Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-14
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
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Sentenced to PENAL SOrvitude.

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Sentenced to PENAL SOrvitude.
Not long ago a weIl-set-up well-looking,
well-dressed, and specifically well-man-
nered young gentleman, with a more than
respectable name and title, took up his
| quarters at certain hotel, where we're a
lady with more money than wit, and her
| daughter with more beauty than repute.
| This daughter had weathered more Lon
don seasons than she and her mother
dared to count; and paint and dye, with
the most becoming toilets that could be
devised, and an air of great naivete the
older she grew, were beginning to fail.
She was becOmming distinctly passe and
faded-and the days of sarcasm were as
busy with her name as the vultures of
SANDER had been few years ago. This
well-seemlng young gentleman with a
good name was adopted with both hands
by both mother and daughter. They
made no inquiries, but accepted his own
sponsorship as quite sufficient for anyone
not born child of doubt hardened into
skepticism. The young man asked
nothing better. He courted the mother
and made love to the daughter, and both
capitulated as if he had sounded the
horn of Oberon or blown a blast through
the trumpets Of Joshua. The mother
was rejOiced to have found a husband
for her canary-headed daughter with the
blackened eye-lashes and rose pink cheeks
and the daughter was rejOiced to have at
last the chance to throw off the disgrace
of spinsterhood, and putting on the new
ly mlnted responsibility of a bride. So
the affair went on, and the trosseau was
bought, and the wedding cards were print
ed, the ring was fitted, the marriage IL
cense was had, and the imperfect evidence
of Lord HIS identity was no heavier q
hlndrance than one of the marabout
feathers in the brides best bonnet Tt
was on the eve of the wedding day. Ny
lord was distract and i'll at ease. He &C
counted for his state by the anxiety ma
tural to lover who is to secure his treas
ure-tO-morrow. always that to-mOr-
row! 1t is so long in com1pg!" he said
with a forced smile. And the canary
headed liked him all the better for the
melancholy which sprang from impa
thence. Tomorrow, however, came in
due course, and all things were ready.
when, as the bridal cortege assembled at
the door of the hotel, the omnibus of the
establishment dove up, and a fine,
soldierly looking man came out. He
went to the steps of the hotel, and
lightly touched the bridegroom on
the shoulder. ''Wen, Jenkins he said,
sternly, now that l have found you we
will have that little affair of the check ex-
planned" Sir, do not know you. Who
are your" stammered the bridegroom.
with face white as his own gloves. The
soldierly-looking man gave a short laugh.
"That is soon settled" he said, turning
to the porter. ''Here! call carabiniere!''
he added. Il want to give this fellow in
charge. He was my valet, and he robbed
me of $500 [ am Lord II. if you want
to know my name, and this fellow is
Johr Jenkins II did not take your
money my lord" answered John Jenkins,
firmly. Whatever follies and sins may
be guilty of, I am clear of that" Eve
shall soon see about that" answered Lord
H., and with this he turned into the hotel,
where all the people had assembled in
dismay at the turn things had taken. The
bride was in Mysteries, and the brides
mother was in a rage, while the bride
groom was shivering between two stall
wart carabinieri. who represented justice
and vengeance combined to punish
the false lord and pay him the wages
| he deserved. But for all that, he