The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-06-12
The result of this masterly stroke of


The result of this mastery stroke Of
Mrs. Audly's was that, after immedi-
ately sending her check, the farmer
drove home in a white heat of anger.
The first person he met was his
promising son-in-law, idling upon the
piazza, and Mr.. Brevoort strobe up TO
him with lightning flashing from his
eyes.
as it true, you Internal hound, that
you have married my daughter
Alvin stammered out something, but
the enraged father waited for no
lengthy reply.
take your wife and baggage, sir,
and begone from my house in ten min
utes, or l will thrash the ground with
your cowardly carcass"
Alvin turned as white as a sheet, but
he made no reply, and Mr.. Brevoort
walked into the parlor where sat his
trembling daughter, who had heard all
that had been said. He picked her up
in his arms as if she had been o child,
and the strong man wept aloud.
my precious sunshine" he sobbed.
How could you be married without
your fathers consent? But L will say
no more. was more to blame than
yourself; but never, never dreamed of
this"
And then thoughts of Mrs. Audly's
course came to his mind, and he burst
out again.
Myrtle" said he, "you always have
home in your fathers house, but L
will never have the son of that woman
under my roof and you must now de-
eide whether you will stay with me or
go with him.
He put her into the chair once more,
and, through her tears, Myrtle at last
gasped out:
Il will go with my husband"
At this moment Mrs. Brevoort and
Alvin appeared at the door.
"Well, are you going, or will you
| stay?" asked Alvin, who was all pre-
pared to depart.
Spoken like the villain believe you
to be" said Mr.. Brevoort. Myrtle.
my child, when that man deserts you,
como home to your father"
There was another scene when they
returned to Mrs. Audly.
What turned you into the street
and never gave you single cent?" she
screamed THAT little idiot will not
live upon me-"
"That's what thought" said Alvin,
turning half-angrily upon Myrtle. "You
had better have stayed at home than to
have come back here"
"She sha'n't stay here" shrieked Mrs
Audly, vehemently.
where will she stay, then? /
haven't got cent, and you coaxed me
into this scrape. 1 never wanted to
marry her."
Myrtle sank down upon the floor at
these cruel words, sobbing wildly.
"Oh, father and mother, if had
never left your
And then she sank into a deep un-
| consciousness.
When she awakened, Mrs. Audly sat
by the bedside, and spoke little more
decently to poor Myrtle, who was half
stunned.
Your father will probably relent
after a time, and can get You place
to work until he sends for you to come
| home."
But 1 thought Alvin owned that
magnificent place on the avenue, and
was so very wealthy
"You must not believe everything
you hear. Why, that Is Gov. Munroe's
| house"
Myrtle spoke no more; but IS the
shades of night fell over the city on
this, her bridal day, Alvin rushed m,
saying, "a lot of lis fellows are going
down the river in the tug; don't look
| for me before morning."
| But he came before morning, brought
home, four men carrying Rim, cold
in death. 1t seems that he had been
drinking heavily, and in some manner
had fallen overheard, and when he was
taken from the water he was dead.
Mr.. Brevoort came at his widowed
daughters summons, and he took her
back to her old nome as soon as decency
would permit.
The shock had been a terrible one,
and it was long time before she
rallied; but youth was upon her side,
and at length she was as blithesome
and merry as before.
| Three years later she was again a
bride, this time with the full consent OF
her parents. Harley MARITIME was the
bridegroom. and Myrtle had learned to
distinguish between tinsel and gold.