The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

Half an hour afterwards two
other carriages left the hotel.
but in the opposite di re- ph, IN
and in the other, Amy and Mr.. J%ellicoe: 1t
was nearly midnight ere they arrived at
the Browns house at Llanyltid; but the
Browns were all up and waiting for them,
and the two runaway couples were warmly
welcomed, and Hospitality taken care of.
Miss Marrable was less fortunate. As
soon as the carriage in which she sat had
been driven beyond the lights of the town,
she threw aside her veil and gazed with
magnificent scorn towards the dim form
upon the seat in front Of her. The look
eiiciting no response of any kind, Miss
Marrable ventured to cough, at first gently,
and then with considerable violence; but
still the figure took no notice.
"This is exceedingly strange" Thought
s aesiz spi m s lsdy' And nn % @iss g assRs se %Hss
ness she prodded Mr.. Grifiths with the
point of her umbrella. The billiard-marker
groaned in his sleep. "Mr. Jellicoe!" she
exclaimed in her deepest and most threat
ening tones. She had counted upon this
exclamation producing an instantaneous
and astonishing effect upo her companion;
and she was woefully disappointed when
he merely groaned again.
"Gracious !" she said to herself; she is
Ill. He would never go on like that II he
were not i'll. The fright has been too
hioSh AoA AA"s
| These men are such weak creatures.
I must stop the carriage!" And
throwing down the sash of the window, she
put out her head and cried out to the driver
to pull up his horses. But the driver. like
the billiard marker, had been very liber.
ally feed; and he was determined that
nothing should stop him until he reached
Harlech; he therefore cracked his whip
to drown Miss Marrabie's voice. and drove
down the K hill at a pace which threat
---H l. H. rA- - -s@oA
"Stop, stop!" For goodness sake, stopv'
shouted Miss Marrable; but finding that
her words were not listened to, she drew
in her head, n Sstrove to revive the
wretched man in front of her. She held
her salts bottle to his nose; she chafed his
hands; she famed his brow; and she
allowed his feverish head to rest upon her
shoulder; but she could not wake him
"If he should die!" she thought. 81
intended to brighten him; but not so much
as this. o, this is terrible!" And onct
more she tried to prevail upon the driver
to stop; but in vain. II sight of distant
lights, however, gave her at length SOM
satisfaction. The carriage entered a Ions
avenue the gate of which lay ready
opened for it; n about an hour n
quarter after leaving Abermaw it drew VI
before the Joneses' house neal Harlech.
With a sigh of relief Miss Marrabl
threw open the door and sprang out, to finC
herself in the presence of half a dozen
people who were congTegated upon TN
"Ouick!n she cried; "don't ask ques
tions! He is ill; he is dying. Take hin
out!"
The Joneses, who had not been prepared
for the apparition Of a middle-aged spin
ster, and who were expecting Mr.. Jellicoe
and Miss Attention, were somewhat aston
ished.
tWho is inside ?o asked Mr.. Tom Jones
the son and heir of the family.
so! Mr.. Jellicoe! Be quick! For mer
cy's sake, be quickl"
I"You don't mean it~ cried Tom, rushing
to the carriage to succor his friend. Blu
an instant later he burst into a violent fl
al" he said. 'It,s tirihiths. the billiard
hopelessly drunk. Nice companion, in
deedlo
Miss Marrable is, as I have already said
a woman without weakness. On hearing
this announcement, however, she fainte'
away. When, thanks to the kind atten
Joneses' family, she revived, she indignant
ly charged those estimable people wit
having deliberately plotted her discomfit
ture; and she insisted upon at once return
ing to Abermaw; but the carriage Gam
Griffiths) had gone; so Mr.. Jones, senior
who grasped the situation, volunteered t
drive Miss Marrable back to the Cors-y
Gedol Hotel; and by twelve o'clock, o
shortly afterwards, she was again in he
own room. 1t was then that she learned O
the desertion of Lucy n Amy. I nee
not describe how she received the news
and how she declared that her abandone,
nieces should never again behold her face
nor that, although she is a woman withou
weaknesses, she passed the greater part O
the remainder of the night in violent hys
terics. 81 telegraphed next day TO MI
Larkspur and Mr.. Allerton; and repairing
to the Red Cow, furiously denounced ST
Thomas Jellicoe as the basest and mos
heartless of menl
Three weeks afterwards, however, tn
edge of her anger had worn off. Lucy an
Amy were married. 1t was foolish, but
perhaps, it was not wholly ~inexcusable
and thus reasoning, Miss Marrable, in tn
goodness of her heart, determined t
gradually receive them back into her favor
But she has never wholly forgiven Luc
for suggesting the substitution of tn
billiard marker for Vivian Jellicoe.
"My DEAR" she says, when she retells th
story of her drive to Harlech, 18th
wretched man was perfectly saturate
with whisky, and I really don't know wha
he might not AVE o. if I hadn't keI
my eve steadily on him. But beneath m
gaze he covered, my dear, positively COW
eredl never saw a savage brute so con
pletely tanned"
And to this day Miss Marrable believe
that but for her Eye the billiard marke
might-horrid thought!-have run wi
with her, too.-Chambers' Journal.