art those
stores that make a nation great. Where
are our great, diversified agricultural prod
ucts? What victorious host ever waved as
Joyous banners as those that float above
the tasselled maize '. from . the snows . Of
Maine to the spicy groves of California?
What spirit of beauty hovers above south
ern fields when fleecy bolls uncover to
crown 'King Cotton!' Applause,"
Trlbate, to Kin Corn.
In eloquence, philosophy and feeling,
Oglesby'a panegyric on corn Is esteemed a
classic. It was defined at a banquet given
In Chicago. September 9. ISM, In honor of
Joseph Jefferson and A. Conan Doyle. The
toast was, "What I Know About Farming.'
"Uncle Dick" paied for a minute upon the
harvest decroations of the banquet hall
particularly at the tall stalks of corn with
large ears upon the walls. They he spoke
"The corn, the corn, the corn, that in Its
first beginning and Its growth has" fur
nished aptest illustration of the tragic an
nouncement of the chlefest hope, of man
if ho die he shall surely live again. Planted
In the friendly but sombre bosom of the
mother earth It dies. Yes, It dies the sec
ond death, surrendering up each trace of
form and earthly shape until the wayward
tide is stopped by the reacting vital germ
which, breaking all the bonds and cere
nitnts of Its -cad decline, comes bounding,
laughing Into life and light the fittest of all
the symbols that make certain promise of
the fate of man. And so it died and then i
lived again. And so my people died. By
some unknown, uncertain and unfriendly
gate, I found myself making my first jour
new Into life from conditions as lowly as
those surrounding that awakening, dying,
living Infant germ.
Recalls Days of Yoath.
"It was In those day when I. a simple
boy, had wondered from Indiana to Spring
field, that I there I met the father of this
good man (Joseph Jefferson), whose kind
and gentle words to me were as water to
thirsty soul, as the shadow of a rock to
weary man. 1 loved his father then, I
love the son now. Two full generations
have been taught by his gentleness and
smiles, and tears have quickly answered to
the command of his artistic mind. Long
may he live to make us laugh and cry
and cry and laugh by turns, as he may
choose to move us.
"But now again my mind turns to the
glorious corn. See It! Look on its ripening
waving field. See how It . wears a crown
prouder than monarch ever wore, some.
times Jauntily and sometimes after the
storm the dignified survivors of the temp
est seem to view a field of slaughter and
to pity a fallen foe. And see the pendant
caskets of the cornfield filled with the wine
of life and see the silken fringes that se
a form for fashion and for art.
"And noW'the evening comes and some
thing of a time to rest and listen. The
scudding clouds conceal the half and then
revveal the whole of the moonlit beauty of
the nlgbt, and then the gentle winds make
heavenly harmonies on a thousand harps
that hang upon the borders and edges and
the middle of the tle'.d of ripening corn
until my very heart seems to beat respon
sive to the rising and the falling of the
long melodious refrain. The melancholy
clouds sometimes make shadows on the
field and hide its aureate wealth, and now
they move and slowly Into sight there
comes the golden glow of promise for an
Industrious land.
- strength In Its Kernel.
-uiorious corn, mat more than all the
sisters of the field wears tropic garments
Nor on the shore of Nllus or of Ind does
nature dress her forms more splendidly
My God, to live sgain that tjme when for
me half the world was good and the other
half unknown! And now again the corn,
that In Its kernel -holds the. strength that
shall (in the body of the man refreshed)
subdue th forest and compel response
from every stubborn field, or. shining In
the eye of beauty, make blossoms of her
cheeks and Jewels of her lips and thus
make for man the greatest inspiration to
weil-doii g. the hope Of COmo&IiianaUla a
that iaered, warm and we ll-embodlej soul i
woman. Aye, the corn, the royal corn.
within whose, yellow heart there Is of
health and strength lor all the nations. The
corn triumphant, that with the aid of man
hath made victorious procewaion across the
tufted plain and laid foundation for tho
social excellence that Is and Is to be. This
glorious plant, transmuted by the alchemy
of Qod, sustains the warrior in battlo, the
poet In song and strengthens everywhers
the thousand arms that work the purposes
of life.
Oh that I had the voice of song or skill
to translate Into stone the harmonies, the
symphonies and oratorios that roll across
my soul when standing sometimes by day
and sometimes by night upon the borders
of this verdant sea I note a world of
promise, and then before one-half the year
Is gone I view Its full fruition and see Its
heaped gold await the need of man. Ma
jestic, fruitful, wondrous plant! Thou
greatest among the manifestations of the
wisdom and love of God, that may be seen
In all the fields or upon the hillsides or In
the valleys." y
BACK TO BOYHOOD STUNTS
Valae of Forgetting- Present Troubles
and Harklnac Bark to Boy
hood Scenes.
John Human. LL. D., B. A., attorney at
law, grumbled as he sat down to his break
fast yesterday morning. The. food didn't
please him and after taklnayf few mouth
fuls he snatched up his pafler and left the
table.- i
"What's the matter?" his wife asked.
