Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1880 — Join at Once. [ARTICLE]

Join at Once.

A young sub-lieutenant on sick leave put up at a hotel in Poonah, and while recovering his health lost his heart, proposed to the fair thief, was accepted, and the wedding day was agreed upon. His colonel, however, happend to disapprove of sub-lieutenants marrying, and telegraphed a peremptory “Join at once.” The disgusted subaltern handed the unwelcome missive to his lady. She read it, and then with a blush of-maiden simplicity, remarked: “I am glad your colonel approves of the match; but what a hurry he is ini I don’t think I can be ready so soon, but I’ll do my best; because, of course, love, the colonel must be obeyed.” “Yon don’t seem to under.I ie darling,” said the dull fellow; “it quite upsets our plans; he says ‘Join at once.’” The lady looked’ up with an arch smile and replied: “It is you, dear, who don’t’understand it The colonel says plainly ‘join at once.’ Of course, he means get married immediately. What else can he possibly mean ” “What else indeed?" exclaimed the enlightened lover, accepting the, new reading without demur. So hours afterward the colonel received the message: “Your orders are obeyed. We were joined at once.”