Everyone thought Kate looked very nice----and orange blossoms! You'd think she was an orange-tree with a new bed-curtain thrown over it.

Sandy looked well, too, in his snake-belt and new tweeds; but he seemed uncomfortable when the pin that Dave put in the back of his collar came out.
The parson did n't take long; and how they scrambled and tumbled over each other at the finish! Charley Mace said that he got the first kiss; Big George said HE did; and Mrs.M'Doolan was certain she would have got it only for the baby.
Fun! there WAS fun! The room was cleared and they promenaded for a dance--Sandy and Kate in the lead.

They continued promenading until one of the well-sinkers called for the concertina--ours had been repaired till you could get only three notes out of it; but Jim Burke jumped on his horse and went home for his accordion.
Dance! they did dance!--until sun-rise.

But unless you were dancing you could n't stay inside, because the floor broke up, and talk about dust!--before morning the room was like a drafting-yard.
It was a great wedding; and though years have since passed, all the neighbours say still it was the best they were ever at..