The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-06

A Romance Sufficient for the Basis
Of a Great Novel.
Cousins United by the Happy Out
come OF the Sensational Theft of
Jewelry Valued at $4,000

the husband of Marjorie Little of Rod
Rock, Wis. The bridegroom is young
man of wealth, position and culture and
the bride a young woman of beauty and
accomplishments, but the ceremony that
united their lives was simplicity itself.
The contracting parties were in travelling
attire, there were no flowers nor guests,
and Prof, David Swing tied the knot IN
the speediest manner permissible under
the rites Of the Presbyterian church. Mrs.
Ann Perkins Little, mother of the bride;
George Stark Perkins, of Tacoma. Wash,
uncle to the bride, ,and Philip Barclay,
of Boston and Paris, were present by
right of close relationship, and Harry
Hammond, clerk of the hotel, was there
in the capacity Of major domo. After the
ceremony a dainty wedding breakfast
was served in the ladies' ordinary, and at
the end of the festivity Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
clay Perkins departed for tour of the
northwestern summer resorts, to return
in time to see the close of the worlds
fair.
Hotel weddings are common enough
and frequently not above suspicion, but
this one was the result Of a within, desire
on the part of the young couple to begin
their matrimonial career in the very city
nearly kept them apart forevermore.
HEIR OF AN ECCENTRIC AUNT.
Barclay Perkins and Philip Barclay,
first cousins and orphans Of about the
same age, the former just past his Goth
birthday, were the sole heirs to the large
real and personal estate of a rich and
somewhat eccentric widowed aunt, Mrs.
Lavinia Bass, whose country home, The
Poplars," near Vergennes, bears ev-
idence of the wealth and taste Of its
former mistress. Mrs Bass died last
January, and the young heirs, who had
heretofore received annuities which less
favored youths would regard as princely,
found themselves the possessors of for
tunes of little more than $500 600 each.
Philip Barclay decided upon life
in Paris, and, as soon as LOCALITIES
were adjusted, left for the French
capital, but before he had taken
his departure he and Barclay Perkins
had agreed that, in accordance with a
half-expressed wish of their departed
benefactor, they would bestow the old
lady's diaponds, valued at $4,000, upon
a girl whom neither of them had ever
seen-Miss Marjorie Little, whose
mother, Aunt Lavinia's sister Ann, had
incurred the lasting enmity Of the family
by marrying man in every sense her in
ferior. From the day of that luCkless
marriage Mrs. Bass had seldom men
toned her self-willed sisters name, ex-
cept to declare emphatically that no
part of her fortune she aid to go Red Rock,
Wis, whether Mr.. Little had taken his
bride to live the wife of lumber-camp
Little was killed by drunken
Chippewa Indian employed in rafting
logs, and the support OF the dead man S
family fell upon brother George Little,
then foreman in a saw-mill, to-day one
of the lumber kings of the Pacific slope
Marjorie, who is now in her twenty-sec-
ond year, was given all the advantages
that bOttomless purse could obtain, and
when she left school in Philadelphia and
returned home, after a tour of Europe
with party of friends, she dazzled aspir1
ing society in Red Rock by the richness of
her attire, her personal beauty, her famil-
iarity with the usages of polite society and
her varied accomplishments. She had
heard often of her fortunate cousins and
of her relentless aunt, but had never seen
either of them.
ON A ROMANTIC MISSION.
Philip Barclay. a hard-headed young
man of the world, thought that Aunt
Lavinia's diamonds ought to be sent by
express sitter the whereabouts and iden-
tity of the young woman had been es-
tablished. Barclay Perkins, however,
wished to make western trip and Of
fered to carry the jewels to their destina-
tion. He had his way in the matter, and
In early February, after his cousin
had gone abroad, set out for Red book,
Wis, via Chicago. AS far as Pittsburg
his trip was uneventfnl AT that city
faultlessly. attired, timorous young
woman with the largest and softest Of
blue eyes, the most golden of curly hair
and the trimmest of figures, asked con
fusedly if she might occupy the front
seat of his, section of the sleeping car
until the porter should appear to point
out her berth, AS she sat opposite him
MIR. Perkins studied here carefully, and
was obliged to admit to himself that she
was as charming bit of femininity as
he had seen in many days. Even after
she had been ensconced in her own sec
tion the infatuated young man kept
his eyes upon her, and, in passing her
on his way to the smoking apartment,
took occasion to congratulate her upon
the comfort Of her surroundings. The ice
thus broken, the two spent many pleasant
hours together, and, before reaching
Chicago. had exchanged condolences and
addresses and hopes of meeting again,
Barclays hopes being based upon deter
mination. At the Union depot, the fe-
male relative with whom Miss Florence
Ashley for thus she gave her name, was
to continue the journey to Dubuque, Ia,
did not appear, and Mr.. PerKins's charm
ing companion was almost in tears Bar
clay offered his services and prevailed
upon her to wait until the next morning,
he promising TO seethat no harm befell her,
and pointing out to her that her missing
relative might be located by the use of
the telegraph. Miss Ashley consented to
the proposition with frank confidence,
and the two were soon on their way in
cab to the hotel That evening they
dined tete-a-tete in the ladies' ordinary,
and no like experience in Barclays ca
reer was half so pleasant.
BARcbAY MrfTs1ns FATE.
Only two of the other diners eyed them
attentively4-a gray-bearded man and a
young woman at the next table, who evil
IDENTIFY regarded them. as a brand new
wedding couple taking their first repast
away from their homes. In the parlor,
after dinner, Miss Ashley offered Mr..
Perkins her bonbOnniere and he partook
of the choice corrections therein. They
parted for the night with a mutually re-
.ciprocated gentle pressure Of the hand and
Miss Ashley went to her room. Mr.. Per-
kins descended to the rotunda to smoke
and think, and while strolling about he
paused casually to glance at the register.
There in q Arm, round, masculine hand,
he read among the days arrivals:
George ). Little, Tacoma, Wash.
Miss Marjorie Little, Red Rock, Wis.
Intuition told him that the gray-beard-