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ried. You hare been living for month in an

ried. Yon hare been living for month in an
"The:b1an you say!" exclaimed Smith, whose
!; perHpiration now required continuous absorb
.."Wel1, I can get license now, and have the
thing fixed in half an hour, any way"
"You can't do it." corrected Mr. Perkins
1.-THE Office is closed, and you can't get license
till Monday. Meanwhile Mrs. 9prlggins won't
let you stay here. She's furious about it.
Miss Brown mean-out of doors this very
night. She says she won't be an accessory al
ter the fact, and you can't blame her. You're
not married, you know" and Perkins giggled
profusety.
:" "Banyon be consigned to tho ,bottomle"s
Joking me- about at.the store, and-"Tu have to
see her" he added aloud, ''rll go and explain
to Mrh. spziggina," which he did IN Airs. spr:g-
gins p9ToT d Like S Sse,e s:s {eu S
in m tho flank: ;:Alonel" exclaimed tho good
lady, F." alone with such gay decelver. oh, my,
the impudence OF the man. He'll be trying to
marry me next, the same way, suppose"
It took mnch forensic r, e1oqpepce on Smiths It! :!
evoked from him feelings Of the deepest rever-
ence, which nothing short of miracle could
convert into go infanmatory an emotion as that
darkly limited at but Mrs. spriggins finally
heard him. He Was one to three. The young
ladies' insisted that Miss Mary Ann Brown
should have her meals in her own room until
the marriage ceremony had been performed by
3 bona fde clergyman Mrs. 8priggins insisted
that these meals should be charged extra; Mr:
Smith should take the spare room on the third
floor, the young ladies commended; and pay for
his occupancy Of it, as Mrs. Sprjggins just
II observed; and, after the ceremony,
the newly-wedded pair should give party, to
which the Misses Sp1iggins should invite their
friends; and that the EXPENSE Of such q party
should be borne by 11r. Smith, was Mrs. Bprig-
gins last condition. Meanwhile, Mr.. Smith was
to give his word Of honor that be Won}d not at
tempt to Sec OF speak with Miss Brown until
they were legally married, all communication be-
tween them to be through the mediation OF
Mrs. .spriggins, who would, to remove all possl--
BILE chauce Of further scandal, retain the key Of
the unmarried lady's bedroom, and charge e1-
ira for the services she thus generously pledged
herself to accord.
There WAS nothing left for Smith but to consent
to these propositions, which, Is the reader will
Observe, were exceedingly generous, in their
spirit, and to convey himself down town last
night, to make his woes known at this Office
Afr. Smiths card. in which he endeavorB to set
himself right before the world is too full OF OBJ
jurgatory remarks upon Mr. Banyon's eyes to
warrant its publication, and contains illusions
to Mrs. s. and her daughterh which are uugal-
liant in the extreme, and for which, under any
other circumstances, he would deserve thrash
ing from Mr. Perkins, as champion of the 6prig-
gins family generally, and Miss Belle particular
~. Thus the case stands at present. The next
chapter Of this rcracious history will be looked
LUZ WILL 'n'e''ss. s,.vo,, rxnr.,,o 81
a reporter Of TIE TRIBUNE called on Mr.. A. 81.
Banyon yesterday for the purpose OF ascertain
ing whether or not that gentleman considered
himself to DO still Justice Of the Peace. The
inquiry was made owing to q rcplevin case which
vvnA recant1v hrnnpht bef1ra Mr. Ranypn Hhnrnin
the attorney for the defense took exception to
the Jurisdiction OF the Court. The "Judge'' Was
found on the bench, engaged in business Of IN
important nature to those concerned, and
the conversation with him Was necessarily brief
and to the point. The reporter asked, without
delay, what reason h1r Banyon Ind for suppos-
ing that he had any authority to administer law
as Justice Of the Peace. Mr. Banyon replied
that he was elected in 1869 as County Magis-
trate; that he and Dir. Max Eberhard, who was
elected to similar Office in the same year, were
commissioned by Gov. Palmer to act as County
Magistrates that the commissions do not
specify when their terms OF Office shall
come to an end and that he (Banyon) intended
to hold On until some person WAS legally desig-
mated to whom he could turn over the books OF
his Office. Mr. Bauyon was severe, in q brief
WY, on the newspapers, which, in his opinion,
did not know anything about the legal point at
issue. He vas willing to retire to priyato Life
any moment, but there we're S100, 600 in judg-
ments upon his books, md he did not
feel Ike deaetting. the persons who hnd
%S4s o a 2?e e e pa that thu pef
Sons who had Judgment could legally collect
them, he would be willing to relinquish his Of
fee. Unfortunately, however, he did not know
where, or with whom, to place the books, aud be
WAS therefore determined to remain Justice OF
until he Was legislated out Of Office bJ the Gen
nra1 Assembly