The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-10
LADIES LUNCH

eyeglasses. But the shade of the North
mountains, where the sun was going down.
put belt OF blackness upon the landscape.
like the moons total eclipse. When The
sound OF the wheels came 10 the door aud
Garrick heard the knock, he descended
and found strange man In the parlor,
which had no lights.
"Sare," the stranger said, "I have 70
honairc TO say zat ] am in loaye. But 20
lady is too lcctle; she have not 10 grad age.
II will be all ~ same, because she love me
and her fathair have 80 much shame ne
nevaire will say nothing. / give you $50
TO make me her husband nj once. sareri
Fifty dollars" the bishops avaricious
heart, responded. at il Wcasley's whole
fare. The good demon must have sent
this man here"
Then the business picty returning the
bishop spoke aloud and most unctuously:
What are the names OF the parties?
Marriage, my brother, the apostle SAYS. is
honorable in all-llebrcws xiii, 4. / sec
not that ! may not be honorable in thee"
We names are on the certificates we
have filed. u fee pay YOU Is extraorli-
naire, monsieur, for 10 $50 we make two
dcmands-Au premiere zat you marry ~
bride yelled! Au second, zlt you sign two
certificates for US, to protect ~ lady and
moi meme"
"The age Of the bride2" asked Garrick
Howton.
"What mattair zqt2 You have made 10
wife NJ fourteen many time. My bride
is sixteen, saire. Come 70 money! Here
Is ~ money"
lie felt the bank bill in his hand, aud Il
dried up his conjunction Of heart; lao
felt quill put In his fingers, and the
stranger, with something like n iuscc,
made finpc that contained birthstone
and seemed yellow and blue.
"Eternally be mine, rs us papair You
sign,' the strange man exclaimed 81
mean ~ lady child, ~ lady, parblcu."
The voice bad deep scpulchtal lone in
Il, and 10y the iorcbOding flame Gafrick
saw person whose forehead was all in
patches, with French fnustachcs under
his nose and blnckoned eyebrows drawn
nearly through 10 the edge Of a colorless,
inky wig
you must give mo some name" up oke
the Bishop rs hu signed, although i can
not read by such q light"
~ am ~ Marquis Bolsbub."
Bring In the lndyl'
Low laughter seemed 10 bc circlinp
around the apartment ~ the uniting words
were said boy the Bishops ialicrlng and
laiigued tongue. Loud laughter broke |
from the carriage windows a. the scoundrcl |
drove away.
Here, Wcasleyl Eunicel Lightsl
Lghis!' exclaimed old GarUck Ilowton. |
81 have got my lat marriage fee.
No voice replied; the dark mountains
through the windows showed bridal |
wrraths Of STAN upon their forbidding
brows, like the awful presence Of the Mar. |
quis who had but now departed with |
purity In his false black eyes |
and wig.
Tho Bishop took fire and lighted can.
die. lie saw a paper lying upon the
iloor will signature 10 Il. lie read with
horror that he acknowledged the sale of
his soul TO Boelzcbub for thousand wears.
"lial hal he cried, Satan has droppcd
The contract lac onirappcd me TO sign. To
The iire-to the fire with az"
A voice seemed 90 sound from hoparret
on the wailing OF the wind.
You have signed two such certificates.
Iou have married Eunice 10 the devil"
Father" cried Wesley Howton next
"Eunice II not 30 be found. !
WI you forgive her Il she has married.
Il she has married mc7'
Bishop Howton lay on the floor dead. -
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