Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
Stand aside, fellow. I am DR.. John
Bryan, and have no suit wLateve r against

"Stand aside, fellow. I am DR.. Johr
Bryan, ana have no suit wLateveragainsI
this LADY, s1'. 1IaIf
saStop, stop, STOP" cried Mr.. Hawkhurst
For Heavens sake, don't ImakeaT row
John. II Here, my man, there's a mistake
/ somewhere. This lady is not the party
meant at all Take this, slipping 8
sovereign into his hands. iis5g sl
law; !" only, I'll take my davy- out, thai
sci told me to take, at the very door ol
the church" -o,,,,or.. ~, qafIo h 40
!" Confound your insolence," cried the
1 discounted Stephen. tell yoa there
has been mistake sdl vi b9Iil1E99o
The man skunk off grumbling and
growing, but made his own story good to
the satisfaction of the policeman and the
half dozen nursemaids with perambulators
who had gathered around the door,
While this little dialogue was going on,
DR.. Bryan had placed his still half uncon-
scious burden in the carriage, and thrust
| ing in the dazed and paralyzed bride.
groom, desired the coachman to drive
home with all lspeed, while he himself fol
| lowed in . hanson. ,eee.E s
As the wretched couple drove up, the
door was thrown open, and the house
keeper stood on the threshold to welcome
her neMmistress. ss IL Nan ~
"Qdick, quick, Mrs. White" said Mr.
Jones. Help your mistress up stairs to
her own room. She is goingto be ill, I'm
afraid" s-r.e, ~
A wild scream Interrupted him
"MotherI mother !llyou too, here?" and
the unmaskeab adventures sank on the
ground in swoon, from which she was
long III recovering. tc
And when her consciousness returned,
the first thought that rushed into her mind,
and filed her with shame and despair, was
the knowledge of the invalidity of her
marriage. All her art, all her intrigues,
had produced no other result than the de-
lection of her baseness and treachery. But
was she penitent! Did she really repent of
her wrong g-doing, or was it only her failure
she regretted? sIa aaEg lei's7 fao9 "
The answer was given in action rather
than words. Closing her eyes, she pre-
/ tended to be overcome by desire to
be left alone. Her request was acceded to (;
and John Bryan, accompanied by Mrs
White, who attributed her daughters
swoon to surprise at meeting with her at
such moment went in search of the
bridegroom. oyad 80, gs,L. gsg.q.., q
They found him in his library, seated in
his customary arm chair, and comforting
himself with tumbler of brandy and wa
ter. When his housekeeper and his
friend entered the room, he coolly init
mated his intention to repudiate the mar
riage; though, for Mrs. Whites sake, he
was willing to pay any reasonable sum
of money to settle herself and daughter
in some respectable line of business. This
naturally led to an explanation of the
lwhole affair, and to an exhibition of poig-
nantanguish On the part of the poor rmother.
Suddenly. the street door was shut with
great violence. They jGu looked at each
other in alarm. 5Hurrying into the room
in which the foiled adventures was sup
posed to be sleeping, they found it empty.
Nor was she to be seen in the street but,
in the distance, hanson cab was tearing
along as if racing against time. Never
again did Mr.. Jones behold his fair en-
SLAYER, though Mr.. Hawkhurst could have
told him that she was daily visible behind
certain ch-bar, coquetting with city
clerks while she administered to their mid
day indigestion. Her mother. however,
retired to Islington upon small annuity
settled upon her by Mr.. Jones, who speed
lily disposed of his "villa residence" and
removed into chambers at the Albany,
where he will doze away his useless exist
enCe.--L01od0n MGQaSGne hfe4g0ut