The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-04-19

sexes, marriage will ensue.' Good
gracious, child. If you go pairing off
your friends like that you. will find
yourself in the wrong box one of these
days"
Now Ted is one Of those foolish
people who are pleased to laugh at
ones little attempts at science, and so
forth; at least he does at mine, 50 I
never take into consideration any
thing he says on the subject. said
nothing to add fuel to his Indignation
and disgust, but captured the book
and took it up to bed with me to study
at my leisure-leaving him to put tho
others away, by-the-bye.
Now most firmly made up my mind
and stuck to it too, in spite Of Ted, or
any other stupid person-that the en-
gagement between Langton and Eva
would come to nothing, and thought
over it so much it became conviction.
Ted always says that it was FORUM
ate that we left for Scotland just then,
or he would have always declared
that the events which followed were
due to my interference. As it is,
feel quite innocent, as I only heard
the story in fragments from the long
letters we used to receive from friends
at home.
We gathered a good deal from Lang
tons own letters to US both. At first
these letters were full of Eva. Eva
does this and Eva thinks that,
and so on, until we got sick and tired
of Eva. BY degrees we, noticed that
Eva was less frequently quoted and
Langton mentioned in one letter that
he had been at the Newton's several
times and that they had an awfully
nice girl staying with them who sang
divinely, etc. etc. No name was men
toned but of course stuck to it that
it was Vera Gray.
Ted said: s'Nonsense, the Newtons
know dozens of girls. Why should it
be she?'
But it was Vera, as we heard after.
ward.
Meanwhile we had letters now and
then from Eva herself, which were
always full of the preparations for the
wedding; the trousseau, presents, and
so on, with very little mention of
Langton. We also saw an announce
ment in the paper that the marriage
was to take place early in the next
month. When Ted saw it he said:
Nov hope you are convinced"
''Oh, no." said I. "'There's many a
slip 'twixt cup and lip and they're
not married yet.
We did not hear from Langton for
some little time after that, and it was
only week or two before the day
fixed for the wedding that we had a
short note of thanks for our present
(Which Ted would send, though I de-
clared it would not be wanted), and
the information that the happy (?)
pair were going to the South of France
for their honeymoon.
The wedding day passed over-we
could not go home for the event-and
Ted made me furious by drinking the
health of the bride and bridegroom at
| dinner. You see even then I did
not give in, but said that till
I saw the announcement in the paper
I should not believe the wedding had
| come off.
Ted flew at the Times every morning
after for week, hoping to convin &c
me. We also investigated the Morn
ing Post, Standard and every other
paper we could get hold of, but no
| notice was forthcoming.
At the end of the week received a
letter from dear old maiden lady at
home. from which the following is all
extract:
''Of course you have heard of the
scandalous behavior of the bride that
was to have been-Eva Barrin gton.
Fancy her running away ON the very
morning OF the wedding day, and with
one of those fast-loolzing officers, too.
Shocking, indeed! can't say Mr..
| Gore seems to take his loss much to
heart. He started for Normandy yes
terday, seemingly in tho highest
Spirits"
Imagine Ted's feelings and my tri-
umph! I gloated over that letter,
| which, by the way, c~ncluded with:
Mrs. Newton has adopted charming
niece. a Miss Gray. They are all in
Paris at present"
There" cried, having read this
| out, "now perhaps you will apologize. "
.''Oh, we'll, you know I always said
they were not a bit suited to each
| other" and that was all the satisfac-
ton ever got out of Ted.
A few years after we went to pay a
long visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Langton
Gore. Vera Gore is even nicer than
Vera Gray had been, and I always
maintain that 1 had something to do
with bringing about that most emf
nently satisfactory match.-Winter S
| Magazine.
A Man of Zeal.