St. Landry democrat., 1879-01-11
Mark u yv:afn's NEsarriage.
AO" He WAS TRANSFORMED FROM 4 Bo-
nkM1AS BACHELOR IT, REspECTAyLE =
BENEDICT.


tHA'Ah tA,- h1S7n tIEtl'l&ct n
Ihe turning pulllt III Mr. C!cmtu : !ifs
was tiddt III 1865 "fitn Iic went 10 liIs
t4Uy Lntiti, Witu Lne cXCtl,n,Uul>ts o,
tic steamer ttdtlker City. lie uaI ueet
Ii New lUih DHt ii e,Urt time, aclln%
a culleel0.,ucs.C lur tile Alta, Nitl
the opportunity occurred to make tl..,
zap, "iitcn pluEct! eventually To bU the
i.,ust I",tunatc t,itC Ter oar I5uitvi,l.,n
ine piupiictulS CT the Atath had btel
t'nS Ing 81 uluCu PEI It,t,r, In n.,l,t
M. Clrliieun Scrt lu up NcN York Ia !;
BetlO-coltilc Way, W'lti tlty were aSlUu-
lSilct To receive all Ill gent rvu!ly&l 10 uu
Vance Sl2oD iv ttisttstr iiii. to 20 at,r,Hid
Wttu t!u lIn.CtEt 1t IT. co.a.,lrratlOu
aor rtn!> tu br CON c>ln,nueucc lluil poluts
ol lntt4cnt Visited. lie wrote n.r ur slA
ttt.csh to tie AcW 1urk tribune tlu-
liuG the Aait.c Voyage. Alter ii llitit
i"otLtstioii, Hdttlral uutcr such Clrcuiii-
btatitc", .nt. ttrlll. io IL unitH, Was Sriiit-
sO, .ts,., II: Juili.u lnc cAcur>lunlSts. IL
liz, iu"iai duu lrnEI"u" t>up.u Wiz,
u!aue NY ttiis party nIo plchruce dis
puuchllapic. iur uc stiil ct.lIlrd liI: nilii-
Ihs ih.:.!ntfa villa i.,ll!, and spoke The
"Hiuu Etrnact.dr. Al nnpprnr,i that
1uivn& tlc phoncu4tln thcl@ Was :lll Ola
Etmti, u,itu llui., Etn.lru, y. y, ll.,iitil
LIuI!uU, 40 Mas .ccu,ft.hulru by ilH
oOn, IL inclt hu5, ultu udtls.iiLvr. ~,
boy t"utv!.tu I. noit ut lr,.'itio:,lr lnt
Mi. CitiiitHs, .:ilN dn>uclllVt vita tiiu.
i'!!i''ot c"not"nt.L. lie l,t!;ulutrd ni>
tII'uu 40 nt> >iot.I, AI7> Uli. id l.. |. .u. =
uo.I. ana Nc ~ y .itt, t,".> ldtt. in.-
oi" e.c'llt ';'"i' i"''-it !"ti'rl say Of lnc.
Nis!oc BoAsini.tt :, e.,cItty, bat itle,
JOanS i;uy lO,hest uu iinl Kindly, ant;
TIE liGuL ol Her eyes purified HIS I!It,
IL Vas I, cast M love Ill nrSt sight 80
lat as Mr. Citniciis nat cOilcclut.t, :ltiu
the lutlNcilct Hl inc leritng WAS most
brucncI.i. lie began tv live cIeanIs
III il n,nr;.i s>:iI$t', Il Hu.ttiluled cards, ANA
EaInOll!iI ;stiu uti.i", Hllh gave tip scot
ting at the rcii iSinu> opiutuns of his
fellow -l,.soGnEtio lie wanted To tinu
grace wltn tht lady Ui Ills love and with
hcr luti.cr. BetUi'I tie VUYi;ss, W;.o
over lie asked Nh. l. .nS.lun Tor Olivia,
ana Tile fttuaii nc tGcrittu chilled but
dnt not distieaiten illtl. He simply
TOLD tie sunlc W!lht lNu ,iiliit parent tnal
he could Walt; out he was Determined
to marry his uhuruit!. Ii WAS said IF
Jonn Eueter, ttsc EAsliS.! writer, ana
aud at one time r;!itur ut the London
Examiner, That his iuyr letters We're
the iuost re!udlkut,le ever penue.l. be
cause tlty were Hlltton It { az ii.et,gu-
t1Sl- Az s'NAs iskttS II IL ti5 Hist1tl
To MAKE Ills vile. but Wisu, kn .Wius Iii,
hab!tua! lndnlunce, ;snd at e:io Ha'.:e
time Ills great tatent, retusr-d to listen
to his ;ttitt eSSeS till u~ lltlu distinguished
himself. He did S,,, and won Il bride.
that WAS proud ot him. Mr.. Clemens
case is hardly parable! To this, but is SIM
liar in some RESPECTS. We think Ills
" lunucenca Abroad" was Il labor OF
love III ~ degree. Ii Made him fame as
Luxurious writer, aU.i while all the
world WAS talking about tlui uil.l his
books iIs' ca,lle to Eitnira, accompanied
by AL editorial filcllA from Cleveland,
and again removed his suit tor Miss
Langtlnn's hand. This time the old
gentleman ghsCelietl witt. nore com
placency. The young !adyS t,rutIltr
pleaded tor CleuienS, and hla cleveland
friend, who knew hir. L4nEuon very
well, also advocated his claiii$, but |
more powerful ple,a.ttTs than either of |
these Was this Young issdy's own heart, |
nnd tor HIS f.ttiler, the evidences of Cd |!
pacIty Mr.. ClemeIlS had given, and also |
of reformation of life. A fanisly meet |
ing was held, and into its charmed cir |
cls tlIe expectant bridegroom gladly !
stepped, changing B0ilellanism for les-
poverty for welltl,, the |
LONELINESS Of t,acheIorhenti for the society |
of married life. He intended the change
should bt. complete, lnr on snll,e ot the
containing wedding cards
sent to former friends III California and
Nevada, be aided tn the address the
significant words, good-hy."