They had a brisk ride home,
and the wedding feast and the wedding cake were all that could be desired.
What went with it was the finest that any of the guests ever tasted before
or since, and the champagne was all but served in beer steins.
When it came to the healths they drank to Aunt Mary along with the bride
and groom, and Mitchell made a speech, invoking Heaven's blessings on the
triple compact and covering himself with glory.
"Here's to Aunt Mary and her bride and her groom," he cried, when they
told him to rise and proclaim. "Here's to Aunt Mary and her bride and
groom, and here's to their health and their wealth and their happiness.
Here's to their brilliant past, their roseate present and their gorgeous
future. And here's to hoping that Fate, who is ready and willing to deal
any man a bride, may some time see fit to deal some one of us another such
as Jack's Aunt Mary. So I propose her health before all else. Aunt Mary,
long may she wave!"
Aunt Mary looked as if words and actions were poor things in which to
attempt to express her feelings, but no one who glanced at her could be in
two minds as to her state of approval as to everything that was going on.
The bridal pair drove away somewhere after five o'clock, and about seven
the main body of the guests returned to the city.
Mrs. Rosscott's mother and Mitchell and Burnett remained a day or two to
keep Aunt Mary from feeling blue, but Aunt Mary was not at all inclined
that way.
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