Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-06-29

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mo; she make. her home With an
uaele and aunt whom he DOESN'T love
any too well. I'm told. A young widow
must have home. though. you know.
II she doe,n't want TO be talked about.
Excuse me moment" oon,inusd Mar
iten's friend. taking the arm Of gentle
man Who was about 70 pas them,
here. 10 u fellos lol ougi, TO knos
Craheh do yoi know a,y friend. An'oa
Marhsnl Mr. Marhen. Mr. Cfaneh y
lin veiy glad to know you. 'ir'
nid Mr Cf.nch. "ba, II i, isn't too i'm e
puisn, question to ask on 90 short
soquain,anes. Why are you s'Iollins on
foot with Fred here. while your charming
fancec !. riding alone p
my i,ne,e" exclaimed the enei.
neer. Ia A,,onishmeni, while hi' friend
looked inquiiingly.
IL hope am 70, mistaken. said MI
Cuneh. 1--WE been told that Ms.
wi,hlsyion va, soon To become Mrs.
Anson MAfiLth'
Mar,hen'. face blaeksnei. az be eS-
claimed. through tightly elenehed jaw. (;
"Genilemen. thi. !. horrible. never
knew the lady. name until five minutes
ago. Ny sill.inoas doable-joi know
Ill abou, him. ffed-,ha, rascal has
probably made love to her for her money
and persuaded her to many him What
i, to be done
Oae gentleman shrugged his 'houldels'
and the other raised bis eytbrows; Mr.
CrAneh daally said
III suppose IL. nobody. business the
lady ha. been married before she ought
to be able TO choo,, Cor herself.
"rn make IL my business hissed
Marihen. a. he turned abruptly and hur-
ned 10 hi. hotel. where he had the good
fortune TO End one of,he detectives await
ing him and full Of news. The 'esPe'
grace Mar,hen. he said. had been living
quietly ia small boarding house. but
hi. servant. Who had no, been paid for
90 long that be "a. willing for a ten
dollar bill 20 tell all he knew. bad di.
,ulsed tue fact ,ha, the rascal knes he
va. being watched he "a. frightened.
and be va. up 20 some new dodge.
though the ,ervan, did no, know what,
that very evening all the African could
say va. that his master hsd twice visited
= ,ickly looking man. whom the servant
had seen somewhere as a preacher. add
that M.rhen va. to 20 there again ,ha,
very eyeaing and meet the 'iekly man IN
a garden. The servant suspected a wed.
ding. for hi, master had ordered bis
dre., .ui, And 'prins overeoit brushed
with extra care.
MAr,hen Almo,, los, hi, head in hl'
rage. ba, III, detective rapidly laid plan
TO en,r.p the rascal. lie would hire the
.srsan, TO ab,,rAe, bis masters Goa, and
bat, which he. the detective. would pat,
on and then call uPoa III. minister. jas,
after dark. with the hope Of sucee''fally
assuming the manner and appearance OF
the rogue. aud worming himself into the
secret. Mu,hen approved the plan in
general. ba, insisted upon one change :
be would wear the coat aud ha, him
self: the detective consented. for. after
all. money was what he was working
ior. and he WAS being well paid for his
services.
The seryan, va. again bribed, and be
no, only took the overcoAt aud hat. bu,
named the hour a, which hi. master had
told him be would 10 out Then the
faithful servant led Mar,hen TO the siekly
minister's boarding house. while the de-
,ec,iyc prevented the other Mar'hen es-
Gaping. The other Msrihen scarcely
knew wha, TO do; be paced the side
walk opposite the designated garden he
saw figures occasionally enter and emerge
but none thl, he could rcosniEs.
Suddenly. however, jass after two
plainly dressed women had passed in. a
thin figure crossed the street and whi'-
pered
"She !. there"
MAr,hen followed the preacher. won-
dering in wha, words to break gently to
Mrs. whi,l.y,oa the Intelligence that
the man she had promised to many
va, WORTHLESS. scamp. But before he
could say anything the lady WAS leaning
on hi. arm. aud the minister was saying;
"a. nigh, Air-ahem-is very dan
geroa. to my lung.-ahsm-l know you
will excuse me for losing no time. An
son Mar,hen. DO you take this woman to
be your welded wife ?
MArtken was 90 as,oni.hsd that be
could scarcely maintain bis position o'
find his tongue. lie recovered. however,
a, Mrs wi,hlayton pressed closer to his
side and whispered
"Speak-quiek-if you love me !!
81 do" said Mar,hen softly, yet earn
e,,ly.
"Yes." whispered the lady.
"Then," said the minister. 81 pro-
nounce YOU man and wife, and what
God has joine together let no man put
a.under. Mr.. Marihen. will have the
certificate ready in the morning. II you
will send for IT,"
"Coms away at onee," whispered the
bride. III the dreadful enemies yoi
wrote me Abou, should see you. whA.
would happen !"
Marthen talked little bu, though. rap
idly as he drew his wife away and rap
idly along. At the frs, secluded spo, he
reached, however. he placed his arms
around her, with one hand ready to place
over her mouth should she attempt 10
shrek. he rapidly explained himself
As he had already discovered, Mrs.
Wi,hlayton was no, smart. She Was 90
daxsd by all she had heard that she had
been legally married to man whom she
had never seen but twelve hours before,
bu, whom she had then determined was
very much Of q gentleman. What could
she do in her delicate position but act
according to bis advice. which was tha,
they should take the night train for New
York and 70 to her new husbands home
and his mother, SO they did. and when
they reached there. and the son had ex.
planned to his mother. the bride confided
10 her mother. .in.law that IL seemed she