Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-06
now joined us, and Jessie introduced
him to me as her husbandl

now joined us, and Jessie introduced
him to me as her husband!
I fastened to deny the relation, but
Grey and Jessie laughed off my denial
in most extraordinarily cool manner,
SO that I actually began to wonder if I
hadn't, in fit of abstraction, at some
period, been married to my own cousin.
''I shall know tonight" thought I,
cat the Tidemill House; for if Jessie
and I have but one room allotted to us,
I shall probably be aware of the fact"
Arrived at the watering place, Grey
offered to attend to all the business of
getting apartments, seeing the baggage
disposed of, and taking care of Miss
Vaughn, who, overcome by her emo.
tons and the ground swell, had been
most unpoetically sea-sick.
Imean to say that Ninon de lEnclos
Catherine of Russia-yea, Sappho, or
Aspasia herself-would be unpoetical
and unattcactive, if sitting, sea-sick,
with basin before her.
had to take care of Jessie still, and
did so with as good grace as possible,
although felt really vexed with her.
She evidently had fixed upon this plan
from preventing me from marrying
Miss Vaughn. In vain I scolded saw
ageiy at Grey and his accomplice Jessie
in vain l denied, before Grey's friends,
that l was married-they only laughed,
and found no way of disproving the
assertion they had made.
at length [ grew quite desperate.
Miss Idelia Vaughn had retired to her
room Immediately On reaching the no.
tel, and feared she would incarcerate
herself there for the rest of our stay.
[ was determined to put an end to the
idea that Jessie and l were husband
and wife, so I accosted her on the
piazza, before 81 number of people, with
"Well, wiley, let's go up to our room
and dress for dinner"
Instead of blushing and exposing the
deception, pc had fancled she might,
the little w .ch said she was just about
to propose the same thing, and seized
hold of my arm in the real young wife
style.
We went to the office, and the clerk
on inspecting the register, found that
we were put down as married couple
and handed out two keys. This was
not extraordinary, however, for Gray
Endicott's friends had two rooms also
and the ruse was not yet exposed. We
sought our rooms, and found them ad
joining each other. [ gave Jessie hel
key with a savage growl at her, ano
opening the door, entered.
At that instant there appeared, a.
another door, nearly opposite mine
the form of my beloved Idelia, in rath
er q shocking state Of pndress, which
did not heighten the beauty of her per
sonal graces in the least. AS she look
ed out she saw me enter my apartme nt
and in walked Jessie Immediately afte
me.
go, husband" she cried, in louG
tone of voice, and would have contin
ued her sentence, but the sudden slap
ping to of the opposite door rendered
it unnecessary, and she only finished
with laughter.
3 Grey, the rascal, had secured thes,
two rooms because they had a doc
communicating between them, and Jes
sic could be seen going into and comm!
out of mine, often enough to convey
the natural impression that we occu
pied the two in common.
That evening, as | was meditatin.
what steps to take to disabuse tn
! charming Idelia's mind, [ saw Endicot
pass by with her on his arm, going on
/ to take stroll on the beach.
Jessie had already gone out with tn
; other couple, and l was left alone il
t my glory, while the conspirators coult
, plot, and Grey could strengthen Idelia'
already strong conviction that ha'
either been on the eve of committing
bigamy, or had tempered outrageousl
, with her budding affections.
Thoroughly disguised, and quite mis-
anthropical in spirit, set out for lone
ly walk, and soon found myself wan
dering distractedly along the shore. A
I passed a sharp promontory of rock,
saw in little recess near the top, Gre,
; and Jessie sitting in earnest converse
ton. They had met on the top of tn
cliff, and Grey separating from Idelia
} had used his persuasive powers again
with such effect that Jessie had accom-
panied him to his romantic seat, AM
Idelia Vaughn had gone down to tn
beach below with Endicott's friend.
A few rods further off found thes
last, sitting on the sand. AS came VI
, I heard the gentleman say:
"Poor fellow, he is much to be pitie'
if he is to blame. It is clear that hi
wife thinks much more Of Grey thai
of him, and I suppose he thinks to vii
her back by making her jealous of 9th
er ladies'"
"He is base dec eiver." said Mis-
Vaughn, in a shrill tone. "He mad
me the deepest protestations of love.
firted with him little, for neve
cared anything for only one man, an,
alas, the sod has waved green over hi
sepulchre for many year |"
This was said in tone which
should, ten hours before, have consid
cred sweet and sympathetic. Now
however, I began to feel a little pique,
at her ready belief of the deception
and her easy denial of me. Therefore
I found her voice affected, and was dis
posed to take serious exceptions to tn
idoa Of a sod waving over q snn111chr