Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-02-24
at the foot of the hill How wrctched 1t loolrs. docs it mott"

at the foot of the hill. How wretched 1t loolns, docs 1t notf"
 tdocs not appear greatly inferior to cur best city homes, she answered.
 But it lackcth something; in . few wecks it will be embcsomed tn flowers, but there will bo none like thee~
 She hung her head of course; there was. however, a peculiar smile on her lips which perhaps the wild flowers saw. But Hugh only saw the blush, and he laughed within him and said over his saw about tho wolfs wedding feast. Had he not been consumed by sense of his own importance he would have seen the impropriety of pressing his suit so abruptly at the first meeting, but the thought of his nearing revenge com pletely stamped out all discretion on this score.
 ''Would'st thou hke to have my house for thine own. Gcelie, my it- tie deari" he asked presently. The girl courtsied.
 Yes if you please. air, !" she re- piled; it will be 90 nice to have sis- ter near me"
 Hughs face darkened as he men, tally went through the process of throwing Mrs. Cattlin down stairs. but he gave his thoughts no vent.
 Then supposing get a license to- morrow, my sweet little roe, he said
 Looking him straight in the face. her eyes full of ingenuousness, she asked, Would this evening be too soon, Mir. Bucklifff"
 By the kings crown" he thought, ''the she foxes usually pretend to want to delay these affairs; but gold, gold, gold Is tootempting a bait to be resisted" But Hugh was of course highly pleased with the suggestion. 'srhen." continued Gcelie. ''sup- pose yos give me five guineas and l will call at the judges on my way back to the mill and get the liocnse and thsn advise tho minister Five guineas! Hugh was horror stricken.
 ''In my town" the girl explained, fit is the custom to be welded by license. tho minister reading the le- gal form In return for this service the bride crosses his palm with gold, which goes to the poor of the county, and this is said to bring good luck. Hugh tottered back to tho house and was gone some minutes When he reappeared at the door the girl could see he had not fully made up his mind to part with tho money, but he reascendcd the hill and placed five bright elephant" guincas in her hand.
 Twill be in my pew at the church at o'clock. and will wait for thee. he said, 'sand harkye, my pretty, don't speak about this to thy sister until 1t Is all over. We will give her such . pleasant surprise" With a deep courtsey the girl bounded away, and then there came to the old mans face look of fero- cious triumph which might truly be called wolfish.
 Promptly at the hour named Hugh Buckli6 entered his pew and sat down to await his bride. Tho church was in darkness save for single candle which burned upon the reading desk He heard voices in the vestry, and laughed as he imagined what the minister and the widow Moore, the caretaker of tho church, were saying about the approaching marriage. Hugh waited itseemed an hour, but Ocelie came not; then the voices in the vestry ceased, and tho banging of Q door started a current of air in the church which put out the can de. The bridegroom. not at all rel- ishing bis position, tried to grope his way So the vestry door, and in so do- ing made such clatter against the pews as to startle the widow, who was about to lock up the church.
 Throwing open tho vestry door, she was almost frightened out of her wits by the figure which met her eyes, for the darkness and certain rapidly growing sense of something wrong had rendered his features as hvid as those of a corpse With 6 howl hle . hungry beast he dashed at the church register. and read an entry. scarcely yet dry. certifying to the marriage of Cicelie Goodrich and John Welby. mate of the whaling ship Montauki
 Catlike, he scratched at the record with his long fingernails. and would have destroyed the page had not the caretaker hurled him aside with the strength of an Amazon.
 Just go about thy business and leave that book alone, she said. Its nobodys fault but thine own if thou art too late to see tho lovely bride, with her bunch of wild asters and her golden guineas for the poor; though it's true folk did say they were not to be wed till the ships got back from the whaling trip. What led thee to the churchi Dost thou