The Portland daily press., 1878-02-23

81 am here, as promised. 1 believed your
assertions, yielded to your opportunities.
and said would name the day. name the
1st. of April-eight in the morning. Now
gor'
sob, my dearest, if the gratitude of life
tme''-
''Not word. Spare me all sight of you,
all communication with you, until that hour.
Mono supplications; will have it so.'
When ne was gone, she sank exhausted in
chair, for the long siege of troubles she had
undergone had wasted her strength. Pres
emily she said, what narrow escape! If the
hour appointed had been an hour earlier
Oh, horror. what an escape l have made!
And to think had come to imagine was
loving this beguiling, this truthIess, this
treacherous monster! Oh, he shall repent of
his villainyV'
Let us now draw this story to a close, for
little more needs to be told. On the End. of
the ensuing April, the Honolulu Advertiser
contained this notice.
MARRIED.-m this city. nv talenhone Yesterday
morning, at eight o'clock, by the Rev. Nathan Hays
assisted by the Rev. Nathaniel Davis of New York,
Mr. Alonzo F1z Clarence, of Eastport, Maine, U. S.,
and Miss Rosannah Ethelt0n of Portland Oregon,
US. Mrs. Susan Rowland, Of San Francisco, a
friend of the BRIDE was present. she being the guest
bride. Mr.. Sidney Algernon Burley of San Francis
was also present. but did not remain till the
cusoa OF the fs1 marriage service Captain Haw-
waiting, and the happy bride and her friends imme-
diately departed on bridal trip to Lahana and
Haeakala.
The New York papers OF the same date
contained this notice.
MARRIED-In this city yesterday, by telephone,
at half-past two in the morning, by the Rev. Ma
thaniel Davis assisted by the Rev. Nathan Hays of
Honolulu, MI: Alonzo Fitz Clarence of Eastport,
Maine, and Miss Rosannah Ethelton of Portland,
Oregon. The parents and several friends of the
bridegroom were present and enjoyed a sumptuous
and then departed on brida trip to the Aquarium,
the bridegrooms state of health not admitting of
more extended journey.
Toward the close of that memorable day,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Fitz Clarence were
buried in sweet converse concerning the
pleasures of their several bridal tours, when
Lonny, forgot! l did what 1 said L
would"
'Did you. dear?n
"Indeed did. made him the April fool.
And 1 told him so, too. All, it was charm
ing surprised There he stood, sweltering in
black dress su it, with the mercury leaking
out of the top of the thermometer, waiting to
be married. You should have seen the look
he gave when whispered it in his ear. All,
his wickedness cost me many heartache and
many tear, but the score was all squared up
then. So the vengeful feeling went right out
of my heart, and l begged him to stay, and
said I forgave him everything. But he
wouldn't He said he would live to be
avenged; said he would make our lives
curse to us. But he can't, can he, dear?"
s'Never in this world, my Rosannahp
Aunt Susan, the Oregonian grandmother,
the young couple and their Eastport parents
are all happy at this writing, and likely to
remain so. Aunt Susan brought the bride
from the Islands, accompanied her across our
continent, and had the happiness of witness
| ing the raptuous meeting between an ador-
| ing husband and wife who had never seen
each other until that moment.
A word about the wretched Burley, whose
wicked Vaccinations came so near wrecking
| the hearts and lives of our poor young friends.
will be sufficient. In murderous attempt
to seize crippled and helpless artisan who
| he fancied had done him some small oftense,
he fell into a caldron of boiling oil and ex-
pired before he could be extinguished.