Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04

/ vice.
But what will aunt say when she dis
/ covers how we-how you-have deceived
! herr" asked Amy.
"Ahv' said Lucy. slyly, Il must talk
\ about that, too, with Mr.. Rhodes. But
never fear!"
4 And she went off to rejOin Miss Maria
/ Bile. who was still much Hurried.
Later in the day Lucy met Robert on
\ the beach and told him what had hap
| pened.
( Il am going to make dreadful PROPOSE
I ton 10 you. We must also elope to-
/ gether!'
Il am sure 1 don't mind,'' said Mr..
/ Rhodes. "After hearing your news, |
was going to propose as much myself.
| 1t would take YOU out Of the reach of
your aunts reprOaches when she finds
/ out the trick that has been played upon
her."
''You are a dear old love!" cried Lucy,
with enthusiasm. Il wouldn't for the
world have Amy made unhappy, and |
! feel that must help her, although don't
! approve of Opponents. Now 60 and talk
| to Mr.. JellicOe, and don't forget to have
/ the licenses ready. Perhaps Mr.. Jellic0e
I can arrange for both Amy and me to
! sleep that night with the JOneses, who
/ ever they may be; or perhaps, after all,
| we had better not go there, since aunt
/ knows that part of the scheme"
! Il dare saw" said Robert, shat I can
! arrange for both of you to sleep at the
/ Browns, at Llanyltid. They have a
I large house, and, curiOusly enough, my
I sister Dora, whom you have often met
/ in town, is staying there with them; 50
! YOU will have a companion and sympa-
| thizer. And now l will 90 and talk to
Jellicoe."
need not follow in detail the progress
of the new scheme of double elopement.
Suffice it to say that the bogus cores
pOndepce destined to mislead Miss Maria
bic, was steadily kept up; that Amy and
| Vivian found other means Of safely COM
municating with one another; that the
Browns were written to; that the licenses
were obtained; that three carriages and
pairs were engaged, one to call at the no.
tel at 8 O'Clock p. m, and two at $3.50;
that coachmen were literally feed; and
finally. that the blliard-marker at the
Cors-y CodoI, spruce ynune fellow of
/ some education, was bribed, at cOnsidera-
bic cost. to persOnate Vivian JellicOe and
to run away with Miss Marrable.
At length, Wednesday morning arrived,
and with it came the last of the billets-
dOuX that were to fall into the cunning
spinster's hands. One of them had
been composed by Vivian and Robert,
and written by the former on pink paper,
folded biilet-dOuX-wise. 1t ran as fol-
lows:
my OWN ANY have satisfactorily
arranged everything. The carriage will
be at the door of the hotel at 8 o'clock. l
shall not show myself, for your aunt may
be about. Be careful, therefore, to avoid,
her, and enter the carriage as quickly as
possible. In order that there may be no
mistake, l have told the driver to Y ear
white choker round his neck. l hope that
you will be punctual. Everything de-
ponds upon punctuality. Till O'Clock,
goodbye. Your most devoted
'NIvIAN."
Miss Marrable, after reading this note,
refOlded it as usual, and took care that it
reached Amy. Then, with the conscious
ness that she was about to perpetrate a
great and good action, she atdOwn in her
own room, and waited for Amy's reply to
be brought to her by the treacherOus
maid. The note. which was very brief,
came to Miss MarTable in less than half
an hour. Dear Wv" wrote Amy, II
will be ready and viii look out for the
white chokeT. Your loving A."
In spite of the ordeal which was before
her, the good old spinster was perfectly
calm and unfiurried. At / O'Clock she
made very hearty luncheon; at 2:30 she
took her nIeces for a walk, and talked to
them with extraordinary affabilty about
the emancipation Of women; and at $3.50
she appeared at the table d'hote, and,
Just as if the occasion were an ordinary
one, complained of the soup being too
peppery, the fish too cold, and the mutton
too underdOne. Her GOODNESS was admit
rable. Lucy and Amy, on the other hand,
could scarcely conceal their excitement
and agitation. They each looked at least
a hundred times during dinner at the
clock upon the mantelpiece; and they
each started and turned red whenever the
noise of carriage without was
heard. After dinner Miss Marrable went
again to her room and began to make her
preparations.
"How sad it will be-" she thought to
herself, ''for poor young Jellicoe when
discover myself and OYerwhelm him with
reprOaches. Men are but poor creatures.
Perhaps he will faint. Yes; / will take
my salts-bOtt e.
She wrapped herself in an ulster be-
longing to Amy, and having shrouded
her face i'll a thick veil, took seat at
her window, which happened to be
Immediately above the front door Of the
hotel.
Meantime, Edward Grifiths, the bill
liard-marker, was i'll at ease. He knew
Miss Marrab!e by sight, and looked for
ward with terror to the prospect of an en-
counter with her at close quarters.
fiye-pOund note in his pocket. and he was
determined to see the affair brayely
through. He felt, however, that his
natural bravery would not be sufficient
to support him; and he therefore, at
about 6 O'Clock, began to swallow a sue
cession of potent doses of whisky and
water, with the object of laying in
stock of Dutch courage. Whether the
whisky was bad or the water was too
powerful l cannot say; but at ten min
utes to nine, when Vivian JelllcOe arriy-
ed to give final directions and counsel to
his substitute, he found Edward GrifIiths
decidedly the worse for liquor. Fortunate
ly, the young fellow was neither quarrel
some nor noisy in his cups. His main
ambition seemed TO be to go to sleep in
peace; and no sooner had Vivian bundled
him into one corner of the carriage, which
was IN waiting in the stable-yard, than
Mr.. Griffiths incOntinently slumbered.
The carriage was then driven round to
the front door of the hotel. Miss Mar
rable, from her post of vantage, saw it,
and, remarking that the cOachman wore
q white chOker, descended at once, and
listened, as she went, outside Amy's room,
to satisfy herself that that young lady had
not forestalled her. The porter with alac-
rity opened the carriage door. In the
dark shadows of the interior Miss Marrable
caught sight of the figure of a man, and,
making sure that all was right, she
entered at once An instant later she
was being whirled nOrthward along the
lonely Harlech road.
Halt an hour afterward, two other
carriages left the hotel, but in an OPP
pOsite direction. In one of them were
Lucy and Mr.. Rhodes; and in the other,
Amy and Mr.. JellicOe. It 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 well
coined, 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 toward the dim
form upon the seat in front of her. The
look eliciting no response of any kind,
Miss Marrable ventured to cough, at first
gently, and then with considerable vIo-
lence; but still the figure took no notice.
"This is exceedingly strange" thought
the spinster lady. 81 must adopt more
active measures" And with great ten
derness she prodded Mr.. Grifiths with
the point of her umbrella. The billiard
marker grOaned in his sleep. "Mr. Jel-
licoev' she exclaimed in her deepest and
most threatening tones. She had count
ed upon this exclamation producing an
instantaneous and astonishing effect
upon her companion; and she was Woe
fully disaDDOiutpd when he merely grOan-