The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-21
Josie Marsh's EIopement.

WORD about 1tP' ana Miss Clari6Sa held
| up her hands in astonishment. She
would have been dreadtully disappoint.
ed if Miss Liddy had heard--but she
and commenced rocking back and forth
"Why every one In the village is talking
about it, and you haven't heard word
| Well, Josie Marsh ran away this morn.
ing end got married"
| "Good landW
| And Miss Liddy's knitting dropped
and the ball rolled across the floor.
"My gracious, yesl She went off in
that new travelling dress she had just
made; and Clifford Bronson, and they've
got married. Eyerybody's talking about
it. l just dropped in to see Debby, and
l found she was over to Mr.. Marsh's, SO
[ went over there and she was telling all
about it to Abigail Root and Jane Ma.
son.
"Well, you see the way it was-DeDby
Marsh started very early this morning
to 60 to Hampton, and they left Josie all
sitting quiet there, doing some sewing;
what she was making Debby did not
know; but about o'clock she ran over
to Debby, and she says, Aunt Debby,
want you to come over to our house and
stay two or three days, for pa and ma
have gone to Hampton and want to 20
to Plainfeld to see Sue Coleman So
Debby went, ana she says when she got
there Josie had got on her travelling
dress and her bag was in her hand; and
she went off on the eleven O'Clock train"
"Good landr
"Well, that isn't near all. or course
Debby didn't think nothing; but this af-
ternoon. she's heard all about il. Harry
Hastings came to tell her; and he knows
because he was there. You see they
were going to be married next month
and have a real splendid wedding, and
it2-why, groomsman. Well, you see,
Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh started about seven
this morning to 60 to Hampton, never
thinking of anything at all, and Josie
sat there sewing; and then you see, at
eleven of she went in the cars, she and
Clifford. Harry just happened to be in
the car, too. Well, when they got to
Plainfield Sue Coleman got on the train !;
now, you see, that was all planned out"
"Ol course it was"
"Well, they got off at Waterford-you
know CrawfOrd's uncle breaches there
and Harry said he thought he'd stop
there too; but sure as YOUR alive, it
was all planned out. Well, that isn't
near all. Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh just hap
pened to stop and rest the horse there at
Waterford-you know it is about hall
way to Hampton. Josie, L guess, never
thought that they'd stop there; but, as
good itick would have it, they did; and
| do think when girl does such 4 thing
she ought TO be come up with; and a girl
that has got such a nice pa and ma as
she has"
swell, did they catch herr" asked
Miss Lyddy, bracIng herself by the arm
of her chair.
"Catcn her, didn't theyl Well, Mr..
Marsh, you see, just drove up TO the Ea-
gle Tavern-he always stops there-and
Mr. Marsh he stopped to tie his horse;
| when all Of a sudden there came q man,
great big man, real fierce Iooking-he
mad awful bushy, black Whiskers and IA
fierce couEtenance and fierce black eyes,
! concealed by great pair OF green spec
tacles. lie was u sort OF u brigand.
Harry says. L suppose he had a gun
over his shoulder and a sword, as brig
ands do"
Good land!"
"Yes, and he handed Mr.. Marsh let:
ter. or course he took the letter, be-
cause the man stuck it in his hand. How
he ever read 1T don't know, expecting
to be killed every minute"
Glands sakep
"Weii, all the letter said, sBe at the
brick church at two O'clock that was
every word. OF course he did'L know
that any one wanted him to catch Josie,
and he was awial afraid this brigand
wanted to get MIN off by the church SO
us to shoot him or cut his head OF with a
sword"
"Oh, forgot to say when he had done
reading the note, ne could not see the
brisand man any where, and he and Mrs.
Marsh thought they had better drive
home Just as fast as they couid-Mrs.
Marsh, she was awful scared; then she
says all OF u sudden, 'NoW just you go
to the church and Fll 70 along with
you.'"
well, yes, they just went to the
church-I guess one oil the selectmen
went with them and some Of the hired
folks IRON the tavern. And the first
thing when they looked in at the church
door-what do you think they sawf Why,
there Josie and Clifford Branson,
standing up and getting married. Sue
Coleman was standing up by Jusie, and
Harry Hastings had some flowers in his
button hole, and was up toop
Harry HastingsW
ayes, sucn y nice young man as he is,
DuC tueu euppu6c uc uiu llOL really
know what they were going to do; bul
be says, Didn't they feel awful queer
when Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh came right in
and caught themW
"Well, they didn't get through getting
marr;edw
why, good gracious! if they wasn't
so stuck up in a heap, Mr.. and Mrs.
Marsh, both OF them, that they couldn't
say q word; and the minister didn't stop
as be ought to--it was shame to him
and he kept right on aud made the pro-
nounciny."
"My land! Then she really is mar
ried"
Eyes, and II that minister had not
ought 10 be taken up, don t know who
had. Harry said Josie when she saw her
pa ana ma, and as Tor Mrs. Marsh she
near about tainted away"
"Land's sake! And did they catch
that murderous manw
"H arr says they haven't got him vet,
but Of course they viii; they say some
body has seen him going off to the cor
ners."
Miss Clarissa Green flung herself back
in he chair and commenced rocking vlo-
!ently as she finished her story. OF
COURSE she and Miss LyGdy went over 1T
again.; Indeed, again and again, detail
by detiii. For ii wasr't q matter OF un-
certainty; but that brIgand had very
black, bushy wbiskers, and his eyes