The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-09-04
WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER A. 1890

that ungodly boy of yours George Frank, is
dragging me slowly but surely down to per-
dition.'
Chaplain, If you mean that you'd like to cuss
George little I'd advise you to let her rip. be-
cause I've got heavy contract of the same
kind on hand, and maybe | could help you
out little. But what has George done to you ?
! thought You and he were thicker than
thieves"
" 1t is tTno that our relations have always
boon very pleasant, and there is just where the
trouble came from. You see George has been
keeping an eye on my horse in the Union
House stable, for which allowed him to have
n ride occasionally. This afternoon was in
vited to go and marry young couple down on
tho railroad few miles When | went for my
horse Mr.. Macabee, the landlord told me that
George had borrowed his buggy and harness,
put my horse in, and has run away with Mrs.
Hannahs daughter to Mary land to be married" 3"
"Whoop! Rain 'em down! Bully for the
kid! Somebody show me the man that dares
go down to the North American House and
whisper thatl" shouted the Captain. why,
it's not an hour since the young scOundrel
came to me whining to go homo, because, he
made me believe, that girls mother wanted to
marry him. Why, the boy must have run her
oil while was talking to her mother"
This was in fact the case, and, besides, there
was no necessity now for telling Mrs. Hannah.
Some of her own servants had seen the young
folks drive off and supposed she knew all about
il. Her wrath was like unto that of tigress
robbed of her only cub, and she raved and tore
around until she happened to think of sending
for Capt Sheetz, with some vague idea Of
wreaking her vengeance on him. The Captain
was afraid to go unless the Chaplain went also,
which he finally consented to do, and to act as
peacemaker.
They found Mrs. Hannah full of anger, dread
uEaIu H.
ried and no harm came to them, she would be
thankful though she had sent tho fastest
horses and best riders in her stable on their
track. The Captain talked cOnsOlingly of
Georges honorable character, and the Chap
lain C0nversed sOothngly of the thousand
chances that everything would come out hap
PLY, and in the mean time the sun sank down
in the west, while the three friends in a COM
mon sorrow sat in the dusky parlor awaiting
tho return Of the messengers with news. The
widow was sobbing quietly, when sidedOor
opened noiselessly in the dark and a fresh and
angry young voice shouted out:
Ma! MAJ That nasty cook, Jane. won't
give me a bit to eat for George and he's just
starving"
Then there was another scene at the end of
which it was disclosed that nobody bad run
away or got married. Lizzie had expressed n
desire to take George out TO see her uncle, two
miles out on the Williamsport road, and he had
taken the Chsplain's horse TO convey them.
They had had jolly time. and couldn't be
made to see the use in all the fuss that had
been raised over them.
George" said the Captain and the Chaplain
cOnjointly, don't you know that IL Ia horrible
for you to lilo SOP What made you say that
Mrs. Hannah wanted TO marry your"
Zoos she sed she did. She sed she wanted
to marry me to Lizzie, an wanted to go homo
for some decent clOthesn
The progress Of the war made George a Lieu
tenant three years after, and then he and Liz
zie did marry without any fuss about it, though
Mrs. Hannah declared they might have waited
until George was old enough to vote. where
upon he assured her he had voted at every
election held in tho army.