Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-01-09

that sames leave alone pour RAJ fblIan.'
swell, Philan, G you'll marry ne TO-
morrow, I'll give yoa . thousand POundsp
sObl whilabalOO! WhilabalOO! sure I'm
mad, or enchanted BY the good people,
,oared Pat, dancing round The nom.
sBut there are cOndiIiOns,' says Lady
c.. sAfteT the frs: day Of our nupislsp
YOU must never see me again nor elaiula
me for your wife, .y eeg. q g.. .a.
Il don't like that, says PAT, for he had
been OgIiDg her IadyshiP most ds"Psnie-
ly.
But rene mber Kathleen O'ReilIy.-s
With The money III give, yOg may gOHna
marry her, b =,
That's thrUe,' says he. Bot thin the
bigamyr t.- .s@
IN never sppear against yOu,' says hsr
ladyshiP. 'Oniy remember yOu must take
an oath never 10 call me your wife sf-
Ter tomorrow, and never TO go telling
all the story. l1 seo
'Bit Of word I'll liver say ...s .. -
We'll then,' says she, 'theTe's ten
pounds. Go and buy license, aud
leave the rest tome;' and then she ex.
pl aimed to him where he was TO 60, and
when he was TO come, and all that. o..
The next day Pat was true TO bis sp.
poiatment, and found two gentlemen al
ready with her ladyship. a- Il
Have you got the licenser says she.
sHere il is, my lady, says he; and hes
gave II 10 her. She handed il 10 one Of
the gentlemen, who viewed it attentiVely:
Then, calling in her two servants, she
turned to the gentleman who was reading
'Perfo,m the ceremony says che.
And sure enough 10 ten minutes Pat
Philsn was the husband, the legal bus~
band Of the lovely Lady G.
That will dO,' says she 10 her new
husband, Us he gave her a harry kiss;
lIIat'tl do. Nov, sir, give me my mar
rage certi6cate' The old gentleman
did SO, bowling respectfully TO the FIVE.
pound note she gave him, he retired with
his clerk. for sure enough, forgot 10 tell
you that he was a parson.
go and bring me the warden SAYS
my lady TO one Of her servants.
yes. my lady, says she, asd presently
lbe warden appeared. 3D..
'WiII you be good enough says Lady
c., in voice that would call bird from
of tree, will you be good enough 10
send and fetch backneycOachi ! wish
to leave this place Immediately
'Your ladyship forgets.' replied he,
shat you must pay forty thousand pounds
before | can let you gO.'
lam married woman. You can de.
tain my husband, but not me- And she
smiled al Philan, who began rather to
dislike the appearance of lhings.
Pardon me, my lady, it is well known
you a.e singls.'
IteIl you Pm married.
where's your husbandi'
There, sirn and she pointed 10 the as
tonished barber, 'there be stands. Here
is my marriage certificate, which you can
peruse at your leisure. My servants
yOnder were witnesses ofIh ceremony.
Now dstain me, sir, one instant at your
peril ag
The warden was dumb-founded, and
no wOuder. Poor Philan would have
spoken, but neither would let him. The
lawyer below was consulted. The result
was evident. 10 halt an hour Lady C..
was free, and Pat Pbilan, her legitimate
husband, prisoner for debt, d. the am.
cunt Of forty thousand pounds.
Well, sir, for some time Pat thought
he was in a dream, and the creditors
thought they we're still worse. The fol.
lowing day they held meeting, and fn>
ding how they had been tricked, swore
they'd detain poor Pat forever. But a.
they knew he had lOthibg, and wouldn't
feel mach shame in going through the
insolVent court, they made the best of
bad bargain, and let him out. Well, you
must know, about . week after this, Pad.
dy Philan was sitting BY his little Ere,
and thinking over the wonderful things
he had seen, when as sure as death, the
postman brought him letter, the irst
be had ever received. which he took O.
yer 10 friend Of his, one Ryan, a fruit
seller, because you see he was no great
hand at reading writing, TO decipher for
him. 1t ran thus:
Go TO Doneraile and many KatkIssn
O'Reilly. The instant the knot il tied
will fulfil my promise of making YOU
comfortable for life. But, as you value
your life aud liberty. never breathe syl>
liable Of what has passed. Remember
you arein my power you tell the story.
The money will be paid 10 you directly
you enclose me your marriage certificate.
send you ESQ for present expenses.
Oh, happy Paddy! DidI't he start
next day for Cork, and didn't he marry
Kathleen and toucha thousand poundsS
By the powers he did. And. what d
more, he took cottage, which pephaps
you know, not hundred miles from
I. BruGin, in the county Of Limerick; and.
ffaix, he forgot his FIRST wife clean and
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