The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

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Rejected by the Daughter.
Philadelphia Times.
A prominent ministerin this city was
asked whether he often had widows
come a second time to have a nuptial
knot tied.
II don't think / could strike an aver
age for you, if that is what you want"
he replied, abut widows do come very
frequently to be re-marrisd. And why
not? The second marriages Of widows
are rarely unhappy a
Nearly thirty years agoI married q
very young couple in this city. The
husband, whom I willca Mr.. Tomson,
was not more than twenty one and the
wife was only eighteen. They
we're very fond Of each other. After
three years Of happy life Mr.. Tomson
was taken sick with inflammation of the
lungs and died. leaving his widow, with
a little daughter. in salrly good, circum-
stances. She was quite ~inconsolable at
first, but after q time became recon
ciled andsdevofed all her time to the
bringing up of her little girl, who grew
into the Yeriest little fairy. She was
the apple of hermotheras eye and the pet
Of everybody, and very naturally became
rather self-willed.
when she was sixteen years old q
young Englishman came to tins city to-
live. He made the acquaintance Of
Mrs. Tomson and fell In love with Mel
lie. She had many other lovers, but
she appeared to prefer young Edwards,
at least she dirted more with him than
with any one else. He was a member Of
nv church. Nellie would not engage
herself to him. She said she liked her
freedom and didn't want to be tied down
to propriety just yet. AT last Edwards
went west and did well as a cattle raiser
In Colorado.
"He was way two years, and came
back still thinking of Nellie, who was
still unmarried. He asked her again to
be his wife. She took his presents and
helped him to spend his money, but was
not only as obdurate as ever, but was
very much faster and more OF q fIirt Than
before. Mrs. Tomson, who was at this
time thirty-six years old, had de-
veloped into a charming and
beautiful matron. She took pity on
the young man, whose age was about
eight and twenty, and appealed TO
Nellie in his behalf. Then he took her
into his confidence, and she was very
kind TO him. Eventually, / am sorry
Eo11so ls.o,roc~o1 T1z~~
spent hundreds Of dollars hunting for
her, but without success. He had
taken up his abode IN Philadelphia at
Mrs. Tomson's house, and his heart was
ne6rly broken at the loss of Nellie and
the terrible mystery which hung around
her disappearance.
cit was about six months after her
elopement that one morning, while I
was sitting in my study preparing my
sermon for the next Sunday, Edwards
came rushing in upon me, with a telc-
gram in his hand. He was In q state Of
the most intense excitement. ais white
as a sheet, and hardly able to speak, +
took the telegram. 1t was from Nellie
and dated from q hospital in the city.
It ran thus:
4 am dying, Willie. Won't You
come to mey
1--WE went together to see her. Well.
we brought her home and she did die,
but not before she had seen something
happen, which, Think, she must have
anticipated long before.
THAT was nothing less than the mar
riage Of Edwards and her mother. I
married thar, nnveolf ~ hnr rtn1 ,.,ox,