The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-06-25
Miss Marrable's Elopement.
CHAPTER II.
(Concluded.l

this loVe-letter, was sitting IN ner pe'l
room, was thunderstruck. At first, sh'
thought of going to Amy and charglns
her with baseness and ingratltude; pu
after some reflection she decided 10 le
matters. for the time at least, take thell
course, and to confound the schemes Of
the rash couple by means of grand
stroIl, at the final moment. She went
however, at once to Lucy, in whom, as
have said, she had great confidence,
and told her all.
elbow foolish of her," said Lucy.
eyes. nv dear! how foolish and how
wickedi'' assented Miss Marrabe. Il
feel it nv duty to prevent the carrying
ont of this mad plan, and also to make
Amy suffer for her folly. / shall there
fore send her this letter, and allow the
hair-brained pair to mature their
schemes. And what, Lucy dear, do you
think that propose to do? You will
never guess. Listen! Amy and | are
of much the same height. shall per-
senate her by concealing-ahem-my
face, and drive away with this vile young
man; and then, when he believes that
he has left me far behind, | shall over
whelm him with shame and confusion"
Lucy could not help laughing. THAT
would really be good fun aunt" she
said. eyes, send the letter to Amy,
and by all means let matters take their
own course for the present.
Miss Marrable did send the letter; and
Amy duly received it unsuspectingly
but five minutes latter Lucy revealed the
whole plot to her, and threw her into
deepest trepidation.
Here, however, Lucy's superior cool
ness came in most usefully. "You need
i Al tx
aunt thinks of having fun with you and
Mr.. Jellicoe, why not turn the tables
and have fun with her? You must find
some other way of carrying on your cor
respondence; but at the same time an
swer this letter by the old medium.
Your answer will, of course, fall into
aunt's hand. You must mislead her,
and them
"But," objected Amy, chow am l to
make matters turn out properly?"
"Listen ~ said Lucy "Aunt propo-
poses to personate you. Very we'll. Put
off the time of your elopement, say for
half an hour; and, meantime, Mr.. Jelli-
coe must find some one to personate
him. My idea is for aunt to elope with
the billiardmarker, and so give you
time to get away. Do you see?'
Amy could not at first grasp the sig
nifcance of this bold proposition, but
when she succeeded in doing so she was
delighted with it.
II shall tell Mr.. Rhodes" said Lucy,
when she had sufficiently explained the
plain ssfor ! know that he will gladly
oyer with him and have the benefit OF
his advice"
'tBut what will aunt say when she
discovers how we-how you-have de-
ceived her?' asked Amy
"Ah!" said Lucy, slyly, 81 must talk
about that, too, with Mr.. Rhodes. But
never fear!" And she went off to rejoin
Miss Marrable, who was still much fur
RED.
Later in the day Lucy met Robert on
the beach and told him what had hap
pened. "And now," she said in conclu.
sion, 81 am going to make a dreadful
proposition to you. We must also elopt
together"
~ am sure l don't mind" said Mr.
Rhodes. after hearing your news,
was going to propose as much myself
1t would take you out of the reach 0
your aunt's reproaches when she find
out the trick that has been played upol
her.
.sYou are dear old love" cried Lu
CIV, with enthusiasm 81 wouldn't fo
the world have Amy made unhappy, an
! feel that must help her, although
don't approve of Opponents. Now G
and talk to Mr.. Jellicoe, and don't forge
to have the license ready. Perhaps MI
Jellicoe can arrange for Amy and me
sleep that night at the Joneses, whoeve
they may be; or perhaps, after all, W
had better not go there, since aunt know
that part Of the scheme"
81 dare say" said Robert, s'that ca
arrange for both of you to sleep at til
Browns, at Llanyltid. They have a lare
house, and curiously enough, my sistt
Dora, whom you have often met in tow
is staying there with them; so you Wi
have a companion and sympathize
And now will 60 and talk to Jellicoe.
need not follow in detail the pr
gress of the new scheme of double elop,
ment. Suffice it to say that the bogu
correspondence destined to mislead Mis-
Marrable, was steadily kept up; tn;
Amy and Vivian found other means
safely communicating with one another
that the Browns were written to; tn:
the licenses were obtained; that thrt
carriages and pairs were engaged, OF
to call at the hotel at 8 O'Clock, p. m
and two at half-past; that coachmen wei
literally feed, and finally that the bill
iard-marker at the Cors-y-Gedol, "a spruC
young fellow of some education, ws
bribed at considerable cost, to personal
Vivian Jellicoe and to run away wit
Miss Marrable.
Atlength Wednesday morning arrived
and with it came the last of the billie
doux that were to fall into the cunnin
sninster's hands One of them had bee
writ Written ,S1e by The former on pink papel
folded billet-doux wise. 1t ran as 70
lows:
! Ny OwN AMY: have SATISFACTORY