San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-03

| recognized rs Clnclnnatl salesman
through whom some of the Kingsboro
merchants occasionally purchased goods.
| They were ABOUT to turn away in min
gled disappointment and resignation
when suddenly 10 Madison, who had
just arrived at the office, sprang into the
stage and threw himself upon the passen-
ger, while the stage turned quickly, the
driver whipped up furiously and started
| for the hotel.
The stares which passed around the
party of spectators were simply appalling
in their darkness. At last Squire Rip
son recovered breath enough to gasp:
"Detective!"
mo such thing!' shouted Bill Burth
through the delivery window. "Its
probably the poor little fellows brother,
and he's been waiting for him weeks
longer than he expected to-"
A derisive smile played over the hills
and valleys of the squire's face, and he
was about to say something savage
when the reader of the New York Ro-
nance abandoned his theory of the dis
guised 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, and like enough
they We're mile from town 10y 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
Sol Turner, who carried crutches and
| was soon left behind, shouted appealing
ly 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 consequent
failure of the theory of The Romancer's
reader could not stop the impetuous rush
of the villagers They crowded into the
| public room of the hotel, but neither 10
nor the stranger was there. In mo-
ment, however, a door opened and good
Mrs. Butler, the landlady, appeared,
with smile on her face and a tear in
each eye.
Il 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 Mr.. Brown
was her lover. They had some sort of a
lovers quarrel and parted angry. She
made up her mind she was in the wrong,
| but by that time he had started on an
other trip. She didn't know where to
| write to him, but she had once heard
him say he never missed going to Kings
| boro, 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 married tomorrow. And
I've 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. Butler 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 por-
| ton of Mrs. Buffers wonderful address
until it was recalled by some sighting
| remark made by persons to whom the
story was told at second hand. The
men said nothing to each other for sew
| eral moments. Then Bill Burth went
meekly up to Squire Ripson and whis-
| pered:
II was fool, squire"
Twas another" whispered the squire.
The interested parties had determined
| to have the wedding ceremony perform
| ed with the greatest privacy, but some
| one learned from Parson Fish the hour
| at which the service was to be perform
ed, and the news spread rapidly, and the
| Kingsboro people took the matter 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 atrunkful of her
own proper apparel with her, and that
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 $40"
! kissed and was kissed by all the Kings
boro girls, and by many matrons who
seemed to grow younger as they looked
into her happy face. AS for tn men,
they looked as sheepish as they deserved
to, but they had new subject for con-