Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-04-17
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- SHi, 'iuuS anu pfebty anu, dooNt
all, gifted with an air of admirable can
dor, lately presented herself before {
Partisan lawyer -. .....
Monsieur. have come to consult you
on grand afflir, l want you to. obligt
a man, | love, to marry me in spite O.
himself How shall proceed T.
The gentleman cf the bar had, oI
course, sufficiently elastic conscience
He reflected a moment, and then, being
sure that NJ one overheard him, replied
hesitatingly
"Madenoiselle, according to our law
you always possess the means of forcing
man to marry you. You must remain
on three occasions alone with him; you
can then go before Judge and swear
that he Is your lover"
"And will that suffice, Monsieur ?"
"Yes, Madtmoiselle, with one further
condition"
.Weill" 2"
Then, you will produce witnesses
who will make oath to having seen you
remain good quarter of an hour with
the individual said to have trifed witt.
your affections"
Very well, Monsieur. viii retain
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Good day"
A few days afterwards the young lady
returned. She was mysteIiously re-
ceived by the lawyer, who scarcely gave
her time to seat hersesf, and questioned
her with the most lively curiosity.
Capital, capital ~
"Persevere in your design, Mademoi
selle, but the next time you come to con-
suit me give me the name of the young
man you are going to make SO happy in
spite of himself"
A fortnight af;erward the young lady
knocked at the door of the couusels
room. No sooner was she in than she
flung herself iuto chair, saying that
the walk had made her breath1css. Her
counsel tried to reaesure her, made her
inhale salts, and even proposed to nm
loose her garments, -.-
1T is useless, Monsieur she said, Il
am much better
well, now, tell me the name of the
fortunate mortal y q, s's7ad -rt-I
.,s.".Well, then, the fortunate mortal, be
it k&own to you,t is yourself" said the
young beauty, bursting into a laugh. 81
love you, have been. here three times
tete-a tete with you, aud my four wit
nesses are below, ready and willing to
accompany me to magistrate gravely
continued the narrator
The lawyer thus caught had the good
sense not to get angry. The most singu-
lar fact of all is that he adores his young
wife, wEo makes an excellent house
keeper.
GIVING AWAY Her HUsBAND.-Mrs
Stenbouse, in her revelations respecting
Mormonism, thus speaks of the effect
produced upon her by her husband tax
ing unto himself a second wife:
The time at length arrived for us to 90
up to the Endowment House." and
there at the altar the first wife is expec-
ted to give proof of her faith in her reli-
gion by placing the hand of the new
wife in that of her huband. She is asked
the question by Brigham Young, care
you willing to give this woman to your
husband, to be his lawful and welded
wife, for time and for all eternity If
you are you will manifest it by placing
her right hand within the right hand of
your husband" l did so. But what
words can describe my feelings !? The
anguish of whole lifetime was crowded
iulo one siuSit uOlutuL. ..-".
] remember well when returned home
that "home'' which was now become
hateful to me for his young wife was to
live there-my husband said to me Y ou
have been very brave; but it is not SO
hard to do after all, is it ~ He had seen
me bear it so well that he even supposed
| was Indifferent. So much for the pen
etration of men ! During the remainder
of that day how watched their looks
and noted their every word To me
their tender tones were like daggers
piercing me to the heart. One moment
yearned for my husbands undivided /
love the next moment | hated even the !
very sight of him, and vowed that he
never again should have place in my
heart Then ! would feel that there
was no Justice in heaven, or this great |
sorrow would not have come upon me
STRANGE CASE "a very strange sto
ry comes from Paris as remarkable as any
that has been told of the Ku-klux In /
an open lot Of the Rue de Vanvres the
body of a colored gentleman, dressed
with remarkable taste, was found pierced
with three wounds, apparently inflicted
with dagger. There was clearly no
attempt at robbery, for in his pockets
were found 1,fOO francs and the follow
ing curious note "To, night at 3 o'clock
three assassins are waiting for me in the
Clos Aillonel.' Still | am going there
Let no attempt be made to discover