192 The Life of Fred Archer 
Cartwright, Dr. and Mrs. Wright, Messrs. Davis and Smith, Mr. 
and Mrs. Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Aldcroft, and Mr. and Mrs. King. 
The crowd outside the church attained to unheard-of 
proportions, and overflowed, lining each side of the road, to 
the back of the Rutland Arms, where the bridal carriages were 
expected to pass. The ringing cheers of these announced to 
the people in the church the arrival of the bridegroom and 
his best man, Mr. T. Jennings, jun. " Freddy," on aUghting 
from his carriage, bowed and smiled his acknowledgments, and 
there was perhaps never a wedding where the bridegroom 
attracted so much attention, and that in spite of the prettiness 
and popularity of the bride. There were five groomsmen 
who followed Archer and Mr. Jennings into the church, Messrs. 
John and George Dawson, H. J. Newman, A. Briggs, and W. 
Manning. 
After a few false alarms, a hush of eager expectation 
heralded the coming of the fair and charming little bride as 
she entered leaning on the arm of her father, Mr. John Dawson. 
All eyes, of course, were turned on her as she passed up the 
aisle to stand near the bridegroom. She wore a lovely satin 
dress trimmed with Venetian lace, and wore by way of orna- 
ments the bridegroom's lucky diamond horseshoe — (poor little 
bride and poor bridegroom, never did horseshoe play so false a 
part — if by luck we mean length of days) — and Prince 
Batthyany's magnificent bracelet. 
The bridesmaids were Miss Annie Bland Dawson (sister of 
the bride) and the Misses Rose Saunders, Aggie Saunders, 
and Harriet Briggs, who wore coral silk gowns and also the 
diamond and pearl bracelets which were the bridegroom's 
presents to them. 
Archer and his bride as they emerged from the church were 
received with showers of rice and with loud and continuous 
cheering, which was taken up by the long lines of onlookers 
at the back of the Rutland Arms, deafening plaudits following 
the course of the bridal party. 
