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Show MOW RUBY MANAGED IT. And now fr the wtory o( n hppy 1 epistxle that occurred in tbe prettiest town in northern 0 -it) on Saturday , IttBt, in which a Chicago young man, ; known in railroad OTrles and a haud-Bome haud-Bome Buckeye girl t,-ere the principnl characters. , ! ! Ttic two wt rs uonfl otber than the 1 , "Kobiu" and ''Rub'-," whoae letters. iappearwt frtqunntly in the catebratudj matrimoBia! ccrrepoudf ncc ot the Inter Oocbb two yenre ago. W will j I oot pause to tell huW. tike Jacob oH old, Uobin h;id IuvhJ Ruby f.en long I ytftre; how for iiMre tlian two years of that lime th.-y were eatrAtig-d and i lost all trace ot each other; ho on I their aad parting day he vowed to re-: re-: turn and renew bia suit ut thu end ot ; Sve years ahouid she still be tree; how ! ttto years and a half after ft residllesB ! yearninn caiued him to aee'e (by per-tiiiaaioi. per-tiiiaaioi. ) her presence; nor how at lagt, after many days and rn ny visits by rail to Ruby's home, aud many proofa -jf love and many erotic vowt i spoken and written Robin "came ofl couquerer." 1 hie alonn would fur-) fur-) nish iiu iotercflling chapter in ro- mance, but we must pass it aud hauteu to tell HOW ROBIN AND RUDY WERE MARRIED. It had been understood that Robin would go over to P. (which might woll- stand for- Paradise) on Friday Lantj.ppeod Saturday and Sunday with hid latly-lovu. and Mcort her to Cbij cafin, whence she waa to go direct to her friends elsewhere in the state, and flnish tier preparations for the nup tiula, which were to occur there on iho 1st ol October. All last woek, preTioua to Robin' departure, Ruby wds butsily enpagnd with her drebia-! drebia-! mftker in P., r-p!eniehing her ward-j ward-j robe, a8 Bhe knew slie would not have j equally gocd facilities after leaving I there. Robin received numerous i uampleB o( drap d ote, navy blue ) serge, etc., with instructions by letter Iand telegraph to match thern at all harmla and any cost, and ship with all possible dispatch; all of whioh he strictly obeyed, kuowing the lime be fore her departure was short. Friday came around, and with it a note saying: "Dear Robis: I shall be at tho depot with Lh buggy Saturday morning morn-ing without fail. If you do ngt see ma when the train arrives, please wait, aa I will certainly be there soon after. Your own "Ruby." "f, S. Be sure to wear your dress-cwU, dress-cwU, aa I have promised to make eome calla in P. '.'Wear my dress-coat!" exclaimed . Bobin, "that's singular. Wonder if; j my irl thinks I would go three hun dred miles 10 see her in my soop clothes, not I." Pie laughed, but thought no more of it, and wore his Sunday clothes. . A few minutes after the train arrived ar-rived next morning Robin Beated binmelf in the buggy beside his Buckeye Buck-eye balle, took tbo reins and proceeded 10 torn the horse in the direction of Ruby'a delightful home three miles in the country. "No, don't, Robin; I want to make some calls before we go home. Please drive straight on slowly, aa I wish to talk with you a little." "Calli! Why, my dear, you'll let me go home first and shave and ohange my linen, won't you? I can't go oalling in thia condition you know." "No, Bir; cullj firt, home afterward. after-ward. You have Lo go and get married,", mar-ried,", said Ruby, with a, triumphant smile, drawing; from her pocket aa she spoke a formidable document in the shape of A DULY EXECUTED MARHUQB LICENSE, which she unfolded to Robin'a astonished aston-ished gaze. "Married! What, thia morning! No, Ruby, you don't mean ill" ex claimed Robin, with a look of blank amazement. "Why, my dear, I ain't prepared; brought only a few dollars tor incidentals; no kid gloves here, no wedding riiiR. no " "Oh, never mind tbo weddiogring, and I have $10 for tho minister, got the license from Judue T. this morning morn-ing by special appointment, and have engaged the minister, Brother S., who iB uuw waitiiiK for ub at bia house. I have been working hard to this end for two whole weeks, Robin, and not a soul knows anything about it, except Judge T., Brother S. and an intimate lady friend, and yon and I, of course. Even my dressmaker, whom I have driven so hard to get ready by this morning, don not suspect anything, and none of my numerous relatives even drem of it. I have atriven against mauy diiBcultioa to make this a complete surprise (you know my penchant for surprises) to you, and everybody ele, and you won't object, will you dear? Now, drive slower, and I will tell you what to do. Do you go and buy a pair of kids; then po tu the House, and spruce up as well aa you can. In the meantime I will go to my dressmaker's and put on my new drees, hat, eto. When you are ready, saunter down the street, and I will be waiting for you. You will, won't you, darling?" and she gave Robin such a pleading, win ' ning look out of her sparkling eyes that he could muster only one more weak objection. NOW, WHY, LOOK HERE, KliBY, I don't know how to do before the minister; you know I never participated partici-pated in uuh a" "Nonsmse; that's no excuse nt all. Of course you want to be married. You know you were nearly crazy to be on the 22d of July last the end of the five years; but we decided to wait until lovera' month October. Now, I'll let you out here, and yon must be ready in a half an hour." "Well, 'Barkis is willio',' said Robin as he jumped out, now resigned. In three-quarters of an hour he strolled down the street, attired in dreas coat and pants to match, clean shirt and collar, white necktie, white vest, and kids, and felt very genteel. When he arrived opposite the dre-maker'a dre-maker'a ho glanced over, and there, in the natrow stairway, handsomely attired, stood the waiting brid-elect He croosed over and joined her, and at precisely 10 o'clock, in the presence pres-ence of his wife and daughter, the minister heard their affirmations of lov, devotion, etc., and pronounced the twain one flesh. Before leaving, Ruby Baid to the minister, "Robin told me that as I had taken this business entirely in my own hauds, I would have to carry it through 'especially as he haa no money about him,' she added elyly, hence I wish to settle with you. i consider that all you have done for me keeping my secret, performing the ceremony, etc. worth at least 10, and I intended to hand you that amount, but I regret to eay that as my dreaa-makor this morning charged : me several dollars more than I understood under-stood she would, my pecuniary calcu ' lations have bwn somewhat die turbed. ( was determined not to be in debt when I married) so pl8ae ' accept 5 now, and 1 will send you Jo more to-Euurrow." p BOBIN BOPJiOWED A DOLLAR from Ruby to settle his bill at the hotel, and boob the Chicago young man and hii Buskeye bride were seaUd in tbe buggy, homeward 1 bound and considerably happier than I if they had been married in St. Paul's 1 London, by the archbishop of Cnter f bury, and walked out amid the strains of a wedding march; and thev had keen anticipations of the merh- J mcnt that would be causod among their friends when it should be an-j nounctd that a bridal couple who 10- 1 joiced iu th possession of Cbicapo J real estate, a bank account, and j government Irende, were obliged to I net married by the miuirter partly "on tick." Robin aud Ruby kept the secret from her relatives until the next morning, when Ruby invited them ' iuto the parlor to see "a m(ist valuable valu-able present whioh Robin had brought . her Irom Chicago just what she had been wanting ft long time." After waiting for Auut O. to gat her best apecs the household enUred the parlor, par-lor, and then Ruby arose and took her "liot;e lord" by tho arm anJ Baid proudly, BEHOLD MY OIFT A HUSBAND. Congratulations followed the consternation. conster-nation. Thus occurred one of the most novel weddings yet chronicled, and by it wa demonstrated the ability of tbe gentler sex to superaedo their brothers in still another occupation which hitherto has been the latter's prerogative, viz.: Arrangiog'nuptials, even to "tipping" the minister. Another aaiu lor the aisterB. Tbe bridal cuuple returned to Chicago on Monday. Robin says he hai the smartest wife in the United States. He says any woman who can make preparations for a wedding for two whole weeks, surrounded by numerous relatives and fritiudi, with-1 with-1 out even arousing their suspicion, and maintain such admirable secrecy that even the judges and the minia-1 minia-1 tor's wife, and her own drees maker 1 were ignorant of her plane; bethinks ' a young woman who can do that is fit to be president and her husband vice president. J The minister received the other 35 ! the next day. Chicago Inter-Ocean. |