The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-04
CALLED THE HOUSE TO oRDET
A Tale of Suffering,

BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. S.-The story OF
strange marriage is told In dispatch
from Erie. In brief form II Is as follows:
Saturday morning when Justice Freeman,
OF Erie, opened Court, there sat on one Of
the benches q wel-dressed and beautiful
young woman. When the cases on hand
were disposed Of, she arose and asked his
Honor II he was duly qualified by law to
perform the marriage rite. Receiving an
affirmative reply, she beckoned to an OK.
ceedingly uncooth middle aged man sitting
at The hack OF the room, and said to the
Justice: 81 want you to marry me to this
man." The man went forward and stood
before' the desk, looking the picture Of
sheepishness.
SIS this the husband Of your choice,
madam" inquired the justice, looking at
the couple with intense surprise.
81 believe so. Are you the husband OF
my choice, Mr.. Trsynorp'
eyes, ma'am, I am" replied the man,
with a sly grin.
Justice Freeman told the womsn that it
was customary to hand In the names and
addresses Of the contracting parties. The
couple then stepped back few PAGES and
conferred moment Then they
SAT DOWN AT TABLE
and the woman handed the man sheet Of
paper. He made move which the justice
interpreted that he was not acquainted with
the art OF writing. A c0ntemptous
smile passed over the woman's face,
and taking the pen she scrawled with
aristocraic regularity the names Of Amelia
A. Royse, Cincinnati, and Charly Traynor,
Utica, \. Y. Then the couple stood up
and were made man and wife according to
the laws OF Pennsylvania. The husband
stood as though bewildered. When the
ceremony was completed Justice Freeman
procured marriage certificate, but the
bride begged him to desist. 'You will
make record Of this marriage sir, and
that will be Of more'vaue than this senti.
mental but silly picture card,o said she.
Then she turned to the groom and init
mated that he would lose bis train il he
wasted too much time. He smirked and
remarked that it would not distress him
much to miss the train. He was coldly in.
formed that his absence was preferred to
his company and that he was to gol about
his business as quickly as possible. Some
papers were handed to him, an
after few words uttered sn
| low tone the man took his hat,
Babe THE BRIDE GOOD DAY,
and eft the courtroom. The bride re.
NAMED. 81 guess you think some ex-
| PLANTATION is due you," she said to the
Justice, "There is nothing wrong in al
| ha'' no crime, no despair, no broker
tirg it out of my power to sg supnlB -fhe
only man on earth it would please, and
hurt me to marry the only man on earth !
care for For reasons that have no de-
sire to tell cannot marry this gentlem an
without bringing great sorrow upon him
and me in the future. Aud as l am only a
woman, capable Of being tempted to marry
the only man l love, I have MARI led
a stranger, and 80 place myself beyond the
reach OF temptation. This Is all there Is In
it. shall 20 home and live as I have al.
ways lived and
| LOVE AS ALWAYS RAVE LOVED.
1t il not likely that shall see this man
Traynor again. He perfectly understands
that he WAS hired to marry me and then 20
about his business. - She seemed particu.
larry anxious that her marriage should be
made public, also the fact that she remained
in the room after her husband had left it to
catch the train. Justice Freeman's theory
Is that insanity is the trouble she feared to
bring upon herself and the man she loves,