The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-24

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a Harlem church. Mr.. Medlicott's
friends seemed to have gathered to-
gether upon one side. The ladies wore
rather splendid gowns and diamonds,
and carried an ostentatious look of
wonder in their eyes as they gazed
around The men wore expressions of
conscious good nature in having come
to help an old comrade through a
rather tight place.
Mrs. Lupin, who had sent superb
set of painted plates, put up her lorg-
nette and let the corners OF her mouth
speak her thoughts as the bride went
by. Good natured Mrs. Richards,
who had come with her, looked kind
''Now l think she is pretty" letting
her eyes roam to the pure profile and
delicate pink ear of the young bride
Look at that back, ;" Mrs. Lupin
said sternly.
"Well now, that is-probably the
fault of her-modiste.
'Modiste She made that gown
herself"
#, Mr.. Hart, one of Mr.. Medlicott's S
oldest friends, his associate on the
house committee of the Philistine
Club, leaned over the back of the pew
where the two ladies sat. Mr.. Medli-
colt was just now taking the hand of
Mrs. Medlicott to be, and Mr.. Hart
heaved deep sigh. 'Poor old Mat ~
and then aloud in his usual tone of
gossip: "My dear Mrs. Lupin, you
rive a r,avv av,,lana4;Du g., NJ, =.
fatuation for the village maiden. If
she can make her own gowns, doubt
less she can cook, and he chuckled
his loose laugh.
On the other side of the church,
where the elderly ladies were uniform
ly clad in the elegance OF stiff black
silks, and the young girls in that sim
plicity which is $50 sweet" the scru-
tiny was all directed toward Mr.. Men
licott. ''How strange it is" Miss
Alice Grant, the President of the local
charity society, said, ''that serious
girl will make such q choice. A club
man"
81 do hope"-Mrs. Graves, whose
plump and pretty daughters sat
flushed and excited, beside her-'tl4at
Margaret will reclaim him. There il
no influence like good. wife's, but |
should fear, were it one of my girls. !
hope they will never even meet any
men of that sort. II seems almost a
providence that Margaret's mother is
not alive.
''Well, rather fancy Margaret will
set him straight" Miss Grant re
marked with a short laugh. "She will
know how to manage. She isn't going
to give up her work with us. She i.
going to continue to edit part of the
Woman's Friend. suppose that man
thinks he is marrying girl like those
he knows in his own set. He'll find
out the difference. She will open his
eyes to the meaning of Woman. Miss
Grant always spoke the word with d
capital w.
Mr.. Medlicott had arrived at the
age of forty, and in marrying he GER
tainly did not think that he was TAX
ing a woman like those he knew in his
own set If he had, he would have
gone there to look for wife. Mr..
Medlieott had begun life with small
inherited fortune, which years had not
increased. Mr. Medlicott, being unable
to enlarge his income to fit his tastes,
had wisely cut his tastes TO fit his in
come, and had lived like a gentleman on
little money. In his youth he had
fallen in love with beautiful, frivo-
lous girl whom he could not afford 10
marry. He had seen her carried of
by another man who could give her an
appropriate setting, and been best man
at the wedding Love had never
stirred again until now.
When Mr.. Medlicott met Miss Davis
at the house of his lawyer mot very
expensive one) whose niece she was,
she was sitting under a lamp, en-
broideriag. Some way it seemed TO
Mr.. Medlieott that she bresthed the
spirit of home, and he had grow tired
of being homeless. The courtship had
been short. Mr.. Medlicott had soft
and elegant ways, and eonsiderate
speech, which were unknown charms
IN the men OF Miss Dayiss aoquaint'
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