Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-01-10

ings promised to afford him amusement.
When the marriage had taken place, he
would be able to play the part Of a magnan-
lmous and forgiving parent, while his neigh
bors would not be able to accuse him OF
having brought about the marriage in con
sequence Of his son-in-la laws altered circum-
stances
Old Mr.. Paradise thought himself very
clever indeed, when he had arrived at this
determination, and chuckled good deal at
his own acuteness. lie first posted his
daughters letter. which he had fortunately
opened in such manner that he was able to
seal il up again without leaving any con
spicuous trace of its having been tampered
with lie also took the precau,on to bribe
his daughters maid, and had The satisiac-
ton Of learning that she had not mentioned
that he had intercepted the letter These
prelminaries being arranged, there was
nothing further for him to do but quietly
TO await the issue of the conspiracy He
went up to town, however. and having look
ed up at his club the Scotch paper which his
neighbor had referred TO. he paid visit to
his LAWYER. With this exception he never
stirred from home during the next 10 days,
but was highly amused by observing the
nervousness and agitation of his wife and
daughter. He often felt strongly tempted
to mention Young Balbernie's name for the
purpose of ENJOYING their CONSERVATION. but
he refrained from dong So from his anxiety
not to give the slightest ground for suspic-
ion that he guessed what was IN the wind.
Besides. be was sufficiently diverted by
watching the secret preparations which were
going forw ard. He derived grim sort Of
satisfaction. in the midst of his good humor,
from his poor wife tremulOus eagerness to
appear calm and uncOncerned. Ii was evi-
dent that her conscience sm0te her severely
for her disIoyaity, and that she was thor
oughiy cowed at the prospect of lncurring
his anger and Indignation His daughter,
m The other hand, had ain air Of quiet deter
mlnation, In spite of her natural trrpidation,
which impressed Mr. Paradise with the con
'Ic'Ion that perhaps after all his poor wife,
IN giving her countenanoe and support to
the conspiracy, was only acting as she
thought for the best in desperate situa-
ton.
When the day fixed for the wedding ar
rived. Mr.. Paradise started off early in the
morning tor reighborns Gown. whence he
proposed, though he gave np hint II his in
trn'lan, ID travel to London lie had learn
-tI from his daughters letter the name oi
The church where the ceremony was 10 take
place, and he intended to b.. prcscn, as a
spectator. II he could creep in unobServed.
Iii, wife had mentioned that she WAS going
~ take Ethel - London fpr a days shop
Ting and he hai graycly accepted the am
aouucrmcnt. while >ccreils laughing in hS
Sleeve. II Il possible. had M known moth
ing, hs suspicion. might have been aroused
M NV manner III which hIs daughter clung
% him when >hr kissed him before he LEFT.
Indeed. he almost broke down himself at
tha, critical moment. and found 1t ncces>ar,
% assume an aspect Of bo~tcrous hlinrity
~ order 10 hide HI, cm1,io0
Mr. Pafadi," managed "a BE present A
III, d4u- nfrr'> wedding Il r1Dk place il a
llr-a DIN gloomy church it tte west cnd VI
lnHI1u. ani he contriycl /, mtngle with
i'.r small crowd N pl.,rr, hy. who had been
tirir'rl hN NJ" ,igns If rhr quiet wedding
Had M. Paradise bera aware that her
H'haud wa present AN approving spec
,A'pr. she would have been spared great
deal of the distress which She plainly
manifested Nr Paradise was quite touch
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