The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11
VOL XIII. RISING sun, CECIL COUNTY, MD. FRIDAY,

had become of him. At the hotel she
learned that he had driven past in the
direction from which they had come.
Miss Colbert, ut loss to account for this,
in turn hired the hotel rig and started in
pursuit. She overlook her lover two or
three miles out of town, and angrily de-
manded to know why he was treating
her so.
"I happened to think, he replied, sit
was only meant in fun, and we had bet
ter wait"
Without another word the piqued Miss
Colbert drove on home, and her lover fol-
lowed leisurely.
The arrival home of the tailor's daugh-
ter alone did not surprise the old gentle
man, for he supposed she had come to
plead for forgiveness and reconciliation.
Before she had time to say word he
kissed her and said;
81 am sorry you did it in this way, but
forgive you both. Send for your hus-
band"
But when the father was told the truth
he was wild, and upbraided his daughter
for her fckleness. From that day and
for weeks, greatly to the amazement of
Anthony Fraley, Annals father used ev-
cry means to reconcile the stubborn and
inexplicable lovers, but Anna would not
yield, and declared that she would never
again see or speak to Anthony. On the
contrary, she openly accepted the atten-
tions of James johnson, a widower, twice
her age. In the meantime Fraley had
repented of his hastiness in revenging
himself on Anna on the day Of the elope-
ment, and persistently endeavored to OBJ
tain his former sweetheart's forgiveness,
but she held out stoutly against his ap-
peals, although they were aided by the
efforts of her father. Six months after
her elopement and its peculiar ending,
she told her father that she intended to
marry Widower johnson. AS Widower
johnson was by no means progresses
ing man and had three children, one
nearly as old as Miss Colbert, every one
knew that the girl was going to marry
him simply out of pique.
No one knew this better than Anthony
Fraley, and he made up his mind to pre-
vent the wedding He chose singular
way Of doing it. He went to johnson
and told him that if he married Anna
Fraley he would shoot him dead ON his
wedding day. Widower johnson was
not man of particularly strong per-
sonal courage, and Fraley's manner was
SO determined that he was filled with
mortal terror. The result was that he
broke his engagement with the tailor's
daughter. This did not seem to grieve
her in the least, neither did it have any
effect in softening her toward her old
lover, and Tailor Colbert at last gave up
all hope of ever having Tony Fraley's
great expectations as a part of the Co
bert family, and ceased his endeavors to
bring about a reconciliation between
that young man and his daughter. Fra
ley himself finally made up his mind
that he might as well give up his efforts
to renew the old relations, and about
three months ago apparently showed
considerable partiality to the daughter
of his old employer, he having in the
meantime started in business for him
self. Some time before he began paying
attention to his former employers daugh-
ter Miss Colbert had gone to Clairsville
W AifO WAbiA e1tl ttttnt, w IIlfettllt.
According to the gossip of Coalton
about the Fourth of July letter from
one of her girl friends in this place con-
veyed her the intelligence that Tony
Fraley was going to marry his new
flame, and in replying to this letter Miss
Colbert had written, ''Tony Fraley isn't
going to do any such thing" At any
rate one day early in July she returned
to her fathers unexpectedly and with
out notification. The gossip of the place
declares that she told her father that
she wanted him to send for Anthony
Fraley. Whether she did or not An
thony Fraley certainly went to Cobert's
on the very night of Annals arrival. He
continued going there right along, and
the first thing people knew it was an
nounced that Anna Colbert and Anthony
Fraley were to be married on Friday,
July 81, and SO they were.
Such is the romance that has kept the
gossips of this place more than busy for
two years, the denouement to which has
lifted q great burden of suspense from
their minds, and carried joy to the heart
of Tailor Benjamin Cobert.-New York
Sun.