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A Western Ritual
Said Buffalo Bill: I had been elected a magiestarate for the State of Nebraska, and was one evening astonished by the visit of one of the sergeants of the post who desired to be married. I had never performed a civic marriage or even assisted at one, and the statues of Nebraska contained nothing in the way of form or directions. I therefore had perforce to rely upon my ingenuity on the occasion, and felt somewhat consused. However. I turned to the lovers and said to the bridegroom:
"Do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife, to support and love her through life?"
"I do." replied the man.
"And do you," I said to the bride, "take this man to be your lawful wedded husband!"
"I do." said the woman.
"Then join hands, and know that I pronounce you two to be man and wife, and whomsoever Buffalo Bill joins together let no man put asunder."-London Globe.