The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23

me. PruSL, Oh tAO OeAA~
sought to dissuade by saying to MN
that Miss Carrie-distressing to re,a.e
twas weakly and had Jumps on ner
neck. She was only half a chlld-sne
was a twin!'' The idea Of regarding a
twin as only half child was repugnant
to Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, VINO
protested against it on the spot. Mean
while the letters passed to and 1ro
thick as leaves in Vallambrosa. NOW
Miss Carrie compares herself to Dot IN
Dickens Christmas story, ana tens ner
George that she is his Cricket on the
Hearth, then becoming playful, she
asks him, now that the Tichborne case
is over, .What will the papers have to
tell us nowl There will be no end OF
divorce and and elopement cases. I'm
suspecting girl! She little thought that
she would, for little, take the claim
ants place as the center Of litigious at
traction! Then, her thoughts still me-
andering in the realms of romance, she
becomes historical and gayly narrates.
gave his daughter to Prof. Aytoun.
, Kit said they must spare his
; feelings, and that he would pin his an
swer on the young lady's back. So
, when she came to Aytoun and said:
"Papa's answer is on my back" the
delighted sutton read on the scrap Of
paper. With the authors compli-
ments.'' There was to be but too rude
an awakening from all these fond
!. dreams of the commercial but sentiment
tai Prust and the ferruginious Golden S
daughter. A small cloud came be-
e tween them, which grew gradually lar
j ger, until the maiden at last cruelty
i snubbed her swain. She refused to let
: him come and see her, wherein he
e wrote letter threatening suicide, ano
d afterwards penned the following: "By
J. this time my poor, heart-broken spirit
is would have found rest, and my bones
J. would have been laid under Surrey
;e ground. Then Carrie would have beer
J. free Presently the faithless Carrie
IS breaks out with: I'm mercy let me b.
c free from what / have written in my
It past letters This broke Prust, &C
i. cording to his story, completely down
Is and now he broke to Carrie tn
D. horrible truth of the result Of his re
n cent gloomy meditations. He refused
st to return the compromising letters
ii wrote that he could only ''eat in pain,
to and gave hint of his intentions in tn
n remark that ssmine must be long bill
rs if wished to be we'll in after years.
IN His doctor-one Doctor Jolly. nam
rs which. considering the circumstances
r. would have made Mark Tapley unusual
of " hilarious-recommend him to at
Of stain from work for year, to live well
n mot much meat, but good port wine
,h three glasses day." but the announce
of ment to the faithless fair that Il al
ar still sound in the lung quarter" mus
ed have relieved her somewhat as to tn
I'd prospective amount of the impendin
n claim. Again he writes with patheti
II. mixture Of self-inspection and sent
at ment: 'sIhave tried all | could to get vel
ISIS | have taken plenty of good port. Q
tie the heart, the heart y That, he sal
he in evidence, referred to letter OF bel
do about being mean. So the suit ws
nd brought. Prust in his desperation ha'
ed ing first contemplated calling the irasc
ms bic papa out, in Lord Coleridge S char
ar es to the jury he pointed out that tt
AS case of a man was very different fro
ar. that Of woman in breach Of promi
nd case, the injury to him being manifest
.te not SO great; and as judge and jul
to promptly agreed that Mr.. Prust S cor
m mercial instinct had gained the upp
err hand Of his sentiment in bringing Il
ed action. and that it was an attempt
Ter extort money, the verdict was rendere
at. indeed, in his favor but the solace f
at. his wounded affections was proper
ief fixed at one farthing.
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