Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-04-04
4 wife FOR an Hour.

To Chester. lii Pfnilsy yania, there came
during the last Christmas holidays. a young
man, giving ths name Of Whalley, and asser-
ting that hc had been f sea captain. Sturdy Of
form. broDzed in cpliIlexi and with GER
! tain air of better elaysaboHt him, the stranger
was not dist retlited in his inrtner assertion
tlat he was che son Of a planiefsot Cecil
| County. Nd, W had been impoverished
| by the So thern war,and that unfortunate
nautical. venture Of his own as fonllnaissIHr oi
| IA sloop which was burnedat sea had reduced
him to q poverty eeseIeN ling the humkiest
way of living. Attracted bf chance TO Ghcs-
ter, he was pleased with the appearance OF
place and people, and trusted that . is frank
readiness to accept any honest employment
would render it possible sIpt him to earn a
livelihood there. II his expectations in this
last matter were only moderately answered,
he was at least not altogether rejected, for
the pr oprictOrs OF machine shop engaged
his ser vices, in a small position. for a s;llary
which was to iDereas, with his proficiency.
Thus beginning his career IN mechanics. the
captain was not averse to the social consider
alton gained by report of his more rreten-
tiotls past, and in a lew weeks found himself
a modest lion in the parlos OF several high
~ respectable i;iniiless a majority OF the
young ladies were discreeily cautious in re-
ceiving his courtesies. to be sure; but a Miss
Taylor, whose parents were Of the local aris-
tocracy. was more hearty in recognizing him
at ono as Of elieil'le caste, and vas present
ly Involved therebv All a relation OF sentiment
by which young hearts are easily led TO think
themselves wiser than old heads. Her FAM
ily, however. did not partake of this affinity.
and By a too hastyl development of opposi-
tion precipitated the very crisis they design
ed avefting. Thinking herself prosecuted
and the. hi2h-born macliuist eruelly mis-
;udged, and of course resolved to take part
in new Southern rebellion,s she and the
captain met at pa; ties, exc hanged notes by
stealth, and gradually arrived at the climax
usual in such affairs. From an evening en-
tertainment last week at which both had been
guests they repaired to an adjacent parson--
age and from3kence. as man and wife, took
their wav andaeiousIy to the brides stately
home. It was the paternal Taylor who an
swered the door, bell, and upon perceiying
who his daughters escort was, and being adj
dressed by that gentleman as father" he re-
tired franticllly up stairs to call Mrs. Taylor
to the fieli. In the ensuing excited consul
tatfan Of all parties il, the parIor the bride
groom was sternly SUMMON to give an
exact II heafsal of his past history.and future
and show how he intended
supporting himself and wife in future. His
stvie of response made it eyidel that he
counted upon material help from his father
;,-law; aud this practical view Of. the, event
not only excited the wrath of the old people.
hut also aroused the sudden cont mpt OF the
bride herself Whether realizing at last her
own imprulenee, or beholding her lover in
new light, the young lady burstinto passion
Of tears and fairly asked her father to save
her from her husband. The scene ended in
the captains enforced acceptance OF lonely
quarters for the remainder of the night ~ ,
polite dismissal from the pr Miss next
morning; but correspondence the SC. Louis
reports that he is determined TO
have the wife he has married, and dsTil prob
ably appeal to the law for vinlical, IN 1.-The
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