The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08
A WoMAN'ss SACRIFICE.

A Strange Scene in a Court Room
Marrying and Dismissing a'Stran-
ger for The sake OF the Man She
Loved.
From g Buffalo Letter.
The story of a strange marriage is told
in q dispatch from Erie to the Courier
o-day. II brief form it is IS follows:
Saturday morning, when Justice Free
man, of Erie, opened court, there sat on
0ne OF the benches a well.dressed and
beautiful young woman. When the
cases on hand were disposed Of she
arose and asked his Honor if he was
duly qualified to perform the marriage
rite, Receiving an affirmative reply,
she beckoned 70 an eXceerngS un-
couth, m~Iddle-aged man, sitting at the
back of the room, and said to the Jus
tice:
81 want you to marry met this MANI
The man went forward and stood be-
fore the desk, looking the picture OF
s~heepishness. -.
as this The husband of your choice,
madam inquired the Justice, looking
at the couple with intense surprise.
az believe 50. Are you the husband
of my choice. Mr.. TrayRor2
"Yes, ma'am I sn, replfedthe man,
with a sly grin.
Justice FreeRani Informed the woman
that it was customary to hand IN the
names and addresses of the contracting
parties, The couOle then stepped back
q few PAGES and conferred tor a moment.
Then they sat dpSn at a table aid the
woman hspd&T the man 3 sheet of pa
per. He Shade a move which the Jus,
tee interpreted to mean that he wasnot
acquainted with the art of wri.rag. A
contemptuous smile passed oyss the wo-
mans facs, and. taking tn pen, she
scrawled with ~aristocratic regularity the
names Of Amelia A. Roycsy Cincinnati,
and Charley Trsynor, Bfica, n. Y,
Then the couple stood &p and were
made man and wife, according TO the
laws Of Pennsylvania.
TIE husband stood as though bewild-
cred. When the ceremony was COM
pleted. Justice Freeman produced a
marriage certificate, but the bride beg
ped him 10 desist. You will make a
record of this marriage, sir; and that
win be of more value than this senti-
mental but silly picture card, said she.
Then she turned to the groom, and
Initiated that he would lose his train if
be wasted too much time. He smirked,
and remarked that it would not distress
his much to miss the train. He was
c0ldly informed that his absence was
preferred to his company, and that he
vas to 90 about his business IS quickly
as possible. Some papers We're handed
20 him, and, after q few words, uttered
In a low tone, the man took his hat, bid
the bride good-day, and left the court
room. The bride remained. Il think
you think come explanation is due you, /,
she said TO the Justice. There is not h.
ing wrong in all this; no crime. no
despair, broken hearts, nothing tragic.
/ am simply puttingi it out of my power
to say yes. to the only man on earth 1t
would please and hurt me to marry
the only mad on earth l care for. For
reasons that / have no desire to tell /
cannot marry this gentleman without
bringing great sorrow upon him and me
in the future. And as / I'M only a wo-
man, capable Of being tempted to marry
the man [ love, | have married a stran-
ger and so placed myself beyond the
reach of temptation. This is all there
ID III Az. cual ~ AOAuC nhN I've % A
have always lived, and love as I always
have loved. 1t is not likely that / shah
see this man Traynor again. He per-
fectIy understands that he was hired to
marry me and then 60 about his bust
ness"
The astonished magistrate was then
requested to forward copies Of papers,
containing her marriage notice to the
Baltimore Sun, the Washington Critic,
and the Denver Tribune. She seemed
particularly anxious that her marriage
should be made public, also the fact
that she remained In the room after hel
husband lett it to catch the train. JUS
tee Freeman's theory isthat insanity is
The trouble she feared to bring upon her.
| self and the man she loves.