The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-05
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MARRYING THE MOTHER AFTER HAv-
ING BEEN. REJECTED By THE
DAUGHTER.

MARRYING THE MOTHER AFTER HAV-
ING BEEN. REJECTED By THE
DAUGHTER.
A prominent Philadelphia minis
ter was asked by a reporter wheth-
er he often had widows come sec
ond time TO have the nuptial knot
tied.
Il do not think could strike an
average for you, if that is what you
want" he replied but widows do
come very frequently to be re-mar-
ried. And why not2 The second
marriages of widows are rarely un-
happy ones.
Nearly thirty years ago mar
ried very young couple in this city.
The husband, whom l will call Mr..
Tomson. was not more than twenty
one, and the wife was not more than
eighteen. They were very fond of
each other. After three years of
happy married life, Mr.. Tomson was
taken sick with Inflammation Of the
lungs and died, leaving his widow
with little daughter in fairly good
circumstances. She was quite in
consolable at first but after q time
became reconciled, and devoted all
her time to the bringing up of her
little girl, who grew into the veriest
little fairy. She was the apple of
her mothers eye and the pet of ev-
erybody. and very naturally became
rather self-willed.
when she was sixteen years old,
ayoung Englishman came to this
city to live. He made the aequaint-
ance of Mrs. Tomson, and fell in
love with Nellie. She had many
other lovers, but she appeared to
prefer young Edwards-at least she
tiirted more with him than any one
else. He was a member of my
church. Nellie would not engage
herself to him. She said she liked
her freedom too well, and didn't
want to be tied down to propriety
Just vet. At last Edwards went to
the West, and did well as cattle
raiser in Colorado.
He was away 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 OBJ
durate as ever, but was very much
faster and more ofa fiirt than before.
Mrs. Tomson, who was at this time
thirty-six years old; had developed
into a charming and beautiful ma
tron. 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 to say, Nellie disappeared.
Edwards spent hundreds OF dollars
hunting for her but without success.
He had taken up his abode in Phil
adelphia. at Mrs. Tomson's house,
and his heart was nearly broken at
the loss of Nellie and the terrible
mystery which hung around her
disappearance.
1t was about six months after
her elopement that one morning,
while | was sitting in my study pre-
pairing my sermon far the next Sun
day, Edwards came rushing in upon
me with telegram in his hand. He
was in a state of the most intense
excitement, as white as sheet, and
hardly able to speak. | took the
telegram. 1t was from Nellie, and
dated from an hospital in the city.
1t ran thus:
"'I am dying, Willie. Won'tyou
come to me2'
I'VE went together to see her.
Well, we brought her home, and she
died, but not before she had seen
something happen which | think
she must haye anticipated long be-
fore.
THAT was nothing less than the
of Edwards and her moth
er. l married them myself, in her
sick room. She told me before she
knew her mother had loved him
from the first, and she believed that
he had only fancied that he loved
the daughter, because he couldn't
imagine that he was in love with
her mother. They made a very
happy match, and are now living on
.he ranch in Colorado. They have
.hree lovely children. are very rich,
md usually spend their summers in
Europe"