ASKED AND ANSWERED.
One of Dr. Aked's stories is about an eccentric American who, wanting to get married in a hurry, arrived with his intended bride outside the clergyman's house after midnight and insisted on being married on the spot Very unwillingly the clergyman got •nt of bed, and having roused soma members of his household to act as witnesses, lie proceeded to tie the nuptial knot.
Things went smoothly enough till hj« asked the American:
"Do vou take this womau to be your lawfully wedded wife?" The American stared at him in a«tonishment.
"Say, boss, what d'ye s'pose I yanked vou out o' bed at this hour o' niglrt far?"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1220, 5 June 1919, Page 3
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