The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-08-08
Marrying in Haste.

1t is the old story over again that
comes by telegraph from Scranton
marrying stranger in haste "to re
pent at leisure'--to the effect that
"Miss Caroline Clyde, of the village
of Stoddardsville, was the Oldest of
three spiuster sisters and a bachelor
brother. Their parents died many
years ago and left them in fairly com
Portable circumstances, and the four
lived together and held the property
in common All the children had
been well educated. Each of the
young women had chances TO marry,
but the suitors did not come up TO
their ideas of what husband should
be intellectually and so the intelligent
girls grew to be old maids. They
were independent, yet sociable and
neighborly, and they had msuy friends
among the villagers. Twenty-Five
years ago the youngest sister died, and
left her share of the property TO the
two remaining girls. Ten years later
the brother passed away. He had ac-
cumulsted few thousand dollars,
which he willed TO his two sisters. In
side of three years the younger sister
died, Miss Clyde was alone in the
world. Besides the house and lot she
had between $4,000 and $4,000 in
good securities. For twelve years
Miss Clyde and a solitary female ser
want occupied the old homestead Last
summer young Englishman, who
said his name was Arthur Harrington,
took up his abode in the village He
pretended to be very pious, attended
the ssme church that Miss Clyde did,
formed her acquaintance in short
time, and soon began to make love TO
her Miss Clyde was then 81 years
old, and her young lover only 27. The
elderly maiden was greatly hsttered
by Farrington's declarations of love.
She told some of the neighboring
women that she had never supposed
before that a man could possibly think
as much of woman as Harrington
thought of her, and the neighboring
women told her not to believe all the
fellow said. But Miss Clyde did be-
lieve him, and during the holiday sea.
son last winter she was quietly mar
ried TO her young English lover. The
honeymoon was passed in the old
Clyde homestead, and then Mr. Arthur
Harrington made trip to New York
alone. He stayed there for nearly 6
week, when he returned home and re
mained fortnight. During the next
two months he made number O.
journeys to the metropolis, and the
villagers wondered what he was up to
To an inquisitive neighbor Mrs. Far.
rington confided the fact that her hus
band had taken all her securities ant
was going 10 double them in value be
fore the end of the year, and whel
they had got $4,000 they intended tc
sell the old home and move to largel
town. Along in May Mr.. Harrington
sold the house aud lot and got tn
cash for it aud with his wifel
consent he started to look for a ney
home somewhere on the Hudson. HI,
was to be back inside of week, but
his aged wife has not seen him from
that day to this Five weeks after hi
departure Mrs. Harrington received
letter from her rsscally young hus
band. 1t was postmarked Liverpool
and in it he thanked her for givin!
him a start in the world, hoped sh
wouldn't cry about it, trusted som
one would take good care of her an,
said he should never cross the ocear
again. The deceived woman had les
than $50 when Harrington left her
and she has gone to live with som
relatives in Central New York"