Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-09-20
OBACCO, MARYLAND. SEPTEMBER 20. 1889.

to be compel Ell to marry that coarse,
vul gar and ropulsiv1 creatu e.
Yes, she would run away at once
The poor chid-for She wa, little more
had not askel herself where she
should 90. She had no other relations
that she knew of in the world, and the
isola. ell life she had always led had
caused her to form no iutm cie', or
even to make friends with those of her
own age. Indeed with this prospective
fortuae, yet she was virtually alone aud
unprotected, and without relation
whom she did not look upon as hel
enemy.
The next day after julio had heard
this information was Sunday, the gaye't
day of the week in Marscilles, and, for
tunately, Julie succeeded in ma ding her
escape from hcr aunts house Still un-
decided where TO go, and in h9r desp9r-
alton fearing that at any moment she
might be seized and carried back, she
had wandered into the flower market,
where she came upon US already de-
scribcd.
As she explained to Harry a(tcrward,
she was intent only upon escape, and
believed this TO bc her last chance.
When she saw half dozen young
Americans, who seemed perfectly re.
spectacle, the idea that positive safety
lay only in marriage dawncl upon her,
and he actually ran toward us, as we
have related, the moment the thought
developed itself.
Harry became more and more i'm
pressed with jules story as they walked
along, while he was delighted by her
innocent beauty and manifest refine
mcnt 1t was all like a dream, almost
too romantic for truth. Our 'fate"
sometimes comes to us in this singular
fashion, he thought "There is a tide
in the affairs Of men which, taken at
the flood, leads on to fortune" Sud
denly he turned to her and said:
"Dlrc you trust me with your hap
piness2"
She looked at him thoughtfully with
her soft, plcaling eyes. II r brain was
very busy; she remembered what awaited
her at home, what hal driven her
thence. and then, in ropy to his sober
question, she put both of her hands into
his with child. like trust.
They wandered on. julio had always
plenty OF money in her purse and they
strolled into little chapel on their way.
whore they found young clergyman,
who could not resist their request to
marry them, and so, though reluctantly
and advising proper delay, he performed
the marriage ceremony, aided by the
sexton aud his wife, who each received
Napoleon.
As an inducemcnt, Harry had also
told the clcrgymcn that hc was just go
ing to sea, and that he must be married
before he sailed, that not even one hour
was TO be lost.
Julie came out of the chapel the wife
of Harry b., who went with her TO tho
Hotel du Louvre. From here he Sc Mt a
pressing notc to the American Consul,
who me to him early the next morn
ing, and by the earnest persuasion of
Hurry, the consul agreed to take the
young wife to his own house, until
matters should be settled as it regarded
their future course In the consul hou e,
Julie found pleasant aud safe retreat
for the time being.
Whatever might be said with regard
to the propriety of the young folk con-
duct, it could not be uudonc. They
were irrcvocably united as husband and
WIFE, Hurry was forced, however, to
resign his commission. BY the aid Of
the Consul, jules rights in relation to
her fortune under her fathers VII were
fully realized, and she came almost i'm
modiatoly with her young husband to
America.
Harry b., by means of proper in
iiuence once more entered the navy, the
second time as lieutenant, and now
wears captains epaulets. -Ne0 YORK.
NeWS