The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-21

theatrical clothes taken from Tnuieesa
parents trunks, and was executing 4
Wild and fantastic jig.
me bishop had told Eunice that in
tsie said trunks was the devils ward
robe The young people locked The
door and examined the wardrohe
thoroughly.
What places are xarre,s for rain and
love HoE it drops upon the ro.of
Iiow u goes pit-a-pat in the heart
How the heart is raining sladenIv
through the eyes and the roof il l,p.t
ing with the palpitationS OF the ~iud
Obi men seldom 20 to garrets pa
Old men Ike tarrick Howtoy neve-
do. '' "efsI
Next week Weasley How,on va. N
start for Indiana and Be an ar.o&tis. ~,
the Wabash.
His trunk was packed and his t;cke.
ior the stage was 10 be paid for over
.he great national road from Hagers-
town 70 the far West.
NY collars fare exclaimed the
bishop, az he walked the upper porch .
Nnat sum OF money! But the
next week II shall be made up out az
hanice's fortune, which will then b..
mine, with her fadeiess beautr. IN
aeaih DO US part The rascalTf
As ne looked there came a cloud of
aust up the Leisteysburg road from
the south, where somebody vas dr;v-
ing hard-soinebody in a desperate
II looks Ike a runaway couple 50
exclaimed Garrick Howton. rea Ting
Tor bis eye glasses. But the shade Il
the North Mountains, where the sun
was going down, pat A belt OF blacs-
ness upon the landscape, ike the
moons total eclipse. Whenthe sound
OF The wheels came TO the door and
1arfick heard the knock. hedescended
ana Ionnd a strange man in the parior,
which had no lights.
Sare, the stranger said, Il have ze
honalfe TO say Eat | ana IN love. But
re lady j. too little. She have not ze
grand age. II viii be all re same. be-
cause she loves me, and her father
have 20 much shame he neyair will
say nothing ! give you $50 to make
nle her husband at once, sareFf
fity dollars the bishops ayaTi-
cious heart responded. 1T j. Weas-
icy whole fare. The good demon
must have sent this man here. -
Then the business piety returning.
the Bishop spoke aloud and unctu-
ousiy:
What are the name Of the parties ?
Marriage, my brother, the apostle
says, i honorable IN all Hebrews xiii.
T. ! see not that II may not be honor
able in thee -
he names are on certificates We
have hie,i Ze Zee pay you /, ex-
traorlinarc. monsieur. For re fifty
dolialrc We make two demands-a1
premiere Eat you marry re bride
yelled Au second, z4t you sign twO
certificates for u, to protect ze lady
and moi meme.
The age OF the bride 90 asked Gar
rick HoRton.
what msttair zat? You have
made re vile at IL many 4 time My
bride j. IS, saire. Come, &c money
Here is re money.
lie felt the bank bill IN his hand.
and il dried up his compunction of
heart he felt quill put in his fingers,
aud the stranger, with sometaing
like lusee, made flame that CON
tanned birthstone and seemed yellow
and blue.
"Eternally be mine, as zis papair
you sign, the strange man exclaimed.
II mean ze lady child, 90 lady,
parbleu.
The voice had a deep, sepulchral
tone in it. and by the foreDoding flame
Garrick saw a person whose forehead
was all in patches, with French
noustaches under his nose and black
ened eyebrows drawn nearly through
-. T.. a H. A~au
you must give me some name, -
spoke Bishop a. he sighed, although
| cannot real oy such light
II am re Marquis Bellsbub."
Bring in the lady
Low laughter seemed to be circling
around the apartment AS The unuring
words were said by the Bishops fat
teiing and iatigued tongue. Loud
laughter broke from the carriage win
doNs as the ~coundrel drove away
Here, Weasley Eunice! Lights
Lights lf exclaimed old Garriek How
ton. Il have got my last marriage
fee.
No voice replied the dark mount
aims through the window showed
bridal wreaths of stars upon their for
bidding hroWs. like the awful presence
OF the Marquis, who had but now de
parted with childhood purity in his
false black eyes and wig.
The bishop took tire and lighted a
candle. lie saw paper lying upon
the floor With his signature to 1t. lie
read with horror that he acknowl-
edged the sale OF his soul TO Heelzebub
for thousand years.
"Ha! Ia be cried. satan has
dropped the contract he entrapped me
to sign To tie iire-tO the hre with
il
A voice seemed 70 sound on the gar
ret GA the waiting Of the wind.
You signed two such certificates.
Iou have married Eunice 10 the
devil.
Father. cried Wceasy HoWton.
next morning. Eunice is not 10 be
found. viii you forgive her ii she
has married III he has married me
Bishop HOwton lay on the tloor
dead.