Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-21

bade her cease to weep she wcpt the , harder and clung the more closely. "Come, Jennie" said Mrs. Parsons. Gnally. '.you really must cheer up. dear. It is not so bad but it might be worse. We have each other yet and no doubt shall get on nicely in the new home. and when MT. Ensign gets ready, you and he can he married and live in San Francisco, which is not so far away but that you can come home and see us once in awhile, and may be we can visit you-why Jennie, what is the mat ter; have you broken with MT. Ensign also?'
 But Jennie only cried the harder and clung the closer with her face hidden upon her mothers shoulder. Seeing the inability of her sister to speak, Lucy said: Jennie is married already. mother, and she and MT. En- sign are to start for Chicago next week. "Mr. Ensign came to see her the night that we got your letter telling us of the breaking of the dam, and found us crying, and when we told him about it he urged Jennie to marry him at once, and finally she consented, and he went and got clergyman. and we all went down into the Professors parlor and saw them married"
 Fl sh-shall ne never forgive myself in- in the world if you are angry with me, :" sobbed Jennie. "You know you-you wrote in the letter that-that we"
 'Yes, dear, I know" said Mrs. Par sons. soothingly, stroking Jennie's hair the while. Il wrote you that if your lovers urged a speedy marriage your father and would not object. So You have done nothing wrong, and l am sure MT. Ensign will make you good. Kind husband, and I hope you W Il be very happy. l am only sorry that you are going so far away Can not Mr. Ensign find work in San FranciscoP''
 At this Jennie began to check her sobs. and from the two girls their moth CT learned the whole story.
 Ems gn had chanced to meet a gen. tleman from Chicago for whom he had worked before he came to the coast. and who now offered him a position at good wages with the prospect of fore manship in a short time, if he would re- turn to Chicago and the old shop. As wares were not SO good in San Francisco as formerly, and there were runners of the factory shutting down entirely, he had decided to ac- cept the offer, provided Jennie would go W tn him as his wife, and going to consult her with li.tle hope that she would consent to so nasty q marriage, had arrived just as the girls were in their deepest distress over the news from home. Taking advantage of tie situation he urged an instant marriage, which ended in Jennie's sobbing out a consent upon his shoulder, and the young man had gone at once for the pastor of 8 church and had the cere- mony performed in the presence of the family with whom the girls were roon- ing.
 He was to come for Jennie in few days-as soon as he could arrange some little matters of business, and they were to go to Sacramento by boat and from there by rail to Chicago.
 And so am to lose one of my girls after all." said Mrs. Parsons, when they had finished. Well. if you are only happy, dear, I will try and not be sorry that you are going"
 The next day when MT. Parsons re- turned he hugged and kissed the girls in a boisterous manner. which he in- tended as a cover for his feelings over the loss of the old place and their changed circumstances.
 Then he went to MT. Blake's office, delivered up the horses. wagon and carriage, and gave him bill of sale for tn, hogs and the houshold goods which he was to have, and which he had left by agreement at a neighbours.
 In return he received warranty deed to the new place, made by his request and without her knowledge in the name of his wife.
 He did not do this for the purpose of dcfrauding any one, for he owed no man dollar. but he had lost all pride in ownership, and somehow felt that honor required that, having failed to protect his own rights and guard his family from suffering, he should now resign all claim to the direction of of their fortune in the hands of her who, equally with himself, had aided in accommodating all that was lost, as we'll as all that remained.
 Accompanying the deed was an ab- stract of title signed by the Recorder of Deeds for the county, showing that there were no mortgages on record against the land therein described, and that the title thereto was in the name of Mir. Blake.
 Not daring to trust to his own knowl- edge of such things, MT. Parsons took the abstract and deed to the landlord of the hotel, whom he thought 8 man likely to be possessed of some knowl- edge of business. The landlord looked them over and pronounced them all right.
 Determined to have no lingering doubts to worry h m hereafter, MT. Parsons then sought out the village lawyer, and submitted them to him also.
 That gentleman glanced them over and replied:
 '1t's all right, sir; all right"
 'Land entered by John Smith, who John Smith and Hannah E. Smith, his wife. They sell to Thomas R. Blake Thomas R. Blake and Mary S. Blake .}eed to Martha fl Parcopc