Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-01-27

Madison, who had just arrived at the
Office, sprang into the stage and threw
himself upon the passenger, while tho
stage turned quickly, the driver
whipped up furiously and started for
the hotel
The stares which passed around the
party of spectators were simply appall-
ing in their darkness. At last Squire
Ripson recovered breath enough to
gasp:
''Detectivep'
mo such thingr' 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 smileR played over the
hills and valleys of the squire's
face, and he was about to say some
thing when the reader of the 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, and like enough they were a
mile from town by this time instead
of going to the hoteL Jack Sheppard
was a 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. 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 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 opened and good Mrs. Butler, the
landlady. appeared with smile on her
face and tear in each eye.
Il know what you men are after"
she said. Don't ever talk about wom-
ans curiosity again. The whole story
is this: 10 Madison is 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 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 Il suit of her broth
er's 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 everyone's eyes. for Mrs. But
Ter was one of those women who are
trusted by everyone 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 re-
called 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 I'D to
Squire Ripson and whispered:
81 was fool, squire.
Il was another" whispered the
squire.
The interested parties had deter
mined to have the wedding ceremony
performed 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 rap
idly, and the Kingsboro people took
the matter in their own hands They
dressed in their best and beseged the
hotel, and when the bride saw them
through the states 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 trunlzful 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 so" kissed and was kissed by all
the King boro girls, and by many ma
irons who seemed,to grow younger as
they looked into her happy face AS
for the men, they looked as sheepish
as they deserved to, but they had
new subject for conversation, and it
lasted the post Office coterie for full
fortnight. Y. Daily News.