Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1912 — GIRL BALKS AT THE ALTAR [ARTICLE]

GIRL BALKS AT THE ALTAR

Mother’s Ruse Successful in Prevents Ing Daughter From Being a Bride. Centralia, Wash.—“Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband?” “I do not.” This unexpected answer brought a sudden ending to the wedding ceremony which was almost performed for Charles E. Caldwell and Mina Erickson, a young couple of Tono, by the Rev. Robert Reid of Centralia. The couple had made preparations for a hasty marriage, the bride’s mother being opposed to the union, and the wedding guests were assembled in a hill back of Tono. A carriage was In readiness to convey the newlyweds to this city, where they were to take the train for Puget Sound points. The mother, learning that she had been outwitted, pretended to take poison. News of her mother’s attempted suicide was conveyed to the bride, who called the wedding offjust as the pronouncement of “man and wife” was on the lips of the Rev. Mr. Reid.