St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28

probably the poor little fellows brother.
and he's been waiting for him weeks
! longer than he expected tor
A derislye smile played over the hills
and valleys OF the squire's face, and he
was about to say something when the
reader of the New York Romance
abandoned his theory of the disguised
prince and suggested that 10 was a
highwayman; that he knew travelling
statesmen carried lots of money; that he
was robbing the salesman; the driver
was in league with him, and like enough
| they were a mile from town by this
time instead of going to the hotel.
Jack. Sheppard was little fellow"
said the theorist In evidence.
Pm 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.
was soon left behind, 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 the stage
stood before the door, but the conse-
quent failure of the theory of the Ro-
mancer's reader could not stop the i'm
petuous rush of the villagers. They
| crowded into the public room of the
hotel, but neither 10 nor the stranger
! was there. In moment, however, a
door open ed and good Mrs. Butler. the
landlady, appeared. with smile on her
| face and tear In each eye.
II know what you men are after"
she said. Don't ever talk about
woman's curiosity again. The whole
story Is this: 10 Madison is a woman
and MIR. Brown was her lover. They
had some sort of lovers quarrel and
parted angry. She made up her mind
she was in the wrong, but by that time
ne had started ON another trip. She
! didn't know where to write to him, but
she once heard him say he never missed
going to KingsbOro, so she came here in
suit OF her brothers clothes and has
been waiting for him ever since, poor
girl. And they've made up and are
! ever SO happy and are going to be mar
rled tomorrow. And Pve known about
| it all the time and I'd have done just
what she did if I'd have been her."
This last clause Of Mrs. Buffers
speech was enough to set 10 Madison
| right in every ones eyes, for Mrs. But
Ter was one of those women who are
trusted by every one on questions of
propriety. But it is doubtful whether
! her hearers on this particular occasion
| remembered this portion of Mrs. But
| ler's wonderful address until it was
recalled by some sighting remark made
by persons to whom the story was told
| at secondhand. The men said nothing
to each other for several moments.
! Then Bill Burth went meekly~up
Squire Ripson and whispered:
II was fool, SQUIRE"
Il was another" whispered the
squire.
The interested parties had determined
to have the wedding ceremony per-
formed with the greatest privacy, but
some one learned from Parson Fish the
hour at which the service was to be
| performed, and the news spread rapidly.
and the KingsbOro people took the mat
ter into their own hands. They dressed
| in their best and besieged the hotel, and
when the bride saw them through the
Stats of her window blinds her sense of
| fun moved her to order that they should
be admitted so far as the capacity of the
largest room in the hotel would allow.
! Thus it was discovered that the bride
had discreetly brought trunkful OF her
own proper apparel with her. and that
i she looked simply charming in neat
walking suit and bonnet. Parson Fish
| made man and wife of Hubert l.. Brown
| and Josephine nj. Allison, and then
| .'Jo'' kissed and was kissed by all the
Kingsboro girls, and by many matrons
who seemed to grow younger as the y
looked into her happy face. AS for the
! men, they looked as SheepiSh as they
| deserved to, but they had new subj oct
for conversation, and it lasted the post
office coterie for full fortnight.