A CONVENIENT CUSTOM.
(From, the Dallas Herald.) A happy-go-lucky style of courtship and marriage prevails in the Cherokee nation. A youngs girl arrived in Dennison on the llch, imresponso to the invitation.of her. lover, John Arnold, of, the Clierokeo nation. The appointment, was for. the 10th, at Dennison, when an! where they wore to bo married. When she arrived she learnt that he had espoused another; but, though somewhat dashed a- this turn of affairs, she determined to. interview,her-faithless lover. She found him at his father-in-law’s, in all the flutter-of a. fresh bridegroom, the minister having just pronounced' the w.hich made him, a husband;. Ha professed great sorrow at haying.missodher, but. protested it was, owing. to her-failure toarrive as agreed. Hp loved her still, and, if she-would yet. be. his he had only, to consult with his bride .and : obtain her permission to hare the marriage annulled. When the proposition was made to her, Mrs Arnold pondered a moment and said ho might go, so the minister untied the knot: the. father-in-law bale the groom not tarry in thenation more than a minute or two,, and Arnold, was o£E to mary his own true loro. '
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Western Star, Issue 66, 13 February 1875, Page 5
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195A CONVENIENT CUSTOM. Western Star, Issue 66, 13 February 1875, Page 5
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