Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-08-09

dead, wholly delir1ouS. my face covered
with blood, and a hole In my head large
enough to let the life out of any man.
That mine was spared was because had
fallen with the wound down, and the soft
pile of the carpet acted like lint to
staunch the blood. Ia .ad.-., ..i-s-.l
d AS soon as I could control my thoughts
I begged to know Of Nellie. Poor little
grill she had beer quite overwhelmed.
When failed to appear Hates husband
rushed out to inquire of the sexton if he
had seen me. He was positive that had
been there, and equally positive that
had left again in company with his
brother-said he could not be mistaken
both seemed in a great hurry, and had
jumped into carriage and been driven
rapidly away. "-l'ati o- 9urj E'n0 91ea
Messengers were sent to my hotel, but
without gaining clew to my where
abouts: SO after Notifying wait Nellie
had been taken home, and the very
morniDgof the day ] was discovered the
whole family sailed for Europe. .qavf .
As soon as was able to stand, sailed
in search Of the woman I had SO inno-
Gently Inundated. Not knowing her
whereabouts, it was two months before /
found her. At last, one evening, wan
dering on the seashOre of quiet little
English town, [ espied -her-and alone.
That she believed me most blackened
william was plain, for the look she gave
me when she recognized my presence
was one of unutterable contempt. Now
that / had found her [ was determined
she should hear the truth.
"Nellie," I cried, hurrying to her and
grasping both her little hands before she
had time to escape. ..e " w .a...
"Well, SIR" she replied, haughtily,
trying to, but trying in vain, to free her
hands. #tL 9-Ha 'o'
my darling" pleaded, ''you will
at least hear man before you condemn
him?" ....a ...t#--F
Her face flushed angrily.
"What can you say" she burst out
holly, "that will make your conduct less
dastardly? Have you not made me the
object of everyone's ridicule and con-
temptuous pity! Offering me a public
insult no woman could ever forgive !?
Have you not made me hate everybody,
myself most of all? What more do you
wish, Bertram Langley-you villain? ?"
WINGED little at the word, as I
thought of my broken head-though
God knows I did not blame her, believ-
ing as she did. ...,......
"Why are you here? And why did
you run away ?" she demanded, with a
whole world of scorn on the words "run
away" s..+ -
81 did not run away; was locked
up"
"Locked up! For what? Where ?"
cried poor Nell, starting back, look
of horror creeping up into the brown
eyes. .ais-g ~ 4. ........
verify believed that she thought for
an instant / had added murder to other
crimes. ..t -. .....+..
"Why, in the vestry," | explained
little foolishly. s'Come and sit down
and let me tell you. I am quite Ill yet. "
This was master stroke. Nell seated
herself without demur, and I, half sit
ting, half lying at her feet, related to her
the chapter of my misfortunes.
Dear little girl! her face frightened
before was half through am
sorry to say she laughed quite heartily;
but she became sober when told her
about the window coming down, and
leaned over and kissed the scar on my
head tenderly, and knew that peace and
confidence were restored.
After while we fell to talking over it
in general way. 1t Uni 9a.
sit was dreadful blow to me" said
Nell, pensiyely; 'By Jove, [ thought
my head was broken! When that win
dow came down it knocked me higher
than Gilderoy's kite! The next time we
are married, Nell, I won't be left to dig
out of any such ridiculous hole as yes
try; if there are any windows that have
got to be jumped out of, we'll hop out
together" -..es
Great was the family wonder to see us
walk in together; but everything was all
right as soon as explained, and Mr.. and
Mrs. BARLEY consented that Nell and 1
might be married next day in the quaint
little church in the place.
And so we were. I led my bride in
myself, and Papa and Mamma BARLEY
followed soberly behind, and Kate and
her husband were all the crowd we had.
A curate, who had bad cold, officiat-
ed, and the time-honored and world-re-
nowned Dickens woman pew opener,
shabby and snufy, was on hand to make
everything romantic and proper.
So this is why we were married with
out bridesmaids, and had two wedding
days. ,]Aaa 9t Nt