The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12

his shirt-sleeves md slippers but Milly's father, ono minute too late, and no niorc When he found out that he was lato, ho danced up and down, and shook hls fist afterthe car, and rushed headlong Into the telegraph office. l knew what he had gone thcro for. He was going to telegraph to them to stop us at the depot, and it was an express train, and never slacked up until VIC reached New York.
 "Thc melon hood and the blue cloak were enough, even if there had been crowd on the car, but there wore only three other passengers-two colored men and very old gentleman, who looked at Us In some surprise, as you'll say he might, when you sec that hood and cloak. Somewhere I'd seen his face before where, couldn't think at first; but after q while, as Milly sat crying, with her head upon my shoulder, it dawned upon mo. It was at Il camp meeting the Mcthodists had had u few weeks before. The only white man in the car with us was Meth odist minister. ... ...-.... ..s... ....
 "When I saw that, bright idea dawn ed on me. I lifted the melon hood up. and whispered to Milly to sit still, and went down the car to where the old gen. tlemun sat .-.... ...
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 "'Ycs, that's my name, says he.
 "'I heard you preach in the woods wonder, sir, said I, and thought then if ever were in trouble, I'd like you for friend. I'm i'll trouble now. Will you help me?
 eff can-assuredly, said he, and he held out his hand and I shook it. We Methodists are not rich, though, says he. You know that"
 "Oh, it isn't money Iwant you to give me, sir, says I. It's wife. You sec that young lady wonder? I've run away with her, and want you to marry us, and want you to do it here, and now
 "'Wcll, we'll well, says the old gentle man. Come, now, let me take breath. Let me think bit It's wrong thing to have done. You shouldn't have run away with any girl But, since it i@done why, I suppose it isn't my duty to refuse to marry you. It is my duty to do it. And there are two colored brothers for wit ncsses. suppose you're both of age chg
 I've were, could say that with good conscience; and kept my counsel about the telegram that would await us at the other end of the road, and which might have altered my old clergyman's opinion slightly. ......
 II took him by the arm and we stag night as fast as steam could make it. and I called the two colored men who showed their white teeth, and thought it the big gest joke in the world, and Milly took off her melon hood, and our minister began. Just as he asked me whether would take Milly for my welded wife, the conductor came in for our tickets. He stared at us, all huddled up in a bunch together, and looked at us suspiciously, and l had to keep my will, until he had gone again; but I said it then, you may take your afll- davit; and Milly--well she whispered hers out; and we dispensed with the kiss ing the bride for the reasons VIC had; and I gave my colored witnesses a dollar piece, and paid my clergyman better than some men do; and we saw the lights of New York ahead of us, and on the plat form, as we came to a standstill two policemen. They were waiting for US, I knew but it didn't matter. We were man and wife now, and the. law couldn't part us. NIilly had her certificate to show, written on a bit ofpaper, and there was our minister to give his word They kept us until next morning, but together, and didn't mind it at all when the door opened to let in Milly's father.
 luu ic d hGllC loo ltle, Sil, Sdlu l, holding out my hand> Half of that trip last night was elopement; but the other half was a wedding-trip.' ..... ...
 |" If you can look at your daughterand scold her. you may. I don't think you ean.' .. ... ..s
 'Wcu, he couldn't. She put up her arms out of the blue cloak, and the melon hood tumbled off of her head, and her hair all down her back, and he just took her to his heart and cried over her. r
 "We were good friends ever after. The time came, too when I made money, as you know, and up in the country tho old gentlman doesn't talk unpleasantly about his son-in-law, I'm told, and our eldest is named after him. It has all ended we'll, hope it will end as well for Fanny and you. But mind you, you can't get ahead of uss for, as I said, half our trip was elopement and half honey- moon."
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