Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-03

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Lar Es<a aea ssers On thsir feet. in-
esi1rzS Hl1gkssy Harvard sow~rd ezeh
ether sad tssksag words wEieA should
never BE s9ezsa. s~hsn sa1ieniy TIE
nail stage drew up VITA . crash - tae
deer
The postmaster threw last parting
glare a. tas squire. and carried o4t TIE
tnsu s4gs. vale the whole party fet-
lowed TO sec who might be IN ths
stage. TEs light strs.ned throayh
The oaen door iaEo The stage, and ths
villagers saw inside = slngie passenger
whom they recognized As Cincinnati
sAieszaan through whom some Of the
kingssoro rlsTchants occasionally par
chased goo1S They were about to
tara away ia mingled disappointment
and resignation when suddenly 10
Madison, VINO had just arrived at the
office sPrz2z into the stage and threw
himself upoa the passenger, while the
stage tU-aed quickly. the driver
whipped up furiously and started for
the hotel
The ss-res which passed around the
party OF spectators wese simply appall-
ing in their biankness At last squire
Ripson recovered breath enough to
gasp:
''Detective,''
mo such thingy' shouted Bill Burth
through the delivery window. Its
probably the poor little fellows
brother, and he's been waiting for him
wee Ks longer than he expected to-"
A derisive smiles played over the
hills and valleys of the squire's
face, and be was about 10 say some
thing when the reader of tie New
York Romancer abandoned his theory
OF the disguised prince and suggested
that 10 was highwayman; that he
knew travelling statesmen carried lots
of money; that he was robbing the
salesman. the driver was in league
with him, aud like enough they were q
mile from town by this time inste ad
of going TO the hotel. Jack Sheppard
was little fellow" said the theorist
in evidence.
I'm going to the hotel" said the
squire. starting for the door and fol-
lowed by the whole party. A moment
later the door of the postmaster's inner
sanctum was heard TO slam and Bill
Burth came running TO join the crowd.
Sol Turner. who carried crutches and
was soon left beisind, shouted appeal
ingly TO them to do nothing until he
got there TO see, but no encouraging
answer was waited back to him.
The hotel was gained and tho stage
stood before the door, but the conse-
quent failure of the theory Of the Ro-
mancers reader could not stop the i'm
pctuous rush of the villagers They
crowded into the public room of the
hotel, but neither 10 nor the stranger
was there. In a moment, however, n
door opened and good Mrs. Butler, the
landlady. appeared with smile on her
face and q tear in each eye.
II know what you men are after"
She said Don't ever talk about wom-
ans curiosity again. The whole storv
rs this: 10 Madison is woman and
Mr. Brown was her lover. They had
sonc sort of . lovers quarrel and
parted angry. She made up her mind
she Was in the wrong, but by that
time he had started ON another trim.
She didn't know where to write to
him, but she once heard him saw he
never missed going TO Kings boro, so
she came here In a suit of her broth
er's clothes and has boon waiting for
hira ever since, poor girl. Apd they've
made up and are ever so happy and ere
going to be married tomorrow. And
I've known about it all the time aud
ia have done just what she did il I'd
have been her"
This last CLAUSE of Mrs Buffers
speech was enough TO set 10 Madison
right in everyone's eyes for Mrs But
Ter was one of those women who are
trusted by everyone on questions of
propriety. But 1t is doubtful whether
her hearers on this particular occasion
remembered this portion of Mrs. But
ler's wonderful address until it was re-
called By some sighting remark made
by persons to whom the story was told
at second hand. The men said nothing
to each other for several monenta
Then Bill Burth went mcekly up to
II was fool, squire"
II was another" whispered the
squire
The interested parties had deter
mined to have the wedding ceremony
performed with the greatest privacy,
but some ena learned from, Parson Fish
the hour at which the service was 70
be performed and the news spread rap
idly. and the Kin9sboro people took
the matter ia their own hands They
dressed in their best and bcsieged the
hotel, and when tho bride saw them
through the states OF her window
blinds her sense of fun moved her to
order that taey should be admitted SO
far As the capacity of the largest room
In the hotel wsuid allow.
Thus it was discovered that the bride
had discreetly brought trunkful OF
her own proper apparel with her, and
that she looked sinply charming in
neat walking suit and bonnet PaxSou
Fish Hsade man szd wife of Hubert L.
Brown and Josephine NJ Allison, and
then 'Jo'' kissed and was kissed BIZ all
me kingsboro girls, and by maoy ma
irons who seemed to grow younger M
they looked into her happy face rs
for the men. they looked as shespish
as they deserved "a. but they had Q
new sobject for conversation, and il
lasted the post Office coterse for full