The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-05-23
Tered. He was not long left n isno-

0etoU. ne was uOG long A0Iv IN l8nO.
rance.
"We must see about my luggage first,
Jim," she said. 1t is in the van next
the engine. /"
"Your luggage, Gladdies Aro you
coming to stay in town, then?"
Eyes, IL have left Aunt Louisa,
Jim.''
LEFT Aunt Louisa'' he calculated.
''How ia that?"
II should like to 60 for walk with
you, Jim, and tell you all about 1t, but,
first Of all, let us put my luggage In the
cloalroom. / must leave 1t there until
until know where it is to be sent. I"
This task was soon completed, with
the assistance of suave porter, who
took Jim's shilling with the affected
abstraction characteristic Of his ord II.
Then the two set out from the station
and turned down one Of the quieter
streets. As they walked, Gladys told her
tale.
''It was only this morning, Jim, she
said, "that Aunt Louisa asked me
point blank whether or not was en-
gagged to you. told her that ! was, and
you can I think how furious she became
She said all kinds of furious things
about us both-told me that II mar
ried you your uncle would cut you off
with shilling, and that she had no
idea of helping us--as If / had ever
asked her-and that I must either
break off my engagement with you i'm.
mediately or leave the shelter Of her
roof forever. II chose the latter alter
native, Jim, and here am, you see. I"
'My darlingp' he said fondly, press.
ing the little hand that lay upon his
ooatsleeve "Do you know I have had
much the same interview with Uncle
Obed this morning. He ordered me to
give you up or abandon all hope Of help
from him. I gave him beans for his in.
sulting proposition and left the house
under the ban. Of his avuncular curse,
and here am, you see.
"But what shall you do, Jimr
"Don't know. Suppose / shall knock
along somehow. A man can always
fend for himself. It is you whom we
must think about What shall you do,
Gladden.
II have some great friends living in
Thurloe square-the Greenaways. You
know them, don't you? shall 60 up
and see them and ask them to put me
up for short time, and then, Of course,
I must look out at once for something to
do. Perhaps could get situation as
governess. or lady clerkship, Or
Don't, Gladdie I cart bear, to
think of such thing for you. I--I-say
(Jim's color heightened, and his eye
sparkled with the sudden brilliancy Of
fine idea), I-I-say, Gladdie, we've
could face this wretched world better
in-in-company, couldn't we? Why
why shouldn't we be married at once?''
"Oh, Jim'-what rosyscolor suf-
fused the brown little face-''it IL i'm
possiblep'
"No such thing, Gladdie. We need
only wait week or two to comply with
the legal formalities and then goody
forever to all attempts to sever us.
Won't you-won't you consent?''
Jim was very persuasive, and Gladys
was very lonely, and love was very
strong. And somehow between the three
it was practically settled by the time
they reached Thurloe square The awful
the desperate fatuity Of
this sudden step, which good, motherly
Mrs. Greenaway tried to impress upon
them both, they simply lost sight of in
their ridiculously childish happiness.
And that tender hearted matron, after
scolding them both soundly for their
folly and prophesying the most misor-
able results from SO rash marriage, en-
forced her lesson by Offering Gadys
temporary home and permission to be
married from Thurloe square, if she
really was bent upon that insane step.
1T would look very bad for you, my
dear, circumstanced as you are, to be
married from lodgings or hotel," Mrs.
Greenaway said. "And though I am
strongly opposed to this most imprudent
union, yet If it is to take place, as you
both seem obstinately determined, I
should, like to see it celebrated in a re.
spectacle way"
The good lady further insisted upon
one condition, which both Jim and
Gladys willingly accepted This was
'nat cdCn SHOULD Wr1Ie, tn0 one to his
uncle, the other to the aunt, apprising
hem of the intended marriage. She i'm.
pressed upon them-even these foolish
young people saw the wisdom Of her re-
any appearance of secrecy
II the matter would be the worst posi- !
Die thing for them, and that moreover
{ would be entirely useless, since they
we're both Of age, and no one could pos
'ibly stop their marrying. Therefore, on
Ill accounts, the less concealment the
)etter.
So Jim wrote to Uncle Obed and ac-
ually had the nerve to ask him to the |
while Gladys wrote to Aunt |
louisa tender, loving little letter
which might have moved an ogress. No |
'eply, however, was vouchsafed to either
nissive.
The time soon slipped away, and the
lay Of the wedding-the earliest posi- |
lie date allowed by law--arrived. The |
was to be solemnized early
It 10 o'clock-and very quietly, no one