Arizona republican., 1891-11-28

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;
 "l 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 fickleness. From that day and for weeks, greatly to the amazement of Anthony Fraley, Annas 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 tho elope- ment, and consistently endeavored to ob- 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 prepossess- 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 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 part of the Co., bert family, and ceased his endeavors to bring about 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 to live with an aunt, who was an invalid.
 According to the gossip of Coalton about the Fourth of July a letter from one of her girl friends in this place con veyed her tho 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 Coberts on the very night of Anna's 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 31, and 90 they were.
 Such is the romance that has kept the gossips of this place more than busy for two years, the deuouement to which has lifted a great burden of suspense from their minds, and carried joy to the heart of Tailor Benjamin Cobert.-New York Sun.