The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-03

NEARLY thirty years ago 1 married
very young couple in this city The hus.
band, whom l call Mr.. Johnson. was not
more than twenty one, And the wife was
only eighteen. They wore 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 a little daus liter,
in fairly good circumstances, Sho was
quite inconsolALls at first, but after u time
became rsconciled anil de voted all her time
" the bringing up Of her little girl, who
grew into the veriest little fairy. She was
the apple VI her mothers eye aud the pet
~ everybody. And very naturally became
rather ) elf-willed.
hen she was eighteen years old
young Englishman came to this city to
live. He made the acquaintance of Mrs.
Tom, son, and fell in love with Nellie She
had many other lovers, but she appeared
to prefer young Edwsrds-at least she
hirted more with him than with any ons
else. He was member OF my church.
| Nellie would not engage herself to him.
She said she liked her freedom too well.
aud didn't want to bo tied down to pre-
priety Just yet. AT last Edwards went
West and did well Us u cattle.raiser in
/ Colorado.
! He was away two years, and came
back still thinking of Nellie, who was stiIl
unmarried. Ho asked her again to be his
wife. She took his presents und helped
him to spend his money, but was not only
AS obdurate As ever, but was very much
faster and more of "a dirt than before, Mrs.
Tomson, who WAS at this time thirty six
years old, had developed into charming
aud beautiful matrun. 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 conf
dence and she was very kind to him.
Eventually, am sorry to say, Nellie dis
appeared Edwards spent hundreds OF
dollars hunting for her, but without sue
cess. He had taken up his abode in Phila
delphia at Mrs. Iomson's house, and his
heart was nearly broken at the loss Of
/ Nellie and the terrible mystery which
/ huns around her disappearance.
" IL was about SIX months after her
elopenent that one morning, while was
sitting III my study preparing my sermon
/ tor the next Sunday, Edwards came rush
ing III upon me with telegram III his
hand. lie was IN "A state of the most in.
tense excitement, as white as a sheet, and
hardly able to speak. took the telc-
gram. 1t was from Nellie, and dated
from hos pital in the city. Il ran thus:
al am dying Willie Won't YOU come
TO mep'
:" We went together to see her Well
We brought her home and she did die. but
not before she had seen something hap.
pen which think she must have autter
pated long before.
THAT was nothing less than the mar.
riage OF Edwards and her mother
married them myself in her sick room
She told me before she died that she
knew her mother had wed him from tn,
I'll 81, and she believed that he had only
fancied he had loved the daughter, be
cause he couldn't imas inc that lao WAS IL
love with her mother. They made a very
happy match, and are now living on IT,
ranch III Colorado. They have three love
ly children, are very rich, and usual!
spend their summer in Europe"