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Show AT A COOP OLD AGE. An Octosenariaa Wedded to a Blushing Bride of 41. Louisville, Ky., Aug. l.-The mar-riage mar-riage of an octogenarian to a blushing Drute of 41 has just been reported up in Allen county. Dr. W. E. Arnold, of bmith s Grove, 81 years of age, led to the altar Miss Kittle Markharo, of Mount Ariel, at the unusual hour of 3 o clock last Friday morning. The ceremony cere-mony was kept very quiet, but leaked out. The bride has never before ventured ven-tured on the matrimonial sea, but her husband has been married six times. Five women, good and truo, who have borne the name of Arnold, have crossed over the river. As in many instances, so in this one, the course of true love didn't run smooth altogether, as the somewhat romantic and unusual hour of their nuptials would indicate. They were to have been married-at early twilight, but ii t0i f7et tho marrige license by mail and having to send a messenger to hcottville for that necessary paper, a distance of 20 miles, the rosy tints of dawn were beginning to streak the eastern sky ere the first kiss of wedded wed-ded bliss could be planted upon expectant expect-ant lips. , The minister and guests, as well as the bride and groom, sat up all night expecting every hour the arrival of the license, and it was a sleepy crowd that left the Markham mansion that morning. morn-ing. The doctor and his winsome bride left in a carriage for Smith's Grove,, tho home of the former, where they will reside -in the future. |