The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-10-15

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her"
"That's thruc," says he. "But
thin, the bigamy."
"Ill never appear against you, "
says her ladyship. "Only rcmem,
Der you must take an oath never
to call me your wife after to-mor,
row, and never go telling all the
story"
"Divil a word III ivir say"
"Wcll, there's ten pounds. Go
and buy license, and leave the
|,rest to me-" and then she explain.
| cd to him where he was to 60:
and when be was TO come, and all
that.
The next day Pat was true
TO his appointment, and found two
gentleman already with her lady,
ship.
"Havc you got the license ?''
says she.
:'Herc it is, my lady," says he;
and he gave it to her. She hand
ed it to one of the gentlemen, who
viewed it attcntively. Then, call
ing her two servants, she turned
to the gentleman who was read
ing.
"Pcrform tho ceremony" says
she.
And sure enough in ten min
utes Pat Phelan was the husband,
the legal husband Of the lovely
Lady G.
THAT will do: says she to hernew
husband, as he gave her hearty
kiss; "that'll do. Now, sir, give
me my marriage certificate" The
old gentleman did SO, and bowing
respectfully to the fvc-pound note
she gave him, he retired with his
clerk; for, sure enough, I forgot
to tell you he was a parson.
go and bring me the warden, "
says my lady to Que Of her SER
wants.
Eyes, my lady," says she; and
presently the warden appeared.
"Will you be good enough" "
says Lady G. in voice that would
call bird off a. tree, twill you be
good enough to send and fetch me
a hackney-coach ? I wish to leave
this prison Immediately"
your ladyship forgets," replied
be "that you must pay your forty
thousand pounds before l can let
you co."
81 am married woman. You
can dctain my husband, but not
me. And she smiled at Phelan,
who began rather to dislike the
appearance of things.
':Pardon me, my lady, it is we'll
| known you arc single"
II tell you l am married"
"Wncre's your husband ?"
"There, sir!' and she pointed
to the astonished barber; "thorc
he stands. Here is my marriage
certificate, which you can peruse
at yonr leisure. My servants yon-
der were witnesses Of the ccre-
mony. Now detain me, sir, one in
slant at your peril"
Tho warden was dumb founded
and no wonder. Poor Phelan
| would have spoken, but neither
party would let him. The. law
yer below was consulted. The re-
suit was evident. In half an hour
Lady G. was free, and Pat Phelan,
her legitimate husband, a prison
| or for debt to the amount of forty
thousand pounds.
Well, sir, for somo time Pat
thought he was in dream, and the
creditors thought they were still
worse. The following day they
held q meeting, and finding how
they had been tricked, swore
they'd dctain poor Pat forever.
But as they we'll know that he
had nothing, and wouldn't feel
much shame in going through tho
Insolvcnt Court, they made the
best of a bad bargain, and let him
ont.
Wcll, you must know, about a
week after this, Paddy Phclan
was sitting by his little fire, and
thinking over the wonderful
things he had seen, when as
sure as death the postman brought
him . letter, the first he had ever
received, which he took over to a
friend Of his, one Ryan, a fruit
seller, because, you SEQ, he was no
great lrand at reading writing, to
decipher for him. 1t ran thus:
$50 to Doneraile, and marry kathleen
O'Rei!ly. The instant the knot is tied,
fulfil my promise Of making you comfort
able for life. But as you value your
life and liberty, never breathe . sylIa-
BILE Of what has passed. Remember
YOU are in my power if yen tell,t story
The money will be paid II you directly yo,
inclose me your marriage certificate.
send you fifty pounds for present expenses
/ c."
O! happy Paddy! Didn't he
get drunk that same night, and
did't he start next day for Cork.
and didn't he marry Kathleen.
ard touch a thousand pounds ? By
the powers he did. And what is
more, he took o cottage, which
perhaps you know, not a hundred