Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-10
tions in that path which duty aad des.
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The Montreal Scandal.

lSFOAuSASC AVG" XUIA x1U1GS.I
New YORK. Jan. g.
happened on Saturday last to be At
the Tombs when tho detectives with much
mystery ushered into the Justices private
office yelled lady. A very few moments
safficed to dissolve her identity. It was
some six or seven years since had seen
Mrs. Mckenzie, nee Nina Allan, the occa
sion being snow.shoe racing meeting,
where her husband was dcsirous offinding
a place for her OF the stewards stand.
They had just been married. She was
then prctty-not q magnificent beauty,
as the papers have made her out to be,
but pretty girl Of about eighteen,
slightly above the medirm height, inclin-
ing to plumpness, with very fine pair of
dark eyes, and complexion tending to-
ward rich brunette. With the healthy
color impaired by bracing winters day
and sumptuously appareled in velvet furs
and laces, it is small wonder that the
young bride was one of the sensations of
the day. Her husband William Mckensie
must now be thirty.onc or thirty.two.
Tie isa big, stout, good-looking, good.
humored fellow, somewhat lazy. not
Goethe for intellect, one of the best crick-
eters in Canada, fond of wearing a fur
ovcrcoat, and given, like the jeInesse
dorer of Montreal, to frequenting 1.-THE
clubs o'nights, and there relaxing in
whist. loo. and hot Scotch whisky.
The marriage did not prove happy
one that was to be expected. ''Incom.
patibility Of temper" is the way they put
it. He blamed her for flirting and She
responded that if he really cared for her,
and so on. Result: estrangement, grad.
ual but inevitable, and ultimately COM.
pletc. Of Bridges. the correspondent in
the coming suit, knew little. He is the
son Of G. j. Bridges, managing director
of the Great Western railway till about
1862, and thereafter Of the Grand Trunk,
which he quilted year since. He is now
the Government Railroad Commissioner
Of the Dominion. millionaire. and prob
ably the most able manager Of men and
railroads that there is in America.
If Sir Hugh Allan is the Vanderbilt
of Canada, Bridges is its Tom
Scott. Shareholders, legislators, oupo.
nents, all arc in his hands as clay to the
potter. When the unhappy English
stockholders of the Grand Trunk used to
get too mad for words and send over
deputation to ascertain why in thunder
they got no dividends. the indignant
deputation would come into Mr.. Bridges
room like lion and 60 out like lamb,
and thereafter swear by him--not at him.
The man is fond and proud of his chill.
dren. Fred is, believe, an only son, and
was sent to the Phoenix Works to learn
the business thoroughly, and so become,
1IE a his fnfhnr q otino1 mechanic Ia
is tall, handsome young fellow of twen-
plished, on dit, though not displaying
anything that reminds one fortib'y Of his
father.
A Very Trying Situation.
Mr.. Bllderback, says the Burlington
Hawkeye humorist, will not attend divine
:. service this morning. The old gentle.
man is, we are panied to learn, laboring
under very distressing frame Of mind,
being greatly incensed against churches
r on general principles. He dcsen't like to
:. talk about the matter, but We learned all
D about it, despite his reticence. 1t seems
! that last Sunday morning he was doing
\ comfortably in his pew, in the church Of
!. which he is one Of the main sleepers
q when he became aware of an apparition
!. gli ling solemnly down the aisle with a
;. collection basket in its hand. Nj. Bill
|. derback braced up into an erect posture
e cleared his throat in ponderous tone o.
. Roman firmness. as one who should say
r. "sWho's been asleep?' And as the has
q kit was extended toward him he felt in
y his trousers pocket for his wallet. Il
4 wasn't there and as he withdrew his hant
q and felt in the other pocket felt that thu
@ eyes Of the congregation we're upon him
i and that was ali he felt, for he certainly
g didn't feel any pocket. book. lie nodded
the basket man TO wait second, and
r leaned over to the left while he felt in
g the right inside pocket Of his coat, from
o which, in his increasing nervousness, nc
. drew half dozen chestnuts, which rolled
= over the floor with rattle that sounded
6 in his hot cars like the thunders of the
T. Apocalypse, and made them hotter still.
2 Then he leaned over the end of the pew
/. and felt in the other inside pocket and
j, drew out bundle of letters, = lot Of pos
t tai cards. circus ticket, photograph OF
J.. an actress, funny story j. intcd on a
: card, pocket comb, and long string,
' and his face grew so hot bis breath felt
81 inc u uOte0lI UI0Sts xuCA Az SHu6I GU
his elbows and went for his vest pockets,
! and strewcd the pew cushion with quill
:. toothpicks, newspaper scraps, street car
checks, shoe.buttoner, some lead pencil
= stubs, crumbling indication of chewing
). tobacco, bit Of sealing wax, . piece Of lie
orice root about an inch long, and three
q or four troches. Then he leaned forward,
!. and stung to madness by the smiles
e which were breaking out all around that
!. church worse than the measles in 4 pri.
r mary school room, Owed into his coat
a tail pockets, and drew forth = red silk
h handkerchief two apples spectacle case,
!. pair Of dog skin gloves, an overcoat
/. button, aud fine assortment Of bits Of
!. dried orange peel and lint. Then he
;: stood up, devoutly praying that IN earth
|. quake might come along and swallow ur
e either him or the rest of the congregation
4 he didn't much care which, and went
e down into his hip pockets, from which
4 he evolved revolver, . corkscrew, a ci
% gar.case, piece Of string, = memoran
! dunn book, and q pocket knife. By thi:
Il time Mr.. Bilderback's face was scarle
!. clear down to his waist, and he was 81
i, nervous and worked up that he nearly
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- with the basket couldn't have moveG
e. away if he had died for staying. Ant
h when Mr.. Bilderback. in forlorn despair
!. once more rammed his hand into tn
), trousers pocket where he began tn
N search, the congregation held its breath
Il and when Mr.. Bildcrback drew forth tn
r. very pocketbook which he had misse'
;e in his first careless search, and had sine
N all but stripped to find, there was . sigl
Ie of relief went forth from every 'devou
10 heart in the house. But Mr.. Bidder
5. back only dropped into his seat with n
It abruptness that made the windows rat
h tie, and registered mental VOW that b
i. wasn't going to come out to churcl
IS again to be made fool Of by . man will
e a long.handlcd darning basket.
= A Vermot editor says that man i,
- Procterville caught pickerel the othe
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