The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-09-27
Name it, sir" she said, quietly
"That you unveil.n

Nam Name ut, 1t, sir" she I, said, quietly.
No. | mean you shall take ma :.
your own theory Of beauty. If vo n's ., 9
run the risk, there is my hand Il s0u wy
And she extended the bewitcb;, !,
tie hand, which l had held in mn : u
like paipitating and flutteripc ~ b;I paa
grasped it, pressed it, pressed i a - !
lips, and moved by a sort of fascin ~ y!
| answered: A''lon
81 will marry you, that is-if-;f -.
can show me evidence of your resno Ssa
bility-of your position! Pardon 'V ~
but you know that-n nf
81 perfectly comprehend Won =.
pecting this demand, am prenared a. !
meet it, and opening her retI rnleu y
handed me note. 1t was from nav s's
Gle the NJ. d. There was no mist3
nor forging his oddly-shaped | !.
writing. | read as SLOWS: -'s
DEAR JACK: The ,earer is in .verr :,
compromise yoursess 'Ou WIN h
$50, then, n T,4sacle is in this at,;. !,
| said laughingly "My friends ma ns,,
| shall put my theories into practice '' \
will marry you!" I said desperstsh,
and almost fearing she would chan
her mind.
"Let us exchange rings in mub.l
pledge" she said, behind that bor.a
veil. wing
The exchange was made and then !
said: ~ ''u
"Will you now let me seal my urorl
Use on your fair Gps?"
"Yes;" and she removed SLOWLY NJ
veil and 1 started back with hcru,l
Never before had man beheld 50 ucv
face! felt as if 1 should fall thrSonsl
the floor. fairly staggered with "A
shock not only to my nerves but to M
theory. "Who in heavens name M
youPn A loud and mirthful and M
umphant laugh from behind caused n
to turn round and in the wide, ousI
folding-doors l beheld my uncle, nj
fond Harry Hamilton, and my Puraa
aunt, and half-a-dozen friends and rail-
tives, who seemed beside them@lys
with joy.
I stood amazed. l saw | had BED
victimized! l regarded the strangs
before me with anger as the chief paTs
to a conspiracy against me, when MI
denly I saw the ugly visage which vi
an admirably fitting mask, fall to j
ground, revealing the lovely, beauth.
laughing, charming, mischievous fl
of my fair cousin!
When the uproarious excitement h
a little subsidized and every body ID
laughed at me as much as they could
clasped the bewitching Fanny,
cousin Cher name was Frances Anna
in my arms and cried:
"Let him laugh, my friends, vi
wins! But,"I added, with a look
doubt, "what about the Bible and y1
mother, cousin?"
"Here is mother; let her speak
herself" said Fanny, smiling and lodi
ing more beautiful (the pretty-iooa
witch) than l ever saw her in my
Confound that clever mask!
thoroughly it deceived me!
"Why, have found that it is nd
the Bible, only in the last part, putt
by nobody knows who, that coui
shan't marry" said her mother; ~
only in the old English Bibles;
when l saw how it was and that Fa
loved you, and that you would
married her if you dared, | gave
consent, and to please your uncle
some others we got up this little de
ton, and Mrs. Bracegirdle being let
the secret three days ago, let US u
the side door into the parlor."
eyes, doctor, / couldn't refuse
so l unlocked the folding-doors and
ped out the keys. You know q
you this morning if you hadn't De
take wife!" II
The result of this innocent conspn
of my relatives heartily seconded
Fanny, who knew / had loved her
boyhood, was that | got the pest
most beautiful wife in the world. CD
ing her, after all, by her pretty feet
so establishing my favorite theory
(confound that ugly-visaged ma
well nigh killed me on the spot y
of pretty feet can belong only tcsn
face and person, on the prlnclPf
"All's well that ends WELL"