The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-07
FROST BITTEN.

lie thought Of the underlined copy of len
nyson he had sent her that morning. and
great drops Of Precipitation covered his face.
Come, Mr.. Lscomho,' said the bride
groom impaticuily, "thcrr Is no reason why
you should not marry Us; W. are IN great
haste" and taking a proycrbook from
pow, Opened at the marriage ceremony.
handed II Ia him. "please begin ai oncc.'
hy said, authpriati,cy.
The clergyman could see no way NJ escape,
so hc trcmuinu.ly rrnd the solemn service
that made iiir giTi he had come prepared To
clasp 10 his heart the wife of another man.
John Harris kissed his bride. lcd the way IN
the ,cslry and, holdiug the lamp In his
hrid. hadc MI. LiScunlic MI out the blank
mtriagc-cprtilicatc hctuuk from DIS pocket
kotr 81. John hnskly signed her name us
witness, and underneath hers the stranger
placrd hs autograph, "rhilip NhorWu,
Clork Str Montague
Thank volt Mr. lisconhr,' said John,
leaving crisp 50 nin iu his limp grasp.
'G'od-by, Mr. liscpmhc." Matte was
gracious la IN" last. Il shall never forget
your Kindness, nor how good you have been
Ia ur this winter"
rupd-hy.' whispered Kate. ~ wouldllko
IN lsu down with YOU, but had hotter stay
lNAN NlNA hNN'I aAas AslNA'Nlllhf 'INlNA - alAAAl
while"
John his wife, and Nj Shcrwn walked
hastily 20 the river avoiding the wcli-iishtcd
streets. Iiir steamer whistle sounded long
and loud THAT means me, said Mr.. Shcr-
win, laughing; Fhc Captains getting I'M
patient
There was crowd about the lcycc and
Matte trcmblrd with excitement as she
stepped on Ia the plank leading Ia the deck
Of the Montague, but she was closely cloak
ed and yelled and had passed twenty ac-
quaiutanccs without their recognition. As
the whistle again was heard and the boat
swung around To the middle Of the river, n
small boy said: Mr. Harris got on the boat
here. lie had his hat over his face, hut |
knpWcd him."
II suppose you will nil think that have
done worse than Mattlc,' began Kate, but
| have helped her all the time and am glad
of IT,"
IAN the timcl" repeated Mr.. Liscomhc.
"lcs, they were engaged before Mr.. liar
ris went away. lie got a situation In u tclc-
gmph-ollicc in Dubuque. lie learned tclc-
graphy when he was % boy, 81 all he had to
do was 10 send messages to Matte through
me and answered them for her"
deceived her parents" groaned her list
cncr
80, WELL she was sorry to deceive her
mother, but her fathcr--l really believe that
the Captain would have killed her If he had
known that she was engaged Ia John. This
morning" she continued, "hc sent mes
sage that he would be- up on this boat some
time between and o. and for Matte 10 have
you here ready tO marry them"
me rcadyw 1t was almost a moan.
$50 that kilograms sent 10 stop them, or
any fussing Of that kind, could not make any
trouble And the clerk Of the Montague,
Mr. Shcrwin, is u friend Of Johns and he
came up to the church with us, sO that IL
anything had occurred to detain them the
boat would not 20 on without them. But ii
has all come out splcndidly, and there's the
whistle; they are gone now. Goodnight"
At Easter Mr.. Lscombc went to his new
parish. There was a young lady at the
organ, but he never looked at her; he was
shyer than ever u pretty girls.
a year from the following summer Kate
visited Matte. John had long since left the
telegraph office to keep the books of whole
sale clothing house. Matte looked pretty
and happy. though somewhat older; but she
no longer played in church-she had TO stay
home to take care OF the baby.