Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-10-11

'Mother agreed to this, she always
gave in to her mother at last, but the
Others demurred There was tie vote,
for father seemed to be barred out.
"They wrangled over the thing for
two days, when Grandfather Marathon
proposed a compromise. Let's leave it
to the minister, he said. DIR. Curran is
sensible as we'll as good man. Let
every one write down the name he or she
prefers on the same sheet of paper. Al
gernon can hand it to DR.. Curran and tell
him he is to select the one he thinks
best This was finally agreed to. Grand
father and Grandmother Marabon both
wrote what is called fine hands, and
Grandmother Jenifer bold hand. This
time she enlarged it until it rose to what
the boys at school called a big hand,
and the Napoleon Caesar went two-thirds
of the way across the page. Father took
the paper He did not care q straw
whether | was called Peter of Algernon,
but he revolted at Napoleon Caesar. So,
before he handed the paper to the minis
ter, he wrote Jehosophat! in quite as big
letters as Grandmother Jenifers, right
after hers. This was to call DR.. Curran s
attention to the absurdity of the name
just before. Now you see how the thing
is shaping2"
II can't say thst l do, as yet"
"Ah! But you must know that my
father was a soft spoken man, and when
he said in a Low voice, You viii find the
name on this paper, Dr. Curran, you are
to choose which The minister only
caught the fist part of his remarks. He
looked at the paper He was little
short-sighted; but he caught Grand
mother Jenifer's big letters and my
fathers after them and quite overlooked
the others He thought the name queer,
but not exactly open to canonical objec-
ton, and it fixed itself in his mind. So
when the moment came | had the name
of Napoleon Caesar Jehosophat fixed on
me as tightly as the church could do it. "
"Then your Grandmother Jenifer must
have been pleased2'
"But she wasn't, though. She de-
clared that father had done it on purpose
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and took up with Sam Martin, and when
she died she left to Felicia and her chill
dren everything she had"
'That was bad"
at wasn't bad for the Martins, and
have enough But how am to break
the matter to Edith2"
'It is the easiest thing in the world,
my dear Joker. Napoleon Marabon'
sounds very we'll"
but the Caesar and that abominable
Jehosophat?"
s'Give them the go by. Follow TIE
example of men of rank abroad. There
isn't king, nor royal prince, nor the
head of a noble house that hasn't from
three to thirty names given him at his
baptism, but he never uses but one.
| There is no law here that forces you
to use more than one of yours. Drop the
Caesar and Jehosophat, at least the Je-
hosophat, and with the bravery inherent
to the name itself, march to matrimony
as Napoleon Marabon.
N. c. j., as N. G. J. no more, took
comfort and my advice. l was the
groom's best man when Miss Edith
Keteltas became Mrs. Napoleon Marathon,
and the gratitude of my friend seems tc
know no bounds. He not only gave his
willingness, but he never rested till | re
moved to New York, where he promoted
my fortune in various ways. l am al
ways an honored guest at his table, ano
very young gentleman in New York
bears the name of Gabriel Belfort Mara
! bon.
But secret will leak out. am sure
| never breathed it to any one; | am
equally sure that Napoleon never did, un
less it might have been muttered in
sleep; but Mrs. Marathon knows all abou
it. Yesterday they had good-naturee
dispute, to which was an amused lis
tener Marabon's logic was too mucf
for his wife, who took refuge in retort
Looking quizzically she raised her fore
finger, and to her husbands great aston
isnment, said ''Now, you Jehosophat!'
--Neao York Mercury.
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