The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-09-22

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ed on, my banishment begins at once?'
"On the instant !"
"Then it has been determined on,
said Henry calmly, but firmly.
For an instant father and son stood
confronting each other. There was
no relenting in the eye of the one nc
quailing in that of the other. A
naughty wave of his hand toward the
door was the only answer designed by
the old man to the words of his son,
ere the latter turned and left his pre-
sence.
II was not runaway match, VIC
have said-that of II enry Walton and
Katie Somers. They had been quiet
ly married, in the presence of few
friends, shortly after the scene just de-
scribed, and were on their way to the
town in which Henry had already Sc
cured employment as teacher, and
which, for n time, was to be their
place of abode.
The train had stopped at one of
those places-it wasn't but might have
been called t'Mugby Junction at
which fifteenSpsinutes are allotted to a
dinner which might easily be dispatch
ed in five, when, just as Henry and
his wife reached the platform, the for
mer was accosted by an old gentleman
in an intense state of hustle and eX-
citemcnt
81 say, you sir~ he roared, grasp
ing the young bridegroom by the arm,
in manner to cause it at once to be
suspected he had caught that individu-
al in the act of picking his pocket
"what's this you've been about p
."Pray, dear, uncle" pleaded Katie.
"Uncle me to uncles Z" beloved the
enraged old gentleman. louder than
before. "a dutiful piece you are, TAX
ing advantage of my absence to run
awayw
"But I am no. running away, un-
clc"
"No; you've already done it. I've
had the whole story from that precious
Mrs. Bilkins with whom left you to
be watched over in my absence. But
don't think Eve pursued you to bring
you back; I've come to warn you
never to come back I'll make will
I'll disinhcrit you Your rortion shall
be the poverty and disgrace to which
you have allied yourself"
"Ho!d, sir!" exclaimed another old
gentleman, whose attention had been
attracted by the first old gentlcm's
noisy haranguf; "that young man is
my son and though l have banished
him from my house for marrying
against my wishes, ] cannot permit
any one to characterize n umon with
any member of nsy family as an allisi
ancc with Disgrace"
"Why-why, who the mischief are
you, sir, to put OH such airs?'
"If you wish to know, sir" answer
cd Ezekiel Walton, in his state licst
tone, "there is my card. May L beg
to be similarly favored -
''Of course you may: I'm not
ashamed of my name"
Out came tFo pairs of spectacles.
The two cards, hastily glanced at, fell
huttcrin to the ground, while the two
hands which let them drop clasped
each other as two hands only can that
have grown old since last they met in
the warm pressure of youthful friend
ship.
'Tom Higgins!'
''Zcke Waltonp'
Neither, for Il moment, could utter
more.
"Why, it's all right after, Zckc =
cts the work of Providence, blub
bcred ''Zeke," plously. ..r r.a. ..-. &.
"And you, Harry" said Mr. IIig-
gins, slapping his ncphew-in-law on
the shoulder, "you mustn't mind what
| said just now of course l wouldn't
have said it to you, you know"
OF course Harry didn't mind.
And then the two old gentlemen
suddenly remembered that they had
forgotten to kiss the bride.