The new era., 1860-03-22

mean.f, Along tne httieIaoy hew7-sue
was short and thick-as fast as her
hundred and forty pounds weight would
allow, until, almost breathless, and pun
| ing voluminously, she reached the
threshold Of widow Lows. The hall
was filed with visitors, as well as the
parlor But she caught, amid the sur
rounding silence, the voice of the min
ister. This gave her strength and
utterance = Hf s1 e9as ~ $50 4
!" forbid the marriage, forbid it, ;"
came in terrific shrek to the cars Of
the astonished assembly Too late, for
the words had that moment been spoken
that made Frank Aull and Amy Low
man and wife.
g Let me in--stand aside, say
am his ~ife," came again to the now
excited multitude
And still those at the outer entrance,
regarding the strange woman as luna
tic, resisted her endeavors to force adj
mittance.
s. tell you that man issa wretch,
! wicked, wilful, cruel wretch. TO marry
another woman when am his lawful
wife. Let me in-I will confront him
! will prove his baseness." ~ tedf za-
II would be impossible to describe the
effect Of these words. Frank Aull ap-
peared quite calm, and concerned only
for his bride, who had heard distinctly
the charge, and was quivering like an
aspen leaf f
rhe mother Of Amy moaned and cried
Here and there was one who looked
daggers at Frank-and even one-a
vinegar-visaged vixen-said emphatical-
ly, {" Thought as much all the time.
| expected it. The men are all alike
full Of lies and deceit-the wretches ~
The clergyman took the affair in his
own hands after brief moments of re-
fection. For him the crowd parted,
and he gained the outer door, where the
infuriated, baffled woman, still uttering
protesta,ions, was kept at bay. aaa IS
"What do you wish. madam :" he in
quired quietly aud kindly. DO you
know Mr.. Aull, and do you wish to see
: him g. tsa a
"Wish to see him Yes, once more,
to give him piece Of my mind, the
/, vagabond, to write me to come here
> and then go to perprtrating mischief and
villany and crime like this !" Thus
! vociferating. she followed the clergy
man, her face glowing with heat and
: passion. and her eyes flashing irefully
and defiantly. She was just completing
her anathemas with and he shall
spend his life in the Statesprison," when
: the minister said 4" Mr. Aull, do yo,
, recognized this woman % s' I do not, >
+ he replied, firmly, and unembarrassed
"The deceiver, the hypocrite, nut.
e tered the same elderly maiden, who hac
"thought so
J.. The indignant stranger looked arounc
i wondering y" where is Mr.. AulI, -
o her eye evidently failing to recognize
I him in the bridegroom.
"I am Frank Aull." spoke up tina
), individual in decided and manly tone
e "what is your business with me ?' e
,f 80 you are not my Mr.. Aull-wha
a mistake !" and the poor woman re-
/. lieved OF her misapprehensions ant
! Indignation, burst into tears, and totter
i ed to seat that was opportunely Offered
;. her. Fl e3 e. srcr,ssa.a .if Ill.
> We will leave the happy bridal part,
: and explain things in our own way.
Since Frank Aull had become 8,
Il popular at Taunton, he had uninten
tionally driven away all others Of hi
l. trade. Within three months Of his mar
L, riage, however, Mr. Hall had come il
!. ! and set up a shop in the same line
Becoming encouraged with good pros
y pecf, he had sent on for his wife, who il
't inquiring for her husband, had, in he
g English way, inquired for " Mr.. 'all
!. the jeweler,' Hence the great mistake
! She found her lord and master in du
y time, but was long in recovering fror
e the chagrin occasioned by her hasty pas
y. sion.' The old maid with the elongate
Re face, goes about promulgating her fave
!. rite doctrine, that all men are wretches
while Amy and Frank dwell, with all tn
= contentmsnt Of birds, in their delightfi
ne Home-ncst. sm ..
q, We will add that Doctor Howe, VIII
left his Taunton paradise with wife an
-, little ones. dwells in Southern Minnese
+ Ita, in a beautiful mansion that overlook
20 the Mississippi He is the owner
be thousands Of acres. and promises to b,
de- come an Astor of the West. - ''..'. !. :. J