The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-06
A LAWYERS STORY
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The day appointed for the wedding
came, and everything was ready guests hat
been bidder tables spread. musir;.rs en-.
RnGeo, and uoon prepared Tor active feet
We were to be married at the church. ther
60 for the grand feast to MI. Ennot's house
I was sitting mournfully at the window Of
my little room all dressed and ready to go,
when 1 saw my Marvin approaching. I could
hardly believe my eyes till he said, Il have
come back to save you, Jennie and as he
took me from the window in his great,
strong arms, and pressed me to his breast,
l forgot the sorrow Of the past, and laughed
and cried for Joy. Dht p
Mrs. Warde stopped for a moment to
bruah away the tears that the memory Of
hat meeting brought to her eyes, then con
"Marvin had heard in the village below
OF the reported loss of his ship, and of my
approaching marriage. and had lost no time
In coming to me. Once in his presence !
could not resist him, SO away we went to
the church, and, just as Mr.. Ennot and his
friends came, we were pronounced man and
II can never forget the scene that fol-
lowed Nj. Ennot stamped and swore, and
tore his hair in his awful anger; then turn
ing to Marvin, as we were leaving the
church, he raised his hand towards heaven
and swore a fearful VOW of eternal hatred
Tor us both. ! was badly frightened, but
Marvin thought 1t only an idle threat, and
soon forgot it. My parents would have
nothing to do with me, and SO we went to
work in a large factory in n neighboring
city. . We were doing well till MI. Ennot
found US u and influenced our employer
sothat we were discharged. We then moved
70 o little town in a distant State, and had
Just got nicely settled when Mr.. Ennot again
FOUND us out-so we lost that situation. We
commenced in another and then another.
but with the same result. Mr.. Ennot was
rich, and followed us from place to place,
using his money in circulating stories that
deprived us of work, and made honest peo-
pie turn from us. Oh, those were dark days
tor us! " she exclaimed, and again stopped
TO control her emotion. xii .fHtf
1 had found the tears running down my
own cheeks while listening to her low tones
when she spoke of moving, then again the
blood would fairly boil within my veins
while she was telling of the prosecutions
they received from Ennot. But I was all
attention when she continued : 15i42uhb
w tried different factories in all parts
OF the country, but it was no use. The un-
dying hate of Tint man followed us like a
shadow, and for four years we were con-
stantly moving from one town to another.
At last we left the East, changed our name
and settled here in the wild West, so far
away from my dear old home and friends"
; sAtthe mention OF the old home. conyul.
sive sobs choked her utterance, and it was
some time before she resumed her interest.
ing story. 9N " ai t7lb VIZ
~ Under our new name, we were safe
from discovery, and would have done very
well II Marvin had been experienced in
rancho work, but he was not used to the
country, and did not succeed as well as
others have. Then baby was born, my
health became poor, and I could not help
longing for a look into my dear old mothers
lace. Marvin, too, who was driven from his
fathers house twelve years age for dissipat-
habits, wished to hear from home again.
he wrote two letters last year, but as he re-
ceived no answer, he now thinks his father
is dead, for Mr.. Gray was old. Lh
fGray?" / asked, i~nterrupting her. VI
Yes. Marvin Gray, my husbands ia
ier,' she replied, wondering at my grow
ng excitement. slsthti qtil'T 10
Was it Marvin Gray of Highclif Castle.
Hampshire, England /? " / questioned, hard
ly able to keep my seat.
"The very same" Aa" t-'
Then I have been searching for your
husband . Marvin Gray is dead, but long
before he died he forgaye his son, and was
searching for him, that he might tell him
he was forgiven, and give him a fathers
blessing" iisi
Marvin came in from his work Just in
time to hear this of his father, and dropping
on his knees beside his wife, who had borne
SO much for his sake, he poured forth q fer
vent prayer to the One who had guided and
watched over them through all the long,
dreary years of their wanderings.
But little more remains to be told. They
easily proved their identity, and received
the property which belonged to them. And
had you kind reader, gone with them to
that Eastern State, you might have wit
messed q joyful meeting, when the daughter.
SO longed for, returned to her nged parents
home, where they now reside, having no
fears of molestation from Mr.. Ennot, who
checked to death during an encounter he
had with the end of q rope in the hands OF
an Infatuated people among whom he had
been living, away on the Western border