The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-24
MIR. AND MRS. LOUIS MILLS.

From the w earZd

anu Miss K. J.. Latv, Brooklyn room b43,
aud q Rewnamas fs,rahe: down The column,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Mills, Brooklyn, 64l
and 543. The names drst mentioned were
written IN Il very nervous hand, while Mr.
and Mrs. Louis MJIls were registered In
the boides1 and sproudost sfyie, though eFl-
%lently III The same handwriting. More
over, Efa8 separate names were crossed Of
as though shat entry were void and, Of the
s7o rooms assiE Eacd, 541 was cancelled. Be-
E4e< Il the f1rst and second registration had
<<ccurrcfl csse of tte most charming epi-
sot1ea ti2at ever er1]tvened i summer resort,
and II is not strange Si1aG Mr. R. =. South
gate, rms proprietor II The Los:g Beaeh
Hotel, gook pleasure gcaterd@y ll2 telling
81 It,
2ir. Louis Mills, s z,ss Of Gsg8 tlistis2-
g11isIseei pianiets Mr.. 9. 8. Mills, and the
managing CLERK Of the large New York
grain house of &. sFreeman g Co., came
down TO Long Beact, with Miss I4aty, who
35 OF Brooklyn'e best society, early Satur-
day evening. They expected TO spend a
few hours at The seaside, listening to
Scheeiuer'G famous Berlin orchestra, aud,
u2orc tendeyiy, 70 each others voices, and
$ien 70 return TO Brooklyn ON oste OF the
late trains. It ia not known certainly that
they were engaged to be married when
they arrived, bat Mr. Mills had been pay
lag hl6 addresses to the lady for some
months. They were 20 deeply interested
that when they got up to leave they were
horritled 10 find that the last train had
started. III their embarrassment they did
not know what to do, and every moment
was tutnultuous with Visions Of The it1dig-
nation Of the young lady'e parents aud
relatives, and wretched with the suspicious
that ether people might entertain. Mr..
Mills could recall but one acquaintance
among the regular occapasata at the hotel,
Ay. Z. 4. Kent, Z fellow member of the
Produce Exchange. Leaving Afias L&ty
jn one Of the paglors he asked for Kent at
She office, aehE messenger to his soons,
and eFen, wandering suifsly bat sisnlessly
about the portiao, ran against st,e friesld lie
was aecktug. lie quickly made his pre-
t2tcausent known, adding that he and the
young lady had just become engaged, and
1se begged hr. Kent to advise him What 60
do. Mr. Eent won: ~it!a him to seek lhr.
fa,atingste, ssfso ia = ss'a|5.s host and ready
In any emergency. *:
Mr.. sc4sttgate vsa found IL cos1s ps1ay
with Mr. Truce Price, a,3;5 afser hearing
tbs dotals ot Mr. Atii:s' l>reaicau,es,t, he Az
he stsosa5d Horry--tEa,t If t4e would register
tbo nataen q Himself and tho you'1g lady
yoon1s would he assigned tEaessa aud 5o-Enor-
row they might 20 home t&o.,f1tlens s{2&t no
harm might follow. Mr.. BILLS witt, tre1al-
bling hand wrote the naty.e Of hia ati1anced
and his own, aud Mr.. Kent departed $or
bis own rooEn. The clerk had hardly set
the numbers 54L ana 543 ooposits. che
,.,.., v.,E,,, A.. nd ---~s~s> ssf3Ey s.s'
Sble architect q the Long Beach Hotel,
but gentleman Of the moEt scrupulous
Ideas Of social proprIety, iaterposed al
earnest objection. He eald tisae there WAS
only one thing for Mr.. Mills asd Miss Laty
60 do, which was to get married st once.
Mr. Mills seemed tliunderB>rgck at this Idea,
but a moments reflection convinced hl.n
CT lts Wia>lon2, and cauae<1 him Go express
wonder that be had not Thought OF It him
selEs He wcut 1t once ana had IN interview
with Miss E5aty. but he soon returned, ae
Thaokesay would sag, considerably stab !
bergsstet1.' He did no. say what were
Miss Laty's ohjectio.2s, or that che had OBJ |
;ected st sil. but something was evidcael y |
wrong. lie WAS waiting for sorae other
s;2ggeation from 2Ir, Price when taE-M&y-
or Wickman Joined the group. hr. Price
laid the matter before iastra, asying that he /
&eIt sure that she ex-Mayor would rasify /
Ills decision in the matter. which was uta~
alterable. Strangely, however, when hr.
Prices determination Of manner Is retnem~
beTed, the ex-Msyor did not agree with |
Mr. Price, bat proposed that everything
could *be satisfactorily arranged II Miss
Laty should spend the night at his cottage
tstader Mrs. Wiekhaaa's y protection, leaving
Ar. Mills IN she hotel.
Mr. Price refused posisiveIy 4, retire
from his position, and he carried the mat
ter at once before 50 high . court aa ever
sst on such !: question. he sought our ex-
senator Thurman. the strjctese conseruc-
Zionist II tt1e land; Mr. Earn Ward, who
knows what Ia best 60 be done on every
OCCASION, sud hr. Oscar Wilde. who has
become 80 recently famous that Ii Ii unnec~
essery 50 say why he was particularly Iii
TO ait On such So ecca5ios2. lie found these
shree gentlemen Together, making merry
over glasses filed with hr,ken ice, Char
sreuse, ana 3 little braised letnoe peel.
He laid TIC case before them, ard Judge
Thurman at once delivered an opinion,
without consulting bis cos,freFes, In keep
ing with that previously given by Mi. Price.
A4r. Ward did not dissent, but seemed Co
be very much Ia doubt as so the wisdom
of the decision, while Ar. Wilde appeared
% DC WEapt III thought a. though he re&l-
Sed what splendid situations were unfold
IA BY Mr.. Prices narrative for d thorough
= aesthetic drama.
Feeling surer rt,aa ever of his position,
Gr. Price hastened of at once 10 renew his 7
advice % nj. Mills and he auc. esd y
p well III ay,:fa cf S- Nj auf1r yYiegsh n, u