Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-24
TWICE MARRIED.

"Yes, 7 suppose it's all very fine and
grand, but | b'lieve I'd rather Eddie had
taken a fancy to some one who wouldn t
have felt himself too fine and grand for
her ma and pa"
'sI can't see but that the young man
is perfectly civil and respectful And
certainly his mother has acted the lady
by you. Called on you first, and asked
Eddie there to tea right off. We should
bear in mind that she never expected to
make the acquaintance of plain folks like
us.n
There was nothing else to do, unless
she quarreled with her son, and that she
would never do, and he the apple of her
eye. So she made the best of it. But
I'll tell you what, pal mean to have
my own way about the wedding, for al |
Mrs. lie Roy's wheedling soft speeches. y
Mr. Clark was always more or less
absent-ninded when he came home at
night from the store. 1t was minute
or two before he asked, as was expected
of him, wv hat do you mean, Eliza?n
FE ftAs it's to be an Episcopalian wed
ding, it has to be in church, and OF
course there'll be a crowd, her friends as
well as ours. And she is ashamed of us
She wants Eddie to have Governor Reed
give her away instead of her shabby old
spa.no go
-..t. Well, if Eddie's willing
Eidie wi.lingi OF course Eddie d
be willing if you was willing, and you
never could say no to woman So if
she comes along-Mrs. LIE Roy, 1 mean
and talks to you about the social ad-
vantags it viii be to Eddie to go into
the church on the governors arm, don't
you listen to her. Just you say that you
have eft it to the women-folkS to settle
the wedding"
Mr.. Clark received his orders meekly.
He hoped he would not be called upon
Roy He doubted that he could hold
out against it unless his wife were by to
back him. He sighed He hated to see
Eliza fretted. 1t was his nature tc take
things as they came, butit was certainly
rot hers. But he had never seen her so
completely upset as she was now.
Some mothers would have been
elated at the prospect of a daughters
marrying above her, as the phrase goes.
but of these was not Mrs. Clark. She
was satisfied with her own station in
life. She preferred to keep to Ler own
ways and that other people should keep
to theirs. She felt that she was as good
as anybody else, and she did not desire
to be thrown with people who held a
contrary opinion.
The next morning came pleasant.
cordial note. from Mrs. LIE Roy, asking
the Clarks-father, mother, daughter
to tea with her that evening. Eddie
wished to accept the invitation, and
Mrs. Clark could never bear to Gro IS
Eddie,s wishes, She therefore somewhat
unwillingly dressed herself in her best
and brushed up her old man. "Now,
pa, don't give in to her," were her last
words as they were admitted for the
first time into the beautiful LIE Roy
mansion-really mansion, built in Port
Royal in the old colonial times MIS-.
LIE Roy received them with manner
that was graciousness itself. If she
made up her mind to do thing at all.
she did it thoroughly. She had combated
her sons engagement to beautiful Eddie
Clark as long as there remained a grain
of virtue in opposition. Now she deter
mined that there should be no vulgar
family jars. She showed proper gen
tility in that at least. -.',
Alas! Mrs Clark was powerless to in
terrupt long, amicable tete-a-tete be-
tween their hostess and her husband.
during which George LIE Roy showed
her the various curiosities with which
the drawing-rooms were filed, and Eddie
playedsoftairs on the piano. Eddie had
been beautifully taught at the academy
her tact in music, as in other matters.
when she chose to exercise it. was great
she played in that charming pensiye,
twilight sty which serves so admirably
to fill up odd corners and crannies.
George walked home with Eddie; the
husband and wife were together.
I've done it, Mr.. Clark said, desper-
ately as soon as they were fairly started.
" She was too much for me; / couldn't
''You- didn't agree that a perfect
stranger should give away Eddie9"
aa''Yes, i did. After all, what matter
does it make? Anyway, it can't be
helped now; and it's nothing but form
"our only childls groaned Mrs. Clark.
with tears Her heart was very sore.
At that moment she would far rather
Eddie had been going to marry Joe
Thompson, a clerk in her fathers store,
who had been in love with her for years,
and who would have been honored by
the connection, rather than blue-blooded
George lie Roy, to whom Eddie's parents
were thorn in the flesh, to be endured
as hest might be
MIS- LIE hoy carried ttne Gay; Mr..
Clark, having given his word, held by
it like an honest man. The wedding
took place in st. Mary's, and Mr. and
Mrs. Clark were ushered to their seats
like-all the rest of the congregation, to
see their darling married. Mrs lie Roy
swept in on her sons arm, calm, cool,
collected; the bride followed, supported
by the white-headed governor of the
State In bitterness of heart her mother
heard her take the VOWS which made
her Edna LIE Roy. 1t was large, digni-
fed assemblage, in which good Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark felt lost. They felt equally
lost afterward at the wedding reception
at Mrs. lie Roy's. 1t was a very melan-
choly satisfaction to them to hear on all