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few weeks ri Der visit.
Fearing lest her heAds,Fong viii should
lead her into .suemediable IDLY. gadee
Richmond decided 10 50 lor her wnhoul
leeisy.
| issrFival was perfectly unexpected
and we are, sorry ID say mol quite 50 wei j.
come an event 70 his daughter ss'nighl
have been supposed.
Little Miss WiIful SILL She was =noi
ready 10 return. and could not possibly Be
under q month or SO.
Judge Richmond insisted, while Jane
continued unyislding. Things con,ina.
ed 10 rather unpleasant state fer sese
raj days, till !, length weary Of opposing
bis daughter. The Judge ceasedhis enttea-
ties. sud allowed BIER 10 pursue her own
course. The very interesting young nan,
who, BY the way. bore The very afislocrst.
ic coghomen OF Sisniy Markham, con-
tinued bis attentions despite ioklhe- hints
so plentifuliy thrown out by lhe Judge
He was sincerely attached 10 The young
lady and believed she was 10 him and he
would no, abandon her Tor forty fathers
unless she so decided.
As thescase stood II seemed impossible
for the Judge TO carry out his favotiie
scheme. The cousin must give place
to stranger. despite fathers with -
Discouraged. eveqipally, I1ish-
mond re,urned hoA e toreconef
as best hes1EIebtto dissppoin ihe d. - !,
The lovers sped well in their wooing
after The departure ofher father. and the
time for James return arrived, Stsnlv
Markham accompanied herio her father !
house, as her accepted husband His
daughter once more safely under bis roof,
Judge R prohibited the attentions oil The
gentleman who had so far forgotten the
rights Of father as 10 persist in them
when he was fully acquainted with that
fathers objections. The sovereign will
Of woman was for once insufficient, and
stolen interviews were their only re
source. An elopement was projected,
with as great regard I'd secrecy as two
romantic young lovers could exercise -
"a very dark night was chosen for their
fight. Markham having arranged eve.
thing 50 as TO expedite their depar-
ture withcu; the knowledge Of The
Judge.
To, disobey Der parents was so common
an affair with Jane. that The present de.
cision gave her no uneasiness but to
leave the home Of Der youth, to forsake
those who bad watched over her from
childhood,Sto abandon all for another, and
that other the scquain'ance Of but q few
p9ms,n q 4 il mas -irial she had Lula an
Creeping softly to the parlor. she paus-
ed before the portraits of her parents. as
though their mute faces were pleading
with her disobedieuce. Beside her own
was thai Of her cousin Frank. taken about
the time she Tad overheard The CONVEX
sation Of her parents in regard TO- her
union with him. This recalled all her
energy. She would not marry cousin
! Frank 10 please any body. She was old
enough TO choose for herself--and she
would.
Making the best of her way through
the garden, she gave nolook behind, les
by that one glance she should lose The
courage. the sight OF her cousins picture
had inspired. Sianly was 10 waiting viii
a carriage. Springing 10, the door wa
closed and the fugi'iyes were soon be
yond pursuit. Arrived in village re.
mote from the observation Of tie grea
\ world, the marriage ceremony was per.
formed by the village pastor. and the
weywsrd pair departed for New York &
Ensconsed in close quarters at the Asior
Jane addressed her parents. Informing
them Of her ssfeiy, end the pleasure i
would give herio see them.
| Toihis letter Stanly appended note
Whaiever il was Jane did not sre. IN
effec, was 10 bring the Judge to N. York
who, as be hastily entered the room o
the-runawsys. exclaimed,
| Good enough for you. y on ugly Mink
| nigh. have known Frank would out wi
you 10 the end
A glance OF surprise was Jane
only answer. as she wiinessedfihe cor
dial greeting Between her husband ant
father.
Ilwas Frank. only cousin Frank, afie
all, whom she had, runaway with AM
married. Five years absence, iogelhs
with huge pair Of swhiskers, bad 81
completely changed him. that jane dev
er suspected him Of being the cousin .
bout uhoms she rallied SO. COMMERCIALLY
and Judge Richmond. though he had 10
iofmed Frank of James contemplate.
visit 10 Virginia, never dreamed that b
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