The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-11-18
A North Carolina Mirria1,.

Soon after ths close of the lat
war Captain X. was app ,inte a
justice of the pace 10 country
place no, far from Rtleiyi North
Cruiua.
His father had bee, n plt,ter in a
rath or small way, anil his s,n the
cap'hin hat aclllre | c)nsid'rable ~
pericnco in the business of mina,ing
rial estate, drawing up deeds, etc
dnring the fathers lifetime. an then
10 settlin, thN estate after hi' de,
cens'. Fhrthe, than this he hal NJ
legal knoSle igc, aud, ind ei his en-
tire stock OF "book-lrarnins' was
small lnd po 'rIy 'eIe'tai |, bat Ary
lack 10 gcncral information was fully
male up, for his uses, by self asser..
ton. Late ono afternoon. as he was
riding home from Raleigh. hS met a
yoIns woman aud twj m'n, vino
hailed him aud inquitcl it he wa.
Cap,ajn y. Tho ypIns wDnln anl
Oue OF the men wantei tI bo m trrie /
at on,'. rhe other hti cIml 40 Il
wi'ne'a Thy hat prI,urei th9 ~
cessIry lis'r1i bat ~ ircits Ia thcr
was ou their path, AL svJrc thu
they ShDIli never b, m,rriel It
wis in.l'rai m al a'cDlIt ~l(r,t
To have the cerem my psrfjr cd With
ont delay, aul try pLndjIt,on a'ter-
wards.
Now th' Cipt1in hid mover wit
n"sSei marriage, ant nItIrAllr had
uo very clear i lea ut what was usual
in srch cases. lie rcn,mbrrci hav-
IN, seen u bDk Hbbdt the hIiSc
year, before with form lJr IN lrrl.e
in It, but what tho book wa AMI
where It was ho c,uli not romoD-
bnr.
why" All | IN, wh,n ho toll th,
story ait"rSirl, Il kn'w the 'poslle,'
Creel ant Comuln ncuts, anl al
first | thongAt ri use 'um to begin
on, but then | recIonsl, ou tho
whole, tley WAS To dIruJi sol,
emn'
n, asie the couple to conc t.
his house secretly hoping that he
cpuid iinl tuat book but they dc
cdnul, fpr the rr1tIn thlt the mt IT,.
ter ndmttci of 40 dclby.
A less assured man woull have
baau sIroly pirpiax |. bit rps h,.
IL lost ~ Il ~ IN hang uf IrS hit,
anl rentrko |, "H,ts o:l Ia tns pros
cncn ut the Court
Al being uncovered, he sii,
IN swear you IN fust oil HJil up
yer right han Is
"Nln to- p astcl Tho frienl Of the
groom
"Jt course sti The Captain, all
Witnesses INST 10 sNIri, (II ~
each Of ypl splenlly sNelr tat tli
evl icncr you sht,i give IA this rI,'
shall be tho trr'h, IN 'olI truth IA
.n1thin bat the trash, s'clp yIh ,iol
IDu, iona 'lryln. II so.tn,y -Y,tr
TIM q tlp best II yp1r knDNio se
au' biliei you take tAi1 y,r womlu
ter hago m tor h,ll for yrrsnlf. yea
heirs, oyckyerters, administrators
nul designs, (rr ypnr au' taolr use
.au hehopf forever 30
81 d. ans yrral the grDDn.
"ion, Alice Ever, take this mlu
ipr yer husband, ter hev au ter hpll
forever; AL ypu ID hctn,r
swear that you are lawfully seized il
fee simple, are free frp all Incun-
be,ance, and hev good right to sell
bargain, aud convey to tho sail
grantee yerself, yer heirs, admins
traitors, aud assigns =
II d.. sad tho bride rather
doub,fully.
"Well, John" said the Captain
'thnt Il be about dollar Alty
cents.
Arc we married p asked the other
Not by "a durned sight ye ain I,
quoth the Captain, with emphasis
"but M.e fee comes in here, After
some fumblIug it was produced an
handed to the Court" who exam
ined it to make sure that 1t was al
right anl then pocketed it, and
continued "Know all men by
these presents, that L Captain y, o
Raleigh, North Carolina, being ia
good health aud of sound AMI dis.
posin' mind, in consideration of d
dollar'n' iitty cents to mo in hand
paid, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, do and by those
presents have declared you man and
wife daring good behavior. and unti
otherwise ordered by the court"
Tue men put on their hats again
the young couple, after, shaking
their benefactor's hand, went on t.
meet their destiny AMI the irate faith
er while the Captain rode hom,
richer in experience, - -HTper,1
Myazine.
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