St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-13
ter" she whispered. ppm ready now to
/ become your fe."
| His face grew deadly white

/ become your W fe."
| His face grew deadly white.
do not tempt me, he said, hoarsely.
! ION. Chester" she said when | have
so much money why are you so cruel and so
proud?"
Il cannot go back to life of ease and
dependence" he answered, 'even with
you, dear love, to brighten it. Bless YOU
for coming to me- Marion! Bless YOU for
showing me all noble woman can bel The
memory of this hour will tighten all the
future years "
!'Chester, you do not understand me,n
she persisted. Il will forget that [ have a
single penny in the world except what you
give me. [ will share whatever home you
will offer me-even this. For better. for
worse. darling, we pledged ourselves as
sacredly as though already we stood before
Gods altar. In Gods sight l am your
wife. l claim my right to share your dark
days as well as those ON which the sun of
prosperity may shine"
He strove TO answer, but his voice broke.
She had conquered, but, woman like, she
gave him the glory of her victory as she
sobbed out her happiness upon his heart.
A month later there was quiet wedding,
at VIII Oh there were neither flowers nor
bridesmaids nor music; but Marion Will
loughby missed nothing. 1t was only after
the ceremony had been performed that
Chester showed her document which had
/ been his wedding gift from the firm he had
served so faithfully, and which admitted
him as junior partner from that date. But
she smiled half sadly as she looked at il
through mist of tears
'You said once. dear" she whispered,
shat flowers TO live needed sunlight. My
darling had not then made the wonderful
hat
where With your heart for my home be
It's outward adornment what it will, envy
no king his palace or queen her throne"
THE SERPENT o. THE OCEAN.
Great Daniel Webster Saw Him in
1877 in GiOuce-ter Bay.
Boston Globe.
1t is something to know that man like
Daniel Webster once saw the sea serpent.
Ii was as long ago as Aug. IA, 1917, which
leads straight to the theory that the SER
pent of the salt seas to-day is mo chicken"
Mr.. Webster had not been long settled in
Boston at that time. and resided on Wanut
street. near the junction with Mount Yer
non. He was then 35 years old The story
was told in the New England Magazine of
last January. Col. Thomas p. Perkins. one
OF BostOn's merchant princes" as Mr..
w CUStSI ltSutiy idlllSu llenl, came Ill MS
carriage to the house of the latter on the
day above mentioned and the two set
forth for Gloucester, through the line Of
shore towns intervening.
When they arrived they found people
moving III large numbers through the
streets out to points from which they could
get good views OF the harbOr. Amos Story
(mariner) had seen the veritable sea serpent
four days before not more than twenty
rods away. He was moving at the rate Of
a mile in two minutes. or eight seconds and
fraction better than Maud S; was nearly
one hundred feet long; was as round as
mans body, with a head like turtles,
carried high out of the water; was of
dark brown color, and had the body of a
snake, with the vertical motion of the
caterpillar. For two weeks together he
made playground of Gloucester harbor.
When Mr. Webster and Col Perkins
reached the old windmill to get favorable
view of his snakesh,p, all the surrounding
places were covered with people who had
come to crafty the same curiosity. Nor
was the monster long in making his APP
pearailce.
He played now in wide circles and now
in a straight line. leaving long wake be-
hind. At length he approached so near to
the station occupied by the party of dstn-
gushed visitors that they were able. through
the ted-glasS they carried to see clearly
''hiS snaky head, his open mouth, his gleam-
ing eyes. and his prOtruding tongue"
Matthew Gaffney fired from his boat at the
monsters head an eighteen to- the-p pound
ball, at distance of not more than thirty
feet. The creature turned. sunk down like
a rock. went under the boat, and came up
smiling q hundred rods away. when. he
went on with his gambolS. unhurt. ana in
due time he vanished from the eyes of the
watching multitude. But for two weeks
he continued to be seen in the harbor.' after
which he took his unannUunced departure.
1t is to be remarked. again. that it is some
thing to know that man like Daniel Web
ster actuelly saw the sea serpent, since it
leaves no reasonable doubt that there is one.
For the testimony of the rest of those who
saw him on that day we do not particularly
care 1t was after he had seen the monster
that he made his memorable pleas and pro-
nounced his matchleSS orati0us, besides
flooring Hayne of South Carolina; and
minute account of The Serpent of the
Ocean Frequently Seen in Gloucester Bay"
was written and sent by Hon. and Gen.
David Humphreys LII. d. and F. r. S.,
Connect cut, to 1t. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks,
president of the Royal society. London.
But the serpent continues to be wise
above all the rest defying them to capture
his papers or to fix his identity.