The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-01-29


you love met Do you wish 70 marry
meG a
He glAred at her.
''Did you say sol" she repeated, Civ
ing him n slight shake, as though to
bring out his reply.
"I'll go shoot myself" he cried.
"Would you rather marry met"
''What do you mean by asking that
You torment me, Charlotte. Yes, it was
1 you should have married"
"Well, I'll marry you"
He glared.
cat five o'clock"
He stared and glared.
''In st. Anne's Church. Yes, 1 know
what you would say. Was 1 about to
marry himl As am woman, he offer
ed me an insult which this will alone
wipe out. Will you be there 2"
"But-"
He clenched his hand.
"No," she said, 81 will listen to moth
ing. AS have planned it, so it must
be done. Will you be thereG"
''To take his place 2"
eyes"
II will.
st. Anne's Church was filed that af-
ternoon with buzzing assembly Of peo-
pie, young and old come to witness the
ceremony which was to unite Charlotte
Lilly to James Britner. Carriage after
carriage drove up at the door, and de-
posted the relatives and friends of the
parties. A very fine affair. it promised
to be. The bridegroom stepped from
his carriage, and entered the church,
walked up the aisle to the alter, there,
for the first time since the day Of his en-
gagement, to look upon the bride-in
accordance with the arrangement upon
which she had insisted. DR.. Rigdon
stood awaiting them. Charlotte pres
emily entered and took her place. DIR.
Rigdon began to read the service. Char
lotte lifted her face to his, and in firm
voice interrupted him with the words:
"This man came here expecting to
wed me; but he is not the man whom
will wed"
"Eh!"
The ejaculation fell from the clergy
mans lips, and he stared al her over the
book. Britner turned deathly white.
Tom Millet stepped forth from among
the people at the side of the alter, and
took his place at Charlotte's side.
Proceed" he said, looking at the
clergyman. "There is the certificate. "
"What does this mean9" asked the as
t onished minister.
''Retribution, replied Charlotte, in a
tone of vol ce that reached the ears of the
people who were standing near. "You
preach, sir, of retribution. This is that
of which you preach. That man insulted
me with words which no true woman's
nature could brook. This is the insult. :"
DIR. Rigdon turned to look at Britner.
The latter stood with his white face
turned to Charlotte. His mouth was
hysterical.
sit is that of which my soul prophe
sizes, " fell from his lips in low chatter
ing tone. "Let it be as sh says. Let
the ceremony proceed"
"Her directions have your consent,
Mr.. Britner," said the clergyman. "I
can see no obstacle to the progress of
the ceremony. You all know your own
affairs better than 1 do"
He went on with the ceremony, and
presently Tom Millet left the church
with Charlotte as his bride.
The proceeding occasioned much talk,
and not a little of the talk was slander.
A year afterward Charlotte remarked
that, hadshe thought of the consequence,
she would have chosed some other meth
cd; perhaps a more Christian one.
AS to Tom Millet, he expected to be
discharged by Mr.. Britner. Instead
thereof, his employer retained and pro
NOTED him.
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