The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08

ger tOr the sake OF tho Man She
Loved.
From Buffalo Lett ".
The story of q ct, ange marriage is told
in dispatch from Erie to the Courier
to-day. In brief :iorm it 10 a. follows:
Saturday morning. when Justice Free.
man, Of Erie, open cd court, there nat ON
one Of the bsnchee, . well.dressed and
beautiful young woman. When the
cases on hand were disposed of she
arose and asked his Honor il lie was
duly qualified to perform the marriage
rite. Receiving an affirmative reply,
sho bsckonsd to an exceedingly un.
couth, mIddle-aeed man, sitting At the
back of the room, and said to the Jus.
tice:
II want yon to marry me to this man"
The man went forward and stood be.
fore the desk, looking the picture Of
sheepishness.
sis this the h1sband Of your choice,
madam" inquired the Justice, lookina
at the couple With. intense surprise.
II believe 50: Are you the husband
ofmy choice. Mr. Trsynor?"
"Yes, ma'am, Z am" replied the man.
with sly grin.
Justice Freela an informed the woman
that 1t was customary to hand in the
names and addresses 81 the contracting
parties. The couple then stepped back
g few PAGES and conferred TOR q moment,
Them they st down at q table aid the
woman handed the man q sheet of pa.
per-. He made move which the Jus.
tice interpreted to mean that he was not
acquainted with the art of writing. A
contA mptuous smile passed over the wo
mans face, and. taking the pen, SHE
scraW led with aristocratic regularity the
name. Of Amelia A. Royce. Cincinnati,
and Charley Traynor, Utica, N. Y,
Then the couple stood up and were
made man and wife, according to the
laws oi Pennsylvania.
The husband stood as though bewild.
cred. When the ceremony was com.
pleted. Justice freeman produced q
marriage certi} 6cate, but the bride beg.
ged him to desist. "You will make q
record Of thif, marriage, sir; and that
will be OF more value than this senti.
mental but silly picture card" said she.
Then she tul ned to the groom, and
intimated that 70 would lose his train il
he wasted too much time. He smirked,
and remarked That it would not distress
his much 70 miss the train. He wa
colby informed that his absence was
preferred to his company, and that he
was to 90 alsout his business az quickly
as possible. Some papers were handed
to him, and, after q few words, uttered
in Q low tons, the man took his hat, bid
the bride gcod-day, and left the court
room. The bride remained. 81 think
you think soLae explanation s due you,' ;,
ehe said to the justice. "There is moth.
ing wrong in all this; no crime. nc
despair, broke hearts, nothing tragic,
am simply PHI tting it out OF my power
to say yes! to ne only man on earth il
would please AID hurt me to marry
the only man olE earth caro- for. For
reasons that have no desire to tell /
cannot marry ttis gentleman without
bringing great go rrow upon him and me
in the fut.lre. AND as l am ouly wo,
man, caps.ble Of icing tempted to marry
the man I love, have married stran.
ger and 80 placed myself beyond the
reach Of temptation. This is all there
is in it. I shall go home and live as
have always lived, and love rs Away.
have owed. 1t is lot likely that shall
fsctly understands that he was hired to
marry me and then 20 about his bust
moss"
The astonisicd magistrate was Their
requested to forward copies of papers
CO etainins her marriage notice to the
Baltimore Sun, the Washington Crit..
and the Denver Tribune. She SCENE d
parti,:u anxious that her marriagp
should be made public, also the fact
that she. remained in the room after he
husband left tito catch the train. Jus
tice Free mans theory is that insanits j.
the trouble she feared to bring upon ller
self and the man she loves.