Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-11-16

Also, 10 is clear that ] cannot put any re-
straint upon the liberty of the subject and
order you to remain with me. Indeed, I
doubt If il would DO possible TO do so by
any means short Of an Act Of Parliament.
Under these circumstances I am, / con-
fess, q little confused as 10 what course
should be token with reference 10 this i'm
portant viii"
what / have 10 suggest, SIR said Mr..
Short, lis that a certified copy Of the viii
should be filed, and that there should be a
special paragraph inserted in the affidavit
OF scripts detailing the circumstance"
"Ah!" said the learned Doctor, polishing
his eyeglasses, you have given me an
idea. With Miss Smithe-s' consent we
will file something better than a certified
copy Of the will-we will file a photograph
&c copy. The Inconvenience TO Miss Smith
ers will be trifling, and il may prevent
questions being raised hereafter"
Have you any objections to that, my
dear" asked Lady Holmhurst.
"Oh, 40, | suppose not" said Augusta,
m~ournfully. IL seem TO be public proper.
~ now"
VERY well, then, excuse me for a mo-
ment.' said the learned Doctor. There
is a photographer close by whom l have
had occasion 10 employ officially. / viii
write and see IL he can come round"
In a few minutes an answer came back
from the photographer that he would be
happy TO wait upon DR.. Probate at three
o'clock, up to which hour he was engaged.
We'll, 4" said the Doctor, lit is clear that
/ cannot let Miss Smith .rs out of the Gus
tody If the court till the photograph is
taken. Let me see, / think that yours was
my last appointment this morning. Now,
what do you say to the idea of something
to eat? We are not five minutes drive
from Simpsons, and I shall feel delighted
If you viii make a measure Of a necessity"
Lady H%olmhurst, who was getting very
hungry, said that she should be most
pleased, and, accordingly, they all-with
the exception of Mr.. John Short, who de-
parted about some business, saying that
he would return at three o'clock-droye
of in Lady Holmhurst's carriage 10 the
restaurant, where this delightful specimen
OF the genus Registrar stood them a most
sumptuous champagne lunch, and made
himself so agreeable that both the ladies'
nearly fell ia love with him, and even
Eustace was constrained TO admit 10 him
self that good things can come out Of the
blNoECt OOAAt. IlAah!' int DoCtOA HOuAo
up the proceedings. which were Of a most
lively order, and included an account Of
Augustus adventures. with a toast.
~ hear from Lady Holmhurst,n he said,
'that you two young people are going 10
take the preliminary superintendent q
possible future appearance in that Court
with which had for many years the hon.
or Of being connected-that is, that you
are going 70 get married. Now, matri-
mony is, according to my somewhat ex-
tended experience, an undertaking OF q
ventureson-e order, though cases occasion
ally come under ones observation where
the results have proved 10 be in every way
satisfactory; and I must say that, if l may
form an opinion from the facts as they are
before me, | never knew an engagement
entered into under more promising or
more romantic auspices. Here the young
gentleman q~uarrels with his uncle in tax
ing the part Of the young lady, and there
b. is disinherited of vast wealth. Then the
young LADY, under the most terrible circum-
stances, takes steps Of a natT.re that not one
woman in five hundred would have done
TO restore TO him that wealth. Wheth-
er or no those steps viii ultimately prove
successful do not know, and, IL | did,
like HerOdotus, / should prefer not to say;
but, whether the wealth comes or goes, il
Is impossible but that a sense OF mutual
confidence and a mutual respect and ad
miration-that is, If a more quiet thing
certainly, also, a more enduring thing
than mere 'love'-must and VIII result
from them. Mr.. Meeson, you are indeed
a fortunate man. In Miss Smithers you
are going 10 marry beauty. courage, and
geniuS and il you will allow an oldish
mar , some experience todrop the official
and give you a word of advice, it is this
Away try to deserve your good fortune,
and remember that q man who, in his
youth, finds such u woman, and is ena-
bled by circumstance TO marry her, Is in
deed
"'smiled on by Joy, and cherished Of the gods
And now / will end my sermon, and wish
sou both health and happiness and full
ness of days" and he drank of his glass of
champagne, and looked so pleasant and
kindly that Augusta longed To kiss him OF
the spot, and as for Eustace, he shook
hands with him warmly. and then and
there a friendship began between the two
which endures till now.
And then they all went back to the Of
fee, and there was the photographer wait
ing with all his apparatus, and astonished
enough he was when he found out what
the job was that he had to do. However,
the task proved an easy n enough. as
the light Of 2ie room was suitable, and the
lark lines of cutie ink upon Augustus
snowy skin would, the man said, come out
J perfectly in the photograph. So he took
two or three shots 1T her back and then
daDarted saving that he would brinQ a
life-sized reproduction TO be filed in The
Registry in a couple of days
And after that the learned Registrar also
shook hands with them, and said that he
need detain them no longer. as he now felt
justified in allowing Augusta out Of his
custody.
And so they departed, glad to have 60,
over the first step so pleasantly.
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