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Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958

"Dangerous Days"

She's popular!
And if you'd seen the General when we were married you'd have thought
he was losing a daughter.
"I wired Mother, but she was too cut up about my leaving to come.
I wish she had, for it was a strange sort of wedding. The division
was about to move, and at the last minute five girls turned up to
be married to fellows who were leaving. They came from all over,
and believe me there was some excitement. All day the General and
Chaplain Haverford were fussing about licenses, and those girls sat
around and waited, and looked droopy but sort of happy - you know
what I mean.
"It was nine o'clock in the evening before everything was ready.
Delight had trimmed up the little church which is in the camp and
had a flag over the altar. Then we had a multiple wedding.
Honestly! The organ played a squeaky wedding march, and we went
in, six couples. The church was full of soldiers, and - I don't
mind saying I was ready to shed tears.
"We lined up, and Doctor Haverford married us.


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