MARRIAGE HUMOURES

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 229, 20 June 1908, Page 11

MARRIAGE HUMOURES

LAN MACLAEEN'S EXPERIENCES. i ? ol jl e amusiug wedding experiences of the ate hov. Lan Maclaron are recorded in. tlio .Boston Conner. On one occasion he relates that after having united. a youthful ouple who had sought his services ho received many compliments for tlio felicitous manner 111 which lie had performed the ceremony, and a promiso that tho newly-wedded pair would recommend him to others who vera contemplating matrimony. Tho sequel i,™ ' c ' ,n ' lls ow " words. He says•— . ihoy wero loyal hoarts and thoy kept finWh T°r v. ' f lcxt Frida y 1 llac ' barely witl, uT r ( ; I rc . ?wb was at tho door with a bride and bridegroom and two witnesses msido, and a . pair of enthusiastic friends as supernumerary witnesses on tho box with tho cabman. This was very oil. couraging and our servants were quite fluttered with excitement. My wife came in to see the pvciit, which was again a success, and P a . rt y >ft profuse in thanks, and moro enthusiastic thau ever. ro i ust settling down to a quiet ovoning when another cab came, with other lovers and other witnesses, a complote coma,Kl them happy also. One felt, however, that the charm of novelty oft, and I began to bo haunted with the suspicion that I might'bavo moro marrying than I wanted, and that tho popularity won by an innocent young face and great simplicity of character might have its drawbacks. A raarriago now and again was a break 111 the evening's study, but a succession of marriages, each involving a care-; ■Jul examination of papers and signing of documents and a few words of advice: might Mwrar °f loro, but iat any rate it would bo distinctly a labour. , But wo had not the faintest imagination of what was ;oing to happen when the season rose to its height. On tho great Friday at the beginning, or tho working-class holiday, our quiet and modest terrace was blocked with cabs, tor my name had been sent far and wide, through the workshops and possibly the pub-lic-houses, with glowing encomiums. On that memorable night, which I cherish as one of the events of.my modest and retiring -life I began marrying about sis o'clock, and concc , as J ln S and with increasing basto till half-ppst ten. _ There were lovers ana their witnesses coming in at one end of tho terrace, other lovers and their witnesses coming down from the other, a group at tho im"! 1 !! at the foot tbo steps. Within I toiled liko a Trojan, ,but was soon obliged to reduce the service to its /nimmiim, and I very soon coased to e?ve any advice."