The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-03-28

posed and was accepted BY Mary PEN
nell, and at once Frank announced bis
intention Of calling ON her father.
Next morning that gentleman found
himself standing In front Of M utter
stranger, handsome and we'll dressed,
who announced himself as a sutton for
the hand of his daughter. The old sailor
had never been SO taken aback, but aft
CIR many earnest words and ~entreaties
| declared himself as firmly and unalter-
ably opposed to such a union. and his
visitor departed.
And now the hardest was to come
to see and reproach his daughter for her
~infraction of duty and respect to her
parent. He sent for her. Never had she
seemed so beautiful, but there was
something matured, d quiet frmness In
her eyes he had not noticed before, and
to his amazement no learned that she
had pledged her faith and would keep
il. He had bent refractory men to his
will. bat knew that he was powerless
here, yet resolved to try.
He had q maiden sister In New York.
and he at once sent for her. Aunt Pa
thence was not q bad woman according
to her lights, but looked ON q love affair
az d device of the evil one, to be met
and bafied at any and all risk. Her
niece met her with frmness and refused
to give any pledge of remuneration what
ever, and with her hand on her lovers
last letter declared her fidelity to him
while life lasted. She was forbidden TO
leave the house unless attended by her
aunt, who had begun to rule like a she
Torqnemada and made every one. in
Guiding her brother, weary OF life.
But an arrangement for action was
made. Mr.. PenneIl hal never yielded
in his life and, moreover, h ,lieved he was
promoting his daughters temporal and
spiritual welfare In hindering her mar
riage with a worldly person, and he had
resolved to take passage for England, &C
companied by Polly, and this arrange
ment he supposed to be entirely secret.
In the early part OF October, 1900, he
left the house on some business errand,
while Miss Patience, after giving every
n q blowing up, retired 10 her room
to arrange it. She had not sooner n
tered than the watchful Creeshy locked
1t on the outside. Gid, Mr.. Pennell's
own black servant, u crusty old fellow,
was sent into the cellar and secured by
the paddock, and then Polly. looking
charming, but rather pale, came down
stairs. paused a moment on the threshold
and then bade farewell 20 her old home.
Followed by her maid, she crossed into
Third street, and there under the big
buttonwood that was standing at the
corner OF Willing d alley until 1851 was
the Hamilton tilbury, ard in q moment
her hands were clasped l., ller lover and
Miss Hamilton.
Drive like the deuce, Solomon, " was
the command, and in half an hour they
reached the Woodlands. TWAS q joyous
party. Becky and her two sisters or
dered everything done ait once. JoaA Ems
keep, who had been inaugurated mayor
OF Philadelphia a few days before, per-
formed the marriage ceremony. AN
drew Hamilton gave away the bride.
and all were happy.
Mr.. Pennell returned to fnd D crowd
In front OF tho house, attracted by the
yells OF Aunt Patience and Gid, seeking
release. He went to England shortly
afterward and died unreconciled to his
child.
After a few years residence at Curl's
Neck, in Virginia, the Dulaneys re-
moved to England. Rebecca Hamilton
married unhappily. and the sad story
of her life Is told in the suit at law
brought in ri courts by her husband,
O'Beirne, to break the prenuptial agree
ment made between the hapless pair
at the time of their marriage.-Phila-
delphia Times.