"Nothing," was the short reply.
"My goodness!" exclaimed the wife.
Why, you act as if you were 60 years old
Instead of 26." ,'
The door slammed 'and John left the
house. Then the expression on his face
changed.
Bomehow the Irritable fit was leaving
him. The air was warm and soft. A
balmy breeze was blowing Just enough of
a breeze to make one feel better and more
satisfied with life.
Human started toward the corner to
catch a car. Then he turned and walked
towards the south. He- didn't know Just
where he was going. But one thing was
certain he wasn't going to the office.
Block after block he walked and soon he
was whlstlins. 1
'Just like It Was when I was a lad and
played hookey." he murmured. "Wonder
If Brush's creek the same old place It was
when I used to go crawdaddlng there?"
Farther out on Troost avenue he walked,
finding- here and there among (he many
new buildings some landmark he had
known fifteen years ago. A bird was sing.
IrgMn a large meadow near Fortieth street
andHuman tried to Imitate It. His law
books were forgotten John Human was
living.
Across lots John went towards Wood
land avenue. Mud and old weds clung to
his clothing, but he didn't mind. Here
and there the grass was beginning to turn
a brighter green and that breeze was still
blowing.
"Used to be a big meadow here," Human
mused as . he passed Electric park. "Rc-
memlwr when those dogs chased you that
time?" And Human laughed at his recol
lection. From beyond a few trees came the
sound of falling water. Human climbed a
fence and then laughed again. He had ar
rived at the Brush creek falls.
"Wonder If that hiding place Charley
and I used to, have Is still here?" Human
asked himself.. Then he hunted Xor a cer
tain thicket. The hiding place was : still
there, but some one else was using It now,
An old fishing Hpe was there.
' "Finders keepers loosers weepers" Hur
man said and began . lifting ' stones to
search for worms.' For several hours he
fiahed-rwith the result of his younger days
no bites. Then he amused himself by
sitting on tho muddy banks and watching
the clouds Just like he used to.
"Gee, I wish lt'd rain," he said. "Huh,
wonder what my clients would say If they
could see .me now? Ding the clients, I'm
going to cross those falls."
Off came the shoes and hose and trousers
were rolled up. Then John Human, LL.
D., B. A., waded in the cold water of
BruBh creek and whistled tunes that had
not come to him in fifteen years.
"John Human, where on earth have you
been?" the wife asked, as a dirty, mud be
spattered man walked Joyously Into the
Human home late that nlaht.
"Been fivlng. girl. I've been living a real
life for one day," he exclaimed, and kissed
her.
"Supper ready? I'm 'hungry as a wolf.
And aay, how much did you say you wanted
for that new hat ?"-Kansas City Star.
BROKE HIS LEG DANCING
a
Victim Begs (or m Crutch v to Con
tlnna Straggle .for a
Prise. .
"H-a-double-r-l-g-a-n spells Harrlgan,"
sang Peter Harrlgan, SI years old, of East
Fifteenth street and Avenue X, Sheeps
heaU Bay. Long Island, when the doctors
at the Reception hospital asked him who
he was. Peter reached the repair shop
early March 18. shortly after his right leg
snapped at the ankle under the strain of
a long-distance two-step which was to
wind up the Hibernian ball 111 the Albe-'
marie hotel.
It will be next St. Patrick's day before
Peter's damaged ankle Is strong enough
to stand the terpsichore test, but he has
the satisfaction of knowing that an acci
dent Is theOoly thing which prevented him
and his fair partner, Katherine Kelly, from
winning the platform championship of the
bay.
Things were getting rather dull at the
fag end of the banquet and ball when some
one suggested a two-step endurance con
test. Eleven couples volunteered and when
they took their positions for the start
Peter tipped ills partner the wink and
whispered that It was Just like tickling
a blind man.' Peter and Katherine have
had matters pretty much their own way
In the dancing line. The music began,
the twenty-two starters got under way and
the spectators stood on the firing line to.
cheer heir favorites.
One by one the couples dropped out until
Peter and Katherine and James C. Lee
and Vignes Jennings were the only con
tenders. The four dancers were showered
with advice from all parts of the hull and
the place, was in an uproar. Twenty,
twenty-five, thirty minutes were tolled off
on stop watches, but none of the four
showed signs of fatigue. Then Peter began
to get peevish. He accused the other couple
of cutting third base on the way home, and
claimed a foul, which was Mlsallowed.
Another five minutes was reeled off and
then a sound like the snapping of a dry
sapling shattered the surcharged atmos
phere. Down went Harrlgan to the hick
ory. In making a short turn to avoid a
collision with the other couple his ankle
gave way. His friends luducd him to a
chair, but he Insisted on finishing the
frolic.
"Tour leg Is broken," said the doctor,
who was brought on the run. -
"All right." said Peter; "but I've got a
good one left. Get me a crutch and I'll
finish under wraps."
And he did, but the wraps were part of
the ambulance equipment. New York
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