Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21

l doubt she's over, head and ears in love with Charlie" No; determined on a different plan.
 rose early next morning, dressed myself with care, put on a pair of pale primrose gloves, donned my newest beaver, and took cab to St. Spike nard's.
 The church bells were jineling merri- ly as I alighted at the church-door a small crowd had already gathered on the pavement, drawn altogether by that keen foresight of coming excitement ] characteristic of the human species. I 'Friend of the bridegroom, whis- pered to the verger, and was forth with shown into the vestry. The cler- ggyman was then already, and shock hands with me in vague kind of way.
 Not the bridegroom ?'' he said in 8 mild interrogative manner. told him that I was only one of his friends, and we stood looking at each other in a comatose kind of way, till little con- fusion at the vestry-door broke the spell: ''Here he comes r whispered some one and the next moment there appeared in the vestfy, looking pale and agitated, butvery handsome, MT. Charles Thrapstow. ..
 I had caught him by the arm and led him into corner, before he recognized who I was. When he saw me, I thought he would have tainted. ''Don't betray me-" he whispered.
 held out my hand with significant gesture. x -
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 "You shall have it in five minutes" :" "Your minutes are long ones. Master Charles" II said. .a. = 4a.... 4
 With trembling fingers, he took out a pocketbook, and handed me roll of notes. -' ..
 ,stI meant it for you, Tom, he said. Perhaps he did, but we know the fate of good intentions. '- ', 1aIt didn't take long to count over those notes there were exactly five thousand pounds. ..-......, +,,.......... .-..s...
 "Now," saidT, "Master Charley, take yourself offP' H "You promised" he urged, "not to betray me-" .........,.s ...
 "No more I will, if you go."
 rs'She's got ten thousand of her own, D he whispered. "+ ,--
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 ""No, I won't," said Charley, making uls his mind with desperate effort, "I1l not. I'll make clean breast of it. "'''
 At that moment there was bit of 8 stir,. and general call for the brido- groom. The bride had just arrived, people said. He pushed his way out to the carriage, and whispered a few words to Isabel, who fell back in 8 faint There was a great Efuss and hustle. and then some one came and said that there wasa an informality in the license, and that the wedding wouldn't come off that day. ..-.... .-...s ... ....., -t
 I didn't wait to see anything further, but posted off to the bank, and got there just as the board were assem- bling. I suppose some of the directors had got wind of Thrapstow's failure, fol, the first thing heard when got into the board-room was old Venables grumbling out: "How about those Damascus bonds, MT. Manager ?" I rode roughshod over old Venables, and tyrannized considerably over the board in general that day, but I couldn't help thinking how close thing it was, and how Very near shipwreck had been. As for Thrapstow, presently heard that after all, he had arranged with his creditors, and made it up with Miss Maidmont. 4 He had @ tongue that would wind round anything, if you only gave him time, and I wasn't much sur prised at hearing that his wedding day was fixed. He hasn't sent me an invi- tation, and I don't suppose he will, and certainly shall not thrust myself for ward $ second time as an uninvited o11 osf jA B..