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Show HORNETS INHABITED THE WEDDING BELL Busy Little Insects Interrupted the Ceremony 8tlng, Not Notes, Came from Sounder. Mncwahoc, Mo. How a colony of hornets Interrupted a woddlng coro-mony coro-mony and postponed It Bevoral hours is told by Nell Wntson, a guide, who had boon looking ovor tho door grounds between Molunkus lake and Patton. Watson was present nnd vouches for tho facts. When ho was somo miles out of Patton, Wntson ran onto tho cabin of Sam Illack, another guide, and during tho evening siuoko Sam Imparted tho information that ho had boon accepted ac-cepted by u wlnsomo lass, iuncd Nellie Nel-lie Turnbull, and was oxpectlng to bo married shortly. In fact, ho wui simply sim-ply waiting to provldo himself with a best man. and now that Watson hnd turned up so opportunely ho could soe no reason why tho ceremony pliould not bo performed noxt day, provided Nell would agree to stand up wtlh him. Naturally Watson offered no objection, objec-tion, bo bright and oarly tho follow-ing follow-ing morning Sam put on a suit of clothed he had bought for tho occasion, occa-sion, "slicked up" his cabin, nnd departed de-parted for tho homo of his sweot-heart, sweot-heart, nccompanlod by his fallow guide. Miss Nollio objected nt first to hurrying tho proceedings, but ns thoro woro fow neighbors to invito, and hor wedding flnory had been ready for sovoral days, sho finally agreed to be married if Sam could got tho koj-8 of tho district school-limiBO school-limiBO nnd fish up u parson. Tho Bchoolhouso had not been used slnco spring, and was not near so Biilt-ablo Biilt-ablo a placo for tho ceremony as hor own homo, but Miss Nollio hnd rend of grand church weddings, and sot her heart upon gottlng as closo to tho real thing as sho could. Sam had no difficulty In gottlng koyB nnd parson, and nt four o'clock In tho aftornoon brldo, brldogroom, clergyman and neighbors woro on hnnd. Ono of the neighbors hnd boon Instructed to ring tho school bell as tho couple approached tho toachor's desk, now draped with golden rod for an altar, and at tho appointed timo ho laid hold of tho dusty ropo and pulled with might and main. Instead of clarion notes thoro Issued from the boll n swnrm of yol-low yol-low Jacket hornots, which sought out their disturbers nnd descendod upon tho wedding party. Tho parson had Just begun tho coromony when tho bride-to-bo uttered n yell of pain nnd ran down tho nlslo. Tho brldogroom followed, and tho pnrson leggod It a good third. Uy this tlmo tho nudionco was leaving by doors nnd windows, with tho hornets In pursuit. Unit a mllo down tho road tho party gathored, smarting and hot, and bathed their swollen faces In n brook whllo thoy npplicd soothing mud to the allll-sted parts. Then they all adjourned ad-journed to tho Turnbull cabin, whore Miss Nollio decided to put off tho wedding until evening. In tho moan-tlmo moan-tlmo tho guests bathed thomsolvos with ointment lotions, and enjoyed an Impromptu sprend provided by Mr. Turnbull. Tho coromony was finally porformcd at eight o'clock. |