The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-12-27
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his marriage and bridal tour with re-
new, Il activity.
His first Thought WAS 10 persuade
Mary to nam" an earlier Gay for th"
nupfiaiS, and To this end h assigned
as Il r".tSnn Il dcopatch from Some ior-
cign incr6autil" house. offering him Il
splendid position with q large SALARY
provided he could report foe duty II; Il
certain day. naming Il time that would
require his departure within two or
three days.
He concluded he could cot give
Mary such Il reason for co,,Scn'inr to
change the day fixed for the wedding
without danger of exciting nor suspi-
ciOns that all was not right SO he would
trust GrOundwig.
Mary and several of her intimate
friends suggested that the wedding.
should be ut q O'Clock III the evening"
that it should be made Il gala day rs
far as possible, and that the invitations
should be general. and the ceremony
public.
1t was arranged that the beautiful
lawn in front OF the house should be
the place. and the Episcopal clergyman
in charg" of the church at the County
Seat should be invited to so cnnizc ,hr
marriage.
Mary and hey assistants ut once be-
gan making PREPARATIONS Tor the great
event. The wedding trO-srau was st.
1crtcd. and ni,nblc fingers fashioned
and fitted the bridcs gown. 1t was
white silk. without trimmings O, deco
rHtlons on ornaments q! any kind. Ar
raycd in white. she was the urrttirSt
and in white she looked the more the
bride.
1t was one Of the loyclcst days in
June.
In ana around the Nordrrm homo
confusion. and c,rr.y body about
the premises was on the stir.
rrowdlng ami pushing and trying to
help do something. Man had retired
to hr:' chamber. and. assisted by her
dressing maid, proceeded To u,raugr
her toilet
This pleasing and exciting task com
plctcd. and the compliments, OF the
brides naid, lavi~hly bestowed upon
her. she asked 10 he left alone unit il
time to proceed ,nthc altar
Daring the days the prospective
bride and her friends had been making
1hcsr preparations. Manning had by no
means been idle. With him they were
DAYS Of excitement. fear. doubt. and
rejoicing. and almost the last moments
were mnmrnt,o inrXrrr~>iblca anxiety.
overw hclming him with aplrehcnslon-
OF the greatest possible evil.
He first learned Of Louis arrival in
New York 10y the receipt. Is operator.
of the two messages Louis had sent is
mother and Mary. These dispatches,
were quickly destroyed.
Then Grul,ndwim had conveyed to
him he glad ,idiurs of Louis couvic-
tion OF grand larceny and the five
years sentence to hard labor in the
pcntrntiary.
Such glorious news almost mai his
heart burst with Joy. Five Years as
surcd him in which 10 l..sls in Mary
Nordrum : love without fear or danger
of his great crime being discovered.
Groundv IL would no doubt hasten back
To receive i'll person the promised re-
ward The money wouId lr ready fol
him. and never would money hc more
rhrcrtully paid To him who earned it.
Tnings were slrrl running smoothly
now. thought Charles Manning. Had
he the arranging OF them. they ,outd
not have boon more to his liking. III,
murninr came. With thc gninr down
va '''' -, go ''' i''''''' '|'''" ~ >'''
sunlrlatrt.
His successor haI been named /
take charge Of he ttltWrHnh office
ami his crInlovcr3 were compiimrn,iny
Manning on 80 closely attending {,
business, H. to insist on r.,,r,aininr Il,
his ,,c.,t until The last moment.
He did not intend Ia i,,t - any Of hi,
resources until they were all cN
ha. S,rd. or until there could ~ no or
,a~i,n f,r using them Running over
in h. mind IN Il half dreaming man
ncr. the tAri.lirg events, OF ;hc pas
wear. he w;. aroused hv ,nc click
click, click. of tho Instrument htfur,
him.
rnc nar,e .: s,iia~ Grou0dNiG como: