The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-02-13

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tunate was.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Smith are
speeding on their bridal tour, let u:
follow up the little fat pedestrian. He
walked into the house and also into
! the presence Of Mr.. Wruggles.
'tPray, sir, to whom am indebted
for the honor Of this visit ~ asked
! Wruggles.
''Vy, sir" replied the little man,
with the same phraseology Of polite.
ness and frigid severity of manner, 81
simply came to pay my respects and
to hinquire after the 'ealth OF your
family"
"Sif, I am much obliged to you fol
your solicitude," replied Mr.. Wrug.
giles. "My family are pretty well, ]
thank you"
"Hincluding your daughter, l 'ope,
said the other, bowling.
"Including our daughter" said MIR.
! WTuggles. "YOu are aware, perhaps,
that she was married this morning" J."
s"AIarried ~ cried the man, starting
to his feet. "Married I'll trouble
you to repeat that expression, Mr..
Wruggles."
HMy daughter was married this
morning." replied the father, with a
savage air, intenGing to say, "What's
that to you ~
"Will you ave the hextreme kind
ness, Mr.. Wruggles," said the man,
ito Uniform me whom your daughter
married ."
"The name of my -son-in-law is
William Smith"
'It is, is it >" cried the man, trem-
bling.
"Yes, sir-William Smith," replied
Mr.. Wruggles, calmly.
"Smythe with a v and a he, or
/ Smith with hi or hatch >" inqnir-
ed the little man.
"What is it to you how he spells
| his name," cried Mr.. Wruggles, get
! ting rather angry.
Everything !' replied the man fur
| iOusly thrusting n letter into Mr..
Wruggle's hand.
Mr.. Wruggles read il ani turned
pale.
"From your uncle, sir ~
"Yes, from my uncle, whom you Y1
| been a fOOliH' as you've been fOOlin'
me-"
"Oh, why, why" cried Wr1ggles,
rising, "why didn't yOu get here soon
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"Vy!" screamed the other, whom
we must now call by his real name of
William Smythe, "because the engine
ran off the track, and that's the rea.
son. You're a nice man, Mr.. Wrug-
giles you've gone and given your
daughter to himpOstOr."
"If you'd been named jenkins or
Brown, this wouldn't have happen
ed" said Mr.. Wruggles.
''Ow can 1 'elp my name Besides,
spell it with y and he."
"My daughter was party to the
plot, if plot there WERE" said Wrug-
giles thOughtfully, "for she knew this
gentleman at Bath. Were you ever
at Bath ?''
"Never."
"And yOu never saw her"
"Never."
"Then it's very clear she has mar-
ried the man she loved, and very like
ly the name he claimed was a real
one. There's a mystery in this sad
affair, and l shall not rest till l have
probed it to the bottom. You can as
sist me, perhaps. Will you stay and
dIn5 ,siStA ~.4 Oh
mo, sir But you shall hear of ME
again, sir-though my attorneys, sir
hflI ave redress is,there's such n thing
as law in Hingland."
And he banged away to take the
next train for London.
Mr.. Wruggles's servant handed him
aIcard, on which he read, "William
Smith"
HAnother Smith The world is
peopled with them ~ cried poor
Wruggles." Bring me no more
Smiths !n
"The gentleman is waiting in his
chaise at the door, sir,-say's he's lame
and cannot get out.n
Mr.. Wruggles went out in the ave-
nue., and there found a portly gen.
tleman, with his legs swathed in
vOluminous folds of flannel, seated in
a pony chaise.
NMr. Wruggles," 4" said he, 1--WE have
never met, though have been in the
neighborhood some weeks, having
purchased Hawthorne Hall.
HI hope to be better known to you,
sir, for many REASONS, and the most
important is that nephew of mine,
whom have determined to adopt
and make my heir, Il expect him
from London to-day very fine
Young fellow, 1 hear, fell deeply in
love with your daughter at Bath, and
behaved very honOrably, [ under
stand for, having no fortune, he did
not venture to propose, and has been
endeavoring to cure himself Of the
passion"
HHe is in q fair way to cure HIM
self,U said Mr.. Wruggles, smiling,
"for he married her this morning"
married her ~ cried the old gentle
man. "How dared the rascal ~
oDon't Judge him him too harshly," "
said Wruggles. "It's very evident
that there have been mistakes on both
sides, owing to an identity of names,
and I have no doubt that in marrying
nv daughter, strange as 1t may seem,
your nephew thought he was obey
| ing the order of his uncle. If the
young folks are happy, 1 don't see
Why we should mar their felicity, or
even let them know there was any
mistake about it. know how to sat
isfy Mr.. Smythe, senior, the uncle
for there are four Smiths, two neph-
ews and two uncles involved in this
affair-and my word for it, all will
/ turn out we'll"
IT hope So" said Smith, as he drove
away with the promise to call again.
Mr.. Smythe was Y and an was
finally pacified, and the money the
other Smith appropriated through
mistake was made good. When the
bride and bridegroom returned they
were received with open arms al
Hawthorne Hall.