Show BRIDE HAS A NARROW ESCAPE I FROM BEING MARRIED BY I II I A blush mantled the fair fall cheek of at the prospective bride while the tha th prospective in a lOW lew tone with J U i Eldredge Jr clerk They were wee from Colorado as the bride bridegroom bridegroom groom explained quit unnecessarily be because because because cause the marriage license proved that And they to have the whole thIng done at once onO the prospective bridegroom continued therefore would the tile clerk be bl good enough to refer them to some person authorized to perform the marriage ceremony Would Mr Eldredge be b so kind Would a duck swim as Mr r Jack Ho Horan Horan Horan ran was accustomed to exclaim when asked if Ie he would take a small swan drink Mr Eld Eldredge red ge as at one onu of ot the parties to the Salt Lake County Syndi Syndicate cat cate had handled ban led scores of ot situations like Uko this Beaming Ills his stereotyped and professional professional beam Mr lIr Eld red ge replied Why yes yea We Ve have a man right here hereIn In the office who can fix you QU right up The Tho man he had In m mine na was waa the active member of ot the syndicate D A Smith Mormon elder and deputy county clerk who has hag come to be known as an the auto automatic automatic matic coupler by reason of the fact that its a dull day dRY when he 10 join for life 11 Co or during the pleasure of the divorce courts at leant JelU t four couples Yes Yea wo have a man right rl ht here In the theoffice office who can call fIx fK you OU up repeated Mr Ur Eldredge The blushing bride broke rOke the this silence for forthe forthe forthe the first time Oh gracious she exclaimed We UVo dont want to be married Jn 1 by a 0 judge jU We want to be married by somebody who has church authority the kind of ot authority my man manuses manuses uses said sail Mr lr Eldre ge gebat What bat church dues doe he ho belong to was the time brides next remark The Mormon church She Sho shrieked and threw up both hands hande handee Ie e bridegroom glared at the Oh Ob mercy merc I o be married by bj bya a Mormon for tor anything cried the time pros prospective prospective prospective bride All Ali right said salti the cheerful Eldredge Name your jour brand Weve got all aU sorts or ot religions religious in Salt Suit Lake Id like to have a 5 Methodist minister do it lt my folks are Methodists said saia tile the t bride Very well wall Ill give gl you jou Ou the address addres 0 Of Ofa t a 8 Methodist 1 He wrote on oil a piece of o paper papa pap and hg hf d ded ed it to the bride She Sh road Re B BYoung BYoung Young Toung South Main street The Tho bride passed the slip sUp of ot paper tp tD the time bridegroom and that young mart man showed fj ht I I guess that will be about all for you your I he growled at Eldredge Idre ge Youre sUit still trying to got get us into some soma blamed Mormon trap Send us to some Home BrIgham Young Youns will you OU 7 a aThe The patient Eldredge still kept his hia torn tom tamper per Dear stranger he said This mans name Is Benjamin Young He Is a Methodist he is not related to any of ot the Utah Youngs Young he has only been bee hero here a couple of ot years he is a gentleman ft a I I scholar a regularly ordained minister or Of orthe the gospel he Is no Mormon I dont dOllt be believe lieve he lie will ever be a Mormon Monnon none noue of his Imis people are Mormons I 1 give you my wore word he Is all right I They left stUl attil plainly in la doubt but a afew afew afew few days da s later the return on the time marriage license showed that Rev Mr Young had performed the ceremony Yes I remember the couple said Mr Young uI I convinced them that they were not being led Jed Into a plot My name has frequently forced roe me Into explanations dons since I came to Utah I always sign sigh it Benjamin Young now I am reminded of ot a 0 marriage ceremony I performed in Tennessee some years year ago said Rev Re Mr Young UIt It was one On of my first marriage ceremonies I was still a divinity student although I had been ordained I was hard up as aa many college boys bos are and when this man ap appeared appeared peare 1 and promised pro sed me great things timings my hopes were high I 1 performed the cere cern ceremony ceremony mony and then the man led me inc aside Do you like cantaloupes lie he whispered I 1 told him yes es Im Tm going to bring you a 8 wholes load he said If It you ou can imagine a student stud mt In need of money getting a 0 let letdown letdown letdown down like that after his lila great groot expectations expectations Hons you Qu ou may ma appreciate how I felt Moreover he lie never brought the tile canta cantaloupes loupes loupe |