The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-09-04

ne Wds WIZ, ana upDralded 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-
tons OF james johnson, a widower, twice
her age. In the meantime Fraley had
repented Of his hastiness in r~eveneing
himself on Anna on the day of the elope-
ment, and persistently ~endeayored to OBJ.
tam his former sweetheart's forgiveness,
but she held out stoutly against his apr
peals, although they We're 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 a progresses
ing man and had three children, ouls
nearly as old as Miss Colbert, every one
knew that the girl was going to marry
him simply out of pique. -
No n knew this better than Anthony
Fraley, and he made up his mind to pre-
vent the wedding. He chose a 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 a man of particularly strong per,
sonal courage, and Fraley's manner was
SO determined that he was filed with
mortal terror. The result was that he
broke his, engagement with the tailer,si
daughter This did rot seem to1grieve
her in the least, neither did it have.any
effect in sQfteningi her toward her old
lover, and Tailor Colbert atlast 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. . q his mind
that he might as vel give up his efforts
to renew the old relations. and about
three months ago apparently showed
considerable partiality;te the daughter
Of his old empieyer, he having IN The
meantime starred IN business for hiin-
sell. Some time before he began paying
attention tohis former employers daugh-
ter Miss Colbert had gone TO Gairsyine
to fiye Witha an aunt, who was an invalid.
According to the gossip of Coalten
about the Fourth Of July a letter froms
one Of her girl friends in this laaoeseonz
yexed her the intelligence that Tony
Fraley was going to marry his new
fame, and insreplying to this letter Miss
Colbert had written, ''Tony Fraiey isn't
going to do any such thing At any
rate one day early in July she returned
10 her fathers unexpectedly and With
out notification. The gossip of the place
declares that she told her father that
she wanted him to send fer Anthony
Fraleys Whether she did or not An
tlsony Fraieycertainiy went to Cobert's
on the very night OF Annas arrival He
continued going there right along. and
the first thing people knew it was an
norrnced that Anna Colbert and Anthony
Fraaey were to be married on Friday
July 81, and SO they, were. .sb
Such is the romance that has kept the
'gossips of this place more than busy for
two years, the AenoHement 10 (which has
lifted a great burden of suspense from
their minds, and carried Joy to the heart
of Tailor benjamin Cobert.-New York
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