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Show WAITED 27 YEARS TO WED. Then Married In Dark That Marks of Age Might Be Less Apparent. Judge Zoll Itoo left bis bed tho otlior night at 12 o'clock to speak tho words which bound toBCtlier Itngan n. Bay-hard Bay-hard and Lou Falrn, aged 47 years, sny8 tho Des Moines Nows. Tho cou-plo cou-plo walked Into tho city from oppo-slto oppo-slto directions to reap tho rownrd thoy had waited twenty-seven years to ro-colvo ro-colvo and then iiBkcd to bo wed In tho dark. Tho groom arrived about 11 o'clock and "liuns around" tho front yard until un-til tho arrival of the bride. They met In tho moonlight nnd approached the houso hnnd In hand. It had been n long tlmo since they had last met. Judgo Koo thrust his bead from the door without tho formality of dressing or striking a light. "I'Icaso don't strike a light, squire,' pleaded tho groom In a husky volco, "I reckon Lou ain't es purty es sh wns twenty-seven years ago. Knln'l you tlo us up in tho dark so wo kei think wo air es oting cs wo used t bo7" When It wns over they told n pa thctlc story of humble submission to fate. Kach bad watched tenderly ovoi tho Inst declining years of futbor and mother. For twenty-soven years thoy hnd slaved to ease the path of Invalids Inval-ids In tho separnto homes. A few days ago tho death angel flitted away with tho soul of an nged-.wji,JM,r In ono homo nnd a father from tho other. Tho angel opened wldo tho door which has been barred these long twcnty-sov6n years. Judgo Koo will not deny Hint ho felt a thrill of Joy as ho watched thorn wandering arm In nrm down tho moonlit moon-lit road. |
