Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-18

eclipse. When the sound of the wheels came
to the door and Garrick heard the knock, be
descended and found strange man in the
parlor, which had no lights.
"Sare," the stranger said, Il have re hon.
aire to say zat am in loave But re lady
is too leetle; she have not re grand age. 1t
will be all re same; because she loaves me
and her fathair have so much shame he
nevair will say nothing. l give you fifty
dollaire to make me her husband at once,
sarer'
Fifty dollarsl" the bishops avaricious
heart responded at is Weasley's whole fare.
The good demon must have sent this man
here
Then the business piety returning, the
bishop spoke aloud and most unctuously:
"What are the names of the partiesl Mar
riage, my brother, the apostle says, is honor
able in all-Hebrews xiii, 4 see not that it
may not be honorable in thee"
''Ze names are on certificates we have
| filled Re fee / pay you IS extraordinaire,
monsieur, For 20 fifty dollaire we make two
demands: Au premiere, Eat you marry re
| bride veiledl Au second, zat you sign two
certificates for us, to protect re lady and moi
| meme"
| 1.-THE age of the bridefn asked Garrick
| Howton.
sWhat mattair zatl You have made "a
wife at fourteen many time. Ny bride is
sixteen, saire. Come, re money! Here is ze
money"
He felt the bank bill in his hand and ID
dried up his computations OF heart; he felt a
quill put in his fingers and the stranger, with
something like a fusee, made fnme that
contained birthstone and seemed yellow and
| blue.
''Eternally be mine as zis papair you sign,
the strange man exclaimed-'I mean re lady
child, re lady, parbleu.n
The voice had deep sepulchral tone in it,
and by the foreboding flame Garrick saw a
person whose forehead was all in patches,
with French mustaches under his nose and
blackened eyebrows drawn nearly through
the temples to the edge of coIorless, inky
wig
You must give me some name,n spoke the
bishop as he signed, although l cannot read
by such light"
81 am ze Marquis Bellsbulb."
Bring in the ladyl"
Low laughter seemed to be circling around
the apartment as the uniting words were said
by the bishops faltering and fatigued tongue.
Loud laughter broke from the carriage win,
dows as the scoundrel drove away
''Here, Weasleyl Eunice Lightsl Lightsr
exclaimed old Garrick Howton Il have go,
my last marriage fee"
No voice replied; the dark mountains
through the windows showed bridal wreath:
of stars upon their forbidding brows, like the
awful presence Of the marquis who had but
now departed with childhoods purity in hi.
false black eyes and wig
The bishop took fire and lighted a candle
He saw a paper lying upon the floor with hi:
signature to it. He read with horror that hi
acknowledged the sale OF his soul to Beelzebut
for a thousand years
"Ha! ha!" be cried, "Satan has dropped
the contract he entrapped me to sign. To ths
fre-to the fire with it,"
A voice seemed to sound from the garnet OIL
the wailing of the wind.
"You signed two such certificates. Yor
have married Eunice to the devil"
Father" cried Weasley Howton mex
morning, 'Eunice is pot to be found vii
you forgive her if she has married-if she ha.
married me?'
Bishop Howton lay on the floor dead
George Alfred Townsend in Baltimore HON,
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