The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-25

thought she had been deceived. Never
had forenoon appeared so long to
Anna as did the one which preceded
the evening of her marriage. Willis
did not make his apperance-why she
could not tell. he had promised to
visit her, and ought certainly to have
been there. Hour after hour sped by.
The sun was almost down. She sat
alone in the vine-covered arbor, q re-
sort dear to her by memories of happy
by-gone hours.
Suddenly the ponderous church-be1l
chimed out the hour of seven. She
started, and muttered to herself
"Seven o'clock Another hour, and
shall be IN unloving wife"
Scarcely had her thoughts been ut
tered, when cry from an approach
ing newsboy attracted her attention.
'fBuy paper, mum?" he asked be-
seechingly.
"No-yes, come here" she replied
on seeing look of Disappointment in.
his face.
The little fellow thanked her with O.
smile as he took his fee, double the,
amount required, and left the grounds.
Indifferently the fair girl opened the
paper and glanced over few of the
interesting articles it contained. She.
had read several items of local inter-.
est, and was about to close the paper,
when suddenly her eye came in con-.
tact with paragraph that made her
blood turn cold. She struggled a.
moment to regain her composure, then
read the notice. It run as follows -
"SUrcmE.-Our city has again been
the scene of melancholy affair, the
particulars of which We give below"
I" It appears that young man, ason
of the late George Willis, of this city
entered his residence in the later part
of the forenoon Of this day, seemingly
in state of great mental depression.
No especial significance was attached
TO his probably intoxicated condition,
until on hearing singular noise in the
house, one of the servants visited his
room, and found him dead in his bed.
4 vial of poison by his side told the
tale. He had comnaitted self-destruc-
ton. Nothing more Is at present
known concerning this .lamentable af-
fair"
Perhaps nothing could have been
more stirling to Anna Leland than
was the above. So sudden and unex-
pected was it that she trembled, turned
pale, and fell fainting to the floor. Con-
sciousness was slowly returning as
young man, Drowned with exposure,
entered the summer-house, and BEND
ing over the PROSTATE girl whispered
softly in her ear
"Do you know Iae, Anna?
Slowly her eyes opened and her
| form became erect. For a moment she
gazed doubtingly into the face of her
companion, but seeing it brighten with
familiar smile, she gave Wild cry of
delight, and sprang into the arms OUT
stretched to receive her.
Harvey" she whispered.
Gamma" was the response.
How long they would have contin-
ued to enjoy the sweet confidence OF
each others society it is hard to tell,
had the church-ben not commenced
ringing, reminding the fair girl that at
this hour it rang to summon her to
the altar.
Harvey" she said, "do you know
why that bell rings SO long, SO strange
and SO clear?"
'sNo."
cit is marriage bell, Harvey. Il
rings for me and"
"ImpossibleT cried he, divining
her meaning. Then Twas just in time. !"
Eyes, just in time to save me from
marriage over which I had no control.
It was not my fault, Harvey. You
don't blame meY'
"Blame you? No; on him alone who
caused this trouble the blame reposes,
He was rascal and villain p
Don't Harveys don't talk so about
the dead. The evil he accomplished
may ultimately prove beneficial to us
both"
As she ceased speaking the old bell
commenced to ring. A sudden thought
seemed to take possession of her
companion.
"Anna," said he S<can we do better
than to improve ourselves?"
She OWNED his meaning, and after
a moment of hesitation returned fa-
vorable reply.
1t did not take long to arrange the
preliminaries of this sudden marriage.
Accompanied by q few friends, the
happy couple wended their way to fhe
church. Out of mingled curiosity and
friendship large collection of people
had assembled. Some of them were
conscious of the existing state of affairs.
but majority of those present were
not aware that anything of an unusual
nature had occurred.
But amid the surprise manifested on
this occasion, Harvey Wayne, the peo-
Piles pride and favorite, was united In
marriage to the one from whom fate
had once so strangely torn him away,
but to whom he had been as singularly
returned.
WoMAN.-An exchange says, we can
always tell what sort of woman man
marries, by the way he treats the printer,
1.-The gets common wife, he forgets the
printer altogether. If he gets tolerably
good wife, he will send in the notice of his.
marriage. If he gets very good one, he
will send the printer nice slice of cake
accompanying the notice. If no gets an
extra one, he will send nice slice of cake
and bottle of wine with the notice.
And if he gets glorious. angelic crea-
tute-all affection and goodness-he is
sure to send the printer nice lot Of