The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-05-26
CHAPTER XI.
THE HASTY MARRIAGE.

AS has been surmised. Nellie Rem
ington was now Mrs. Henry Mason,
Jr. In an unpretentious church in
the town Of Belmont she was united
to the man Of her choice.
T..e only guests present were Mr..
Horace Remington, the father of the
bride, Mrs. Lexington, her mother,
and two near friends of the. BRIDE
groom.
Richard Martin refused to accept the
extended invitation, and did not go
near hi> niece.
Tire privacy of the wedding was
owing to two reaSons-one, it was so
urged by tn hridegroom-secondly,
the bride was anxious that the union
should De kept from the knowledge of
her late co-.aborers. Tow ard
dusk, one afternoon, therefore Nellie
Remington, in company with her
E,ether, made her way to the church.
She was plainly dressed, and there
was nothing about her appearance to
attract unusual attention.
At the church the two. were met by
Mr.. Mason and his friends, and MIR.
Remington, who had Arrived some ten
minutes before.
BY the last struggling rays of day
light the service was read which bound
two hearts in bond well calculated TO
set wise-acrcs agog.
Richard Martin saw plainly that she
was bent ON carrying out her promise,
and he did not make another attempt
to stop her.
He had his reasons, he said to HIM
self, for wishing that she would take
time for reflection, but he would not
speak them.
Richard Martin knew more of the
bridegroom than tue bride. lie knew
both members of the firm Of Mason &
Son and had known them for some
time.
Mr.. Mason, senior, could not very
we'll have attended the wedding, if he
he had been inyited-which he was
not-as he was in England, and would
be gone for two months.
II cannot think of waiting for fa-
ther.' the happy bridegroom said to
his bride.
1T is just as we'll, Henry she said,
quietly. There will be one the less
to annoy hs"s
Henry Mason was totally oblivious
of his brides careless replies and her
plainly apparent uncOncern.
To the least observant, Nellie Rem
ingto would have seemed in q strange
humor on her wedding day. If she
had been going to funeral she could
not have been more sedatc.
But Mr.. Mason, bent on his own
happiness, failed to notice anything
but nervous calm in her conduct, as
she was atfable and gentle in her con-
versation, and free from the naughty
tlemeanor with which she at first
treated him.
Immediately after the marriage, the
wedding party got into a waiting
carriage and were driven to the depot,
where they took the train for the city,
and from thence drove to the tempo
rary residence Of the couple.
Owing to his business arrangements,
Nj. Mason could not, he So d make
the wedding tour he should like to ,and
consequently would take his bride to
several of the principal cities, stop
ping q short time in each place.
Boston was the first city chosen.
Upon their arrival in the Hub, the
party were met by some you friends
Of the bridegroom, who escorted them
to a magniticently furnished dwelling
on Telegraph street.
rything that taste could select to
make the house beaut full was here dis.
played; in all its appointments it was
incompatible
us this to be my home?" Nellie Ma
son asked, standing = moment in tho
doorway and gazing enwrapt upon the
scene.
This is to be the home of my BRIDE"
replied hex husband. Ills it what you
would have it?o
81 expected nothing like this, Hen
ry," said Nellie, and she flushed as she
spoke. as if some inward thought were
revived by his question.
All! what grace and beauty, the fair
creature thought. as she gazed upon
the beautiful Surroundings.
The color in her cheeks glowed, and
her black orbs flashed in the light of
the chandelier.
Plain as was her dress, it could not
detract from her form and feature.
To the man at her side. the elegance