St. Landry democrat., 1885-12-19

the truth. 10 say chat she greaLly &c"
GREETED it would not be so true.
She had felt certa;n degree of pride
in the thought that Lucy would marry |
wealthy, and had sought to obtain conn
fort for the supposed coming separa-
ton in the knowledge that her daughter
could want for nothing which wealth
could buy, yet at times had feared that
Lucy might not find happiness in the
union, and wondered if it would not
have been better for her to have mar
ried Erastus.
Especially since the last great trouble
had come upon them. and she saw how
could not help thinking how much COM
fort it would have been to him, and TO
herself. if the young folks could have
found their happiness in wedding each
other and remaining with or near them
in their old age And now, while she
scolded Lucy little for her haste in
the matter, she could not but feel thank
full at heart that her child was not to go
from her, at least for the present.
Jennie joined her sister in deploring
the loss of their old home, and wept
aloud and violently when her mother
spoke of separation, but she did not
offer to teach school to support her
parents, and when her mother gently
babe her cease to weep she Wept the
harder and chung the more closely
"Come, Jennie" said Mrs. Parsons,
| finally. you really must cheer up, dear.
1t is not so bad but it might be worse.
We have each other yet and no doubt
shall get on nicely in the new home,
and when Mr.. Ensign gets ready, you
and he can be married and live in San
Francisco, which is not so far away but
| that you can come home and see us
once in awhile, and may be we can
| visit you-Why Jennie, what is the mat
ter; have you broken with Mr.. Ensign
also?n
But Jennie only cried the harder and
clung the closer with her face hidden
upon her mothers shoulder
Seeing the inability of her sister to
| speak, Lucy said: s'Jennie is married
already. mother, and she and Mr.. En-
sign are to start for Chicago next week.
'tMr. Ensign came to see her the night
that we got your letter telling us of the
breaking of the dam, and found MS
CRYING, and when we told him about il
he urged Jennie to marry him at once,
and finally she consented, and he went
and got q clergyman. and we all went
down into the Professor parlor and
saw them married.
81 sh-shalI ne-never forgive myself in
in the world if you are angry with me, :
| sobbed Jennie. s'You know you-yor
wrote in the letter that-that We
Eyes, dear, know" said Mrs. Par
sons, soothingly, stroking Jennie's hail
the while, Il wrote you that if youl
lovers urged q speedy marriage you
father and would not object. So yot
have done nothing wrong. and an
sure MIR. Ensign will make you good
kind husband, and | hope you will b.
very happy. am only sorry that yo'
are going so far away. Can not MIR
Ensign find work in San Francisco"
At this Jennie began to check he
sobs, and from the two girls their moth
er learned the whole story.
Ensign had CHANGED to meet gen
tleman from Chicago for whom he hal
worked before he came to the coast
and who now offered him q position q
good wages with the prospect of fore
manship in short time, if he would re
turn to Chicago and the old shoE
AS wages were not SO good in So
Francisco as formerly, and Their
were rumors OF the factory shuttin
down entirely, he had decided to &C
cept the offer, provided Jennie woul
90 with him as his wife, and going t
consult her with little hope that sh
! would consent to so hasty marriage
had arrived just as the girls were i
their deepest distress over the new
from home. Taking advantage of th
: situation he urged an instant marriage
! which ended in Jennie's sobbing out
: consent upon his shoulder, and til
Young man had gone at once for th
pastor of church and had the cert
mony performed in the presence OF til
family with whom the girls were room
ing.
, He was to come for Jennie in fe'
> days-as soon as he could arrange som
5 little matters of business, and they wei
. to 90 to Sacramento by boat and frol
there by rail to Chicago.
I "And so I am to lose one Of my CIR
! after all,'' said Mrs. Parsons, when the
3 had finished. 'Well, if you are onl
t happy, dear, will try and not be sorl
that you are going"
The next day when Mr.. Parsons r
. turned he Rugged and kissed the cir
| in boistecous manner, which he il
s tended as q cover for his feelings ov'
9 the loss of the old place and the
changed circumstances.
. Then he went to Mr., Blake's offie
U delivered up the horses, wagon ar
: carriage, and gave him bill OF sale f
. the hogs and the HOUSEHOLD goods whie
q | 1.as 70 hnrro and which he had